Olin Kreutz

saintfan · 08-15-2011, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by strato

I am worried about the line as whole or lack thereof for the RBs...i dont know about everyone else...but i re-watched the game last night and there was no running room for the RBs...i kinda think our 0- line is overrated a tad bit..the First sting offense was out of sync bad..I hope that gets better soon and doesnt carry over from last season..The D looked fine and ready to take out the seattle loss on teams this year...

I've been saying our O-Line is overrated since Aaron Brooks was running for his life because of it. Nothing has changed IMO, and Drew makes up for a lot of it. Oh how I long for a line similar to the one the Cowboys won all those Championships behind in the 90s.

FinSaint · 08-15-2011, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by saintfan

I've been saying our O-Line is overrated since Aaron Brooks was running for his life because of it. Nothing has changed IMO, and Drew makes up for a lot of it. Oh how I long for a line similar to the one the Cowboys won all those Championships behind in the 90s.

I don't know if I would want to exchange the guards the Saints have at the moment for anyone else in the league - Nicks needs to get a long term contract.
The main weakness remains at the tackle position, but I would evaluate even those spots to be better than average compared to the rest of the league.
It's hard to say anything about the center position yet, but I have to say that I was very impressed with Korey Hall's blocking even though the sample was very limited - he'll definitely be an upgrade in that regard to Evans.

Bringing up Brooks and Brees in the same sentence is unfair to both of them, but for very different reasons.

08-15-2011, 12:12 PM	#1
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Originally Posted by strato I am worried about the line as whole or lack thereof for the RBs...i dont know about everyone else...but i re-watched the game last night and there was no running room for the RBs...i kinda think our 0- line is overrated a tad bit..the First sting offense was out of sync bad..I hope that gets better soon and doesnt carry over from last season..The D looked fine and ready to take out the seattle loss on teams this year... I've been saying our O-Line is overrated since Aaron Brooks was running for his life because of it. Nothing has changed IMO, and Drew makes up for a lot of it. Oh how I long for a line similar to the one the Cowboys won all those Championships behind in the 90s.

08-15-2011, 01:20 PM	#2
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,964	Originally Posted by saintfan I've been saying our O-Line is overrated since Aaron Brooks was running for his life because of it. Nothing has changed IMO, and Drew makes up for a lot of it. Oh how I long for a line similar to the one the Cowboys won all those Championships behind in the 90s. I don't know if I would want to exchange the guards the Saints have at the moment for anyone else in the league - Nicks needs to get a long term contract. The main weakness remains at the tackle position, but I would evaluate even those spots to be better than average compared to the rest of the league. It's hard to say anything about the center position yet, but I have to say that I was very impressed with Korey Hall's blocking even though the sample was very limited - he'll definitely be an upgrade in that regard to Evans. Bringing up Brooks and Brees in the same sentence is unfair to both of them, but for very different reasons.
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