Smitty
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And the results have been middle of the road... so it's not like he put up no results at all. The results, being average, are reflected from the lessened effectiveness of the skill position players from having that poor OL.Having a decent offensive line makes your job easier.
Having a bad offensive line, when you have a top ten QB, a HOF TE, a solid RB, and a top 5 WR duo, does not make your job impossible.
It's no different than the LBs or CBs being less effective if the DL doesn't control the line of scrimmage. It makes every player behind the line's job much harder.
2012 nothwithstanding, this offense's primary issue since Garrett arrived has been scoring, not moving the ball. That remains directly related to the complete inability to run the ball; but more specifically, to run the ball in the redzone and in situations where the defense knows it is coming. The OL simply cannot open holes in those situations.
Whether Garrett is responsible for picking the players who have not been able to get the job done is another issue; but fix the OL (and I don't mean 5 all stars, I mean, give us an OL on par with the Redskins or Giants) and most of the offensive problems we've seen regarding consistency and scoring rankings not matching yardage rankings will disappear.