endzorn":28fx4i2w said:
I was embarrassed for Tom Cable AGAIN. He's the common denominator in all these horrendous lines. Today we started a 3rd rounder at LT, a high 1st at LG, a 2nd at C, a 4th at RG and a 1st at RT. They were far from even being average.
Wow, nice use of colorful language. Did you really just describe Luke Joeckel as a "high 1st" round pick, in an attempt to suggest that he's brimming with talent? That might be the most disingenuous thing I've ever read. That's like the Seahawks signing Ryan Leaf, him (predictably) struggling, and then you saying, "wow, this is inexcusable, Carl Smith and Darrel Bevell have a 2nd overall talent to work with and they still can't make a good player out of him".
The common denominator is the front office. The front office continues to roll the dice. Draft picks are not certainties, they are gambles. Gambles are fine, but they Seahawks with their offensive line are trying to rely on them exclusively. If you want certainty, then pony up and pay for it. They don't do that. They are the lowest paid offensive line in football. We let TJ Lang slip away, we traded away Max Unger, etc... this falls on the front office just as much as it falls on Cable.
Seriously, this isn't rocket science. We have arguably invested less than any other team in our offensive line and... drumroll please... we have arguably worst offensive line in football. That's not bad coaching or bad luck, that's called making your bed and having to sleep in it.
It's interesting how the same scapegoats surface again and again ("Cable sucks!", "Bevell sucks!") but others are beyond reproach (Wilson, Carroll, Schneider, etc rarely given a fair share of criticism) .