Post by riczaj01 on Dec 12, 2016 9:03:20 GMT -6
Can we give this group of no names no one wanted some love? Outside of whitehair(rookie), Long(on IR), and Sitton(been injured), most of these guys people would have been happy to be off the team, or never on it, and most have talked this entire season about trying to replace. But guys like Larsen, Kush, Leno and ya even Massie. Have helped keep 2 of the 3 qb's they've protected for clean, 10 games 7 sacks, while helping the primary rb average over 5 ypc, and the all the rb's at 4.4 ypc while averaging over 100 ypg.
This group might not be the Dallas cowboys w/all the starpower and high round picks, but they are quietly, while injured, getting the job done at a high lvl. Ya they have their groaning moments(see last game on the last drive). But every OL gets beat, that Dallas OL has given up 21 sacks Bears have 24, and the Bears have thrown the ball 59 more times. If you take Cutler out of the equation(17 sacks on just 137 of the Bears 456 pass attempts), this OL only gives up a sack every 18 pass attempts, Dallas OL; 1 sack every 16 pass attempts.
This OL is really good guys and they're doing it w/out their best player(Long) and w/Sitton playing injured, and their doing it as a group that hasn't been together for even a full off season.
Could they use upgrades here or there, ya but it's so low on the list of even wants that it's not worth discussion right now. So many have wanted a capable OL for so many years that we've become blind to the fact that we might just have one already.
This group might not be the Dallas cowboys w/all the starpower and high round picks, but they are quietly, while injured, getting the job done at a high lvl. Ya they have their groaning moments(see last game on the last drive). But every OL gets beat, that Dallas OL has given up 21 sacks Bears have 24, and the Bears have thrown the ball 59 more times. If you take Cutler out of the equation(17 sacks on just 137 of the Bears 456 pass attempts), this OL only gives up a sack every 18 pass attempts, Dallas OL; 1 sack every 16 pass attempts.
This OL is really good guys and they're doing it w/out their best player(Long) and w/Sitton playing injured, and their doing it as a group that hasn't been together for even a full off season.
Could they use upgrades here or there, ya but it's so low on the list of even wants that it's not worth discussion right now. So many have wanted a capable OL for so many years that we've become blind to the fact that we might just have one already.
