Crizilla":2s955hr5 said:
hawknation2017":2s955hr5 said:
I think Tom Cable is possibly given another season to rectify the OL and running game with better talent. He did an amazing job with Marshawn Lynch, which will not be forgotten. And without any talent, he successfully turned a DT (J.R. Sweezy) and a basketball player with no football experience (George Fant) into legit starting offensive linemen.
Lol. "Give him time to rectify the O-line and get better talent". Yeah like we've been saying for a few years now after every single game? And Lynch made Cable look good. Lynch was one of the all time greats. He didn't need an amazing line. Sweezy wasn't amazing. We let him go to TB where he's dealing with injury problems, and Fant hasn't proven anything yet. Cable has done nothing. Look at the results. Terrible O-line play. No run game. Turning a DT and a basketball player into offensive linemen is useless when they (and the rest of the line) don't produce. Bevell isn't that bad of a coordinator if he and Wilson get enough pocket time. If Cable was putting this product of an O-line out there for Tom Brady, he wouldn't last half a season. Brady would throw sideline tantrums and Bellichik would eventually fire him.
In 2015, we traded Unger away and did not draft or sign a replacement at center. The front office counted on a slow-footed journeyman (Patrick Lewis) and a former-DT convert (Drew Nowak).
In 2016, we let Okung leave for peanuts ($5.2 million) and did not draft or sign a replacement at left tackle. The front office counted on a weak journeyman (Bradley Sowell) and a rookie basketball convert who had never played a down of football (George Fant).
In 2017, the front office did nothing at offensive tackle in the off-season. In addition to failing to draft a left tackle, they let the starting RT Garry Gilliam leave for almost nothing ($2 million). This forced us to move TWO guards to both tackle positions, with the inevitable results.
If you think any offensive line coach in the history of the game would prefer not to either keep his players or sign better ones, I think you are nuts. The front office thought they should go cheap and not address glaring holes in the offensive line because Russell Wilson is a magician and Tom Cable has performed his own feats of magic before (like turning DT J.R. Sweezy into a competent lineman on the fly!).
But let's not allow reason to interfere with your conquest, LOL.