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Originally Posted by Oh Snap
I disagree.
And honestly, I don't think the full potential for this team is fully understood, atleast offensively. We have no identity on offense right now, and that is a problem. Its partly why this team is a mediocre team. IF we get the right OC, and adjustments made to the OL, this team can be scarey good imo.
Sure, cassel isnt going to set NFL records as our QB. But he can be a successful game time manager if he has the right supporting cast around him, like he had back in NE. There are several issues facing the offense, but we do have some srs firepower on offense as well. The triple B-threats we have on offense can do some srs damage to opposing secondaries. Once we get Moeaki back, along with Charles, this offense has some srs weapons. The issue imo then becomes the OL and OC. Get those issues fixed (goodbye richardson and Muir) we can finally give Cassel the protection and plays he needs to develop into a legit NFL QB.
I remember Vermiel talking about how we managed to have the dominate offense we had back when he coached. He said it all started with the OL. The OL is the foundation for your offense. If you have a strong OL, you will have a strong offense regardless of who you have at RB and QB. Just look back at our offense under Vermiel. Derrick Blaylock looked like a pro-bowler for christ sake! Even Trent Green was a top 5 QB back then.
We are a couple players away imo from being a srs contender in this league.
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I had to respond to this seperately.
This is a special kind of stupid.
True fan stupid.
The Chiefs through the 90s had one of the top O-Lines in the league, and among the better defenses.
They could pound the rock, control the clock, created turnovers, intimidate offenses.
The one thing they couldn't do.
Throw the ball.
QB wasn't nearly as important then as it is now, but it was still, even then, even as far back as I've watched football, the most important position on the field.
It's no coincidence that all the great teams all had one single thing in common.
They had great QBs.
Teams like the Bucs, the Ravens, the 85 Bears, teams that played defense had outstanding O-Line play and good running games all only won 1 SB.
They all had one thing in common.
They had marginal, at best, QB play.
Games are won or lost in the trenches.
Championships are won under center.