bileever
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Yes, but this is easier said than done. The offensive line has become a league-wide problem. There just aren't enough good players to go around. This is the opposite of what the O-line situation was 30 years ago when it was plug and play. Now with the defensive linemen getting bigger, stronger and more athletic, and colleges not preparing linemen properly because of the differences between the college and the pro game, we have a shortage of guys who are ready to play in the NFL.The offensive line really has the ability to ruin the entire season, and he's playing with fire. If the season is ruined because he didn't do anything to fix the biggest issue that everyone and their grandma can see, it would be totally justifiable to fire him.
Andrew Whitworth said that a big problem is the restrictions on the contact that coaches can have with players in the off-season. He says that young offensive linemen need more coaching in the off-season, and they're not getting it.
If you look around the league, there are 25 teams or more trying to "fix" their O-line, and a majority of them will fail again this year. Even the Chiefs most likely lost the Super Bowl due to their offensive line, and they had 3 great pieces there.