Good Oates article on the lines

[LUKE23]

http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/column/ ... 99&ntpid=2

Stresses what I've been saying, they are building the lines on this team first and foremost. This team is set up for now and the future on both the DL and OL. Still need to add offensive playmakers, but those will come.

[deep throat]

http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/column/oates//index.php?ntid=204599&ntpid=2

Stresses what I've been saying, they are building the lines on this team first and foremost. This team is set up for now and the future on both the DL and OL. Still need to add offensive playmakers, but those will come.

I'd agree with you on the D-line. I think it's one of the best since Reggie, SJ, Dotson, Gilbert.

I think the O-line will go through some growing pains.

[Thunder Muscle]

Good article.

[Ayt]

I have to agree with the philosophy. QB and both lines are the keys to your team. TT spent his first draft choice on a QB I think has the potential to be damn good and he's put a ton of resources into the lines.

Defense is all about disrupting the flow of the opposing offense. There is no better way to do that than having a dominant front four. Offense is mainly about being able to dictate what you want to do, and you can't do that without a dominant front five.

[El Duderino]

I have to agree with the philosophy. QB and both lines are the keys to your team. TT spent his first draft choice on a QB I think has the potential to be damn good and he's put a ton of resources into the lines.

Defense is all about disrupting the flow of the opposing offense. There is no better way to do that than having a dominant front four. Offense is mainly about being able to dictate what you want to do, and you can't do that without a dominant front five.

I think a top DL is quite a bit more important than a top OL.The Packers in their prime had a solid offensive line,but it was far from dominant.The Patriots have had a solid OL over the year,but nothing overly special.That Saints 2002 team you said finished third in points didn't have a great line from what you said you remember.

So long as an offense has playmakers and a good QB,they generally can have a productive offense if their line is solid,but not among the better ones.It's when an offensive line is really bad,that's where an offense can suffer greatly for it.

Obviously if a team has a dominant offensive line it can make mediocre backs look better than they are and help the passing game by not needing to max protect ever,but a pretty good number of teams who played in Super Bowls didn't have a special OL.Continuity is very important at that position,a group that's not ultra talented but functions well together can be a sum of the group being better than it's individual parts.It's harder for that two happen on the DL,individual talent is a bigger key.

[xTitan]

I don't buy that line crap....they key to winning is acquiring ass many tall, skinny recievers with questionable intelligence and work ethic's as you can!