I was talking to a friend of mine and we got into the discussion of the importance of O-Lines. I’m of the opinion that an amazing top-5 O-Line props up nearly any QB enough to be a great QB. He’s of the opinion an amazing top-5 QB helps inflate O-Line stats.
Who is right - or is it a little of both?
Bad qbs make good lines look bad all the time lol. It’s like how the tampa line all of a sudden stopped sucking when Brady was on that team not Jameis wINTson
2021 Browns
The 2020 Pats had a top 5 offensive line and Cam threw for 8 TDs and 10 Ints.
Man that Pats team was not good but was way more fun to watch than what we have now
I think the Rams had a very good offensive line in 2018, but I remember 5 minutes into that game after Goff’s first possession I KNEW the Patriots were gonna win solely because I could not see him moving the ball against that defense. That Patriots team was good but nothing particularly special. They won because they made fewer mistakes than their opponents and just were more complete.
The Chiefs O Line in the late 90s and early 2000s may be the greatest ever and their best QB was Trent Green.
Not a season long, but Marcus Mariota in 2019 had a top 5 OL and played bad enough to be benched
IDK, but there is an old adage that good teams almost never have bad offensive lines, and bad teams almost never have good offensive lines.
By and large, I’ve found that to be true, with a few exceptions here and there. But it’s generally true.
You’re both a bit right, but he’s more right than you.
2018 Redskins with Trent Williams and Brandon Sheriff on the OL, and Alex Smith, Josh Johnson, Colt McCoy, and Mark Sanchez at QB
Remember in 2021 when Jalen hurts was rolling out of clean pockets early and made his all pro line look pedestrian
Yea I think it becomes a weird situation where an OLine doesn’t look as good as it is when a qb is not using it correctly
The dark times.
2009 Jets
The year Romo got hurt the cowboys had a dominant online and like a top 5 running game but the qb was so bad that they still got a top 5 pick.
It doesn’t even sound like these are two differing viewpoints. One doesn’t really (fully) relate to the other.
2009 Jets.
Christian Ponder had some good o-lines
And the numerous QBs before him in the mid 2000s.
Chiefs also had some great Olines in the 2000s while blocking for the likes of Trent Green, Brodie Croyle, and Damon Huard.