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Our offensive linemen spend more time lying down than standing up.

Not only has our run defense not improved one iota, our pass defense is now competing with them for ineptitude.

I think it actually hurts our odds. If it doesn't rain, the Ravens will be more inclined to throw the ball and create more opportunities for our secondary, which is our strength. If it rains, the Ravens will run the ball and I'm not entirely optimistic about our run defense improving this year. Hope I'm wrong though.

The "block in the back" penalty is such bull ****. Half of our returns are called back. No other team gets as many of those penalties called against them as we do. And we're also the only team that ever gets that penalty during a RUN play. Get !@#$ed, NFL.

I started counting the spelling errors in this post and stopped when I got to the average attendance at a Foxboro Stadium game.

Well sure, but even the most knowledgeable forum poster still doesn't have Jerry Jones' phone number. It's all about opportunity and access, you see. Asking a fellow forum goer which GM is willing to trade an offensive lineman is just pointless.

To those asking for specific solutions: OP is not a general manager. There are about 180 guards (just guards, not just offensive linemen) in the NFL, and that doesn't include practice squad players. Fans do not have the resources to do the work of a general manager. A general manager has the resources to investigate which ones would be a scheme fit, which are viable trade candidates, and which are in favorable contract situations. Out of 180 players (plus many more on roster bubbles) I highly doubt that there are zero available to us. Beane likely has a list of appropriate targets. I'm hoping he's just waiting for roster cuts to see if any on his list end up on waivers, but he needs to address the situation one way or another.

Huh? Pouncey, Villanueva, and DeCastro all went to the Pro Bowl this past year and they ranked #1 in sacks per game in 2016. Their depth is also great. Granted, the past few years have been better than in the past, but they've usually been about average in sacks allowed during Roethlisberger's time.

No need for hyperbole. There is somewhere between arguably the worst line in the league and "5 pro bowl lineman." Some people just don't want to see Allen get injured like McCarron did.

Oh for sure. I don't think Peterman will last long playing real games. But at this point, he's probably won the preseason competition.

Is he not? 8/10 113 yds 1 TD. Allen did well, but Peterman is probably still ahead.

Yeah, he's much more mobile. But he won't be able to escape everything. Tyrod is arguably the most mobile QB in the league and got whacked a few times behind a similar line.

Victim of the OL. Exactly the reason I'd be worried about starting Allen.

If we could save money by cutting Clay I'd be perfectly happy adding Croom in there. Clay can't stay healthy and has a tendency to drop touchdown passes. Unfortunately I don't think we can get out of Clay's contract.

Haha I was so close to preemptively quoting myself with a Rex joke but I knew someone else would be on it.

Hauschka is so good he absorbs all the talent from the other kickers.

Ray Ray has good hands. And good feet.

Uhhhh pushoff?

Who is Deon Lacey? He keeps doing things I like.

Hey NFL, how does ONE penalty offset TWO penalties?! Especially when the two are each more dangerous than the one? This pisses me off to no end.

Those were pretty obvious mistakes. The guys just started blocking immediately off the snap. But yeah, the Pats will do that all day long and then we'll get a flag for it.

I'm okay with that. Infinitely better than his regular season being over.

Disagree. They need to take the Allen-Coleman connection for a spin. Holy Hell, Hauschka. Money.

That is much better news than I expected.

Ummm, yeah. Not good when your offensive lineman has his back to the LOS right off the snap.