Originally Posted by
OPLookn
No one said we had the best OLine last year, we're talking about this year. Last year we had Barry "the sieve" Richardson so we wouldn't even begin to claim that.
This year we've got a stud RT in Winston. Asamoah did good last year and with a year of experience will do even better this year. Weigmann has all but retired but Hudson will step in after learning from Weigmann and a 15 lbs upgrade. Our weak spot is Lilja who had an admittedly bad year. Hopefully he'll step up and gel with this unit, if not we'll replace him. Albert for all his knocks is a pretty darn good LT. So yeah, I'm feeling pretty good and would say that we have one of if not the best overall line in the AFC West.
While the LB'ers have some say in run defense don't you think the guys up front in the trenches would be more of the problem? Didn't we just use our 1st to draft a NT? I'd look for that ranking to shoot up sky high this year to early teens if not even single digits.
With the addition of a healthy Berry and Lewis back the rest of the defense can roam free without having to worry about the pass. Yes we lost Carr but Routt is only a slight drop in talent (he's not playing a #1 like he was last yr for you).
As for the worst yrds/att there was a guy that was out last year, what was his name...oh yeah, Jamaal Charles! You know the guy who tore up each successive year he's been in the NFL til his injury last year. Now we've added Hillis? I'd look for that number to shoot sky high.
That's why we're pumped for this year. Improved O-line, improved D-line and players that are critical at their position back for this year. We're set to make a run!