The handwringing over o-line play in years past has often been ridiculous. I've always been with you there. Historically, a lot of that has been Russ's own doing, and it's only been really bad when the key guys were hurt.
I think we saw something different yesterday, though. In terms of longterm prospects, I agree it's way too soon to write anyone off. For 2015, however, it's hard for me to believe the pass-pro situation isn't Threat Level Midnight. At least when Sweezy was coming up, he was doing it around Okung (Pro-Bowl), Unger (All-Pro) and Breno (Certified Mauler). Yeah, those guys got hurt, but at least there was always the potential for a solid pro o-line to be available. And for the most part, they played the important games. What I see now: huge question marks at starting LG, C and RT; good players, but not all-pros, at LT and RG. Even if these guys play at their ceiling, we're talking about a pretty mediocre situation. If they get hurt or underperform? It's a wrap. Really the only hope here (for 2015) is that Nowak comes in and somehow changes the dynamic of the whole group. Doesn't seem that likely to me. I'm sitting here with thoughts of how good KJ Wright's $5M cap hit might've looked on someone like Mathis or, hell, Max Unger instead.
Separate note, agree on Clark. Always thought Clark was going to be Year 1 player. Agree with kearly that he may not be a stat stuffer (though I wouldn't even put that past him at this point), but he's going to ball and it's going to show up on screen.