Quote from: Ed Vette on May 14, 2024, 10:56:25 AMMaybe you haven't capitulated but I'm done with all the excuses. I supported his draft pick because he was the best QB to choose from. 2 years later it was obvious what we had, 6 years later I see him here the next two years or more. He's going to need a top-ten Oline to thrive here. Otherwise, it's dink and dunk, dink and dunk... freeze and duck, freeze and duck. I'm very disappointed in this regime right now. Maybe after a few wins, I'll be in a better mood. Unless of course, the schedule is a 2023 killer to start the season, the oline fails, he get injured through no fault of the Oline and the Defense fails to defend. Did I miss anything?
PFF Rankings
year -- Pass blocking --- receiving
2023 -- 32nd -- 32nd
2022 -- 24th -- 27th
2021 -- 30th -- 31st
2020 -- 32nd -- 25th
2019 -- 16th -- 17th
The best DJ had was his rookie season when his on-field support was slightly below the mean. The rest of the time DJ has had bottom 3rd (and even dead last) support both in protection and receiving.
I don't see how, from that data, we can conclude that DJ needs "top 10" to be effective. I think accusations of making excuses hide the unrealistic expectations of those making the accusations.
DJ is like a car you stumble across with two flat tires. The engine starts, but that's all you can learn about the car because you can't drive it with two flats. Now, it's possible that once you fix the flats, it will turn out that the transmission is shot, and the car is still useless. However, until you fix the flat tires, there is no way to know what the car fully does. That's what you have with DJ. Until you give him half a chance, you can't say with any certainty what you have.