Big J wrote:Relying on the OL being good in order for sustained team success is a fools errand. All it would take is one injury to a starter on a good OL and then we're back to Purdy getting exposed again. We need a QB who is able to not lose games despite having below average offensive line play. That way our team success isn't dependent on having a good OL.
I don't know about that. It's worked out pretty well for Goff, who is about the worst QB under pressure that I've seen (he was basically Jimmy G. - just along for the ride on a dominant team - on their unsuccessful SB run), but plays behind maybe the best OL in the league with the Lions.
Here, it's not just a question of having below average OL play. It's a question of having two awful pass blockers next to each other on the interior, an aging star at LT who should be expected to miss multiple games a year, a mediocre at best RT (which is arguably the most talent-starved position in the league), and an apparent inability to pick up a disguised blitz. The OL has been a mess this year, and it has hampered the entire offense.
Very few QBs - including Brady, who lost a couple SBs to a team that really only had a good pass rush - are able to execute well under consistent pressure. I'm not at all saying that the poor OL play is single-handedly responsible for Purdy's struggles this year, but it would be silly to act as if he should simply rise above major dysfunction along the interior OL, and moderate dysfunction on the edges.
