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Its amazing that Philip Rivers can stand after all the punishment he takes behind such a bad offensive line


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All the hits and sacks are finally getting to him. Philip from even a year ago would have connected more on that last drive. But he's seeing ghosts right now. And losing Okung couldn't have come at a worst time. Of course he shares the blame as well. You don't need to go deep all the time. Sometimes it's okay to take the easy stuff especially with 3 TOs.

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23 hours ago, Jakuvious said:

They really have invested, though. Okung and Pouncey are high dollar free agent pickups. Schofield is on kind of a mid-tier FA contract. They've taken a guy in the second or third round at almost every OL position in the last 3 or 4 years. Lamp, Feeney, Pipkins, and Tuerk have all been 2nd or 3rd round picks. Barksdale was another mid-tier FA not that long ago that they moved on from because he was meh. They've had a moderate to high investment player at every spot on the OL recently, they just haven't panned out. If you had a healthy and performing line of Okung, Lamp, Pouncey, Schofield, and Barksdale, with Feeney, Pipkins, and Quessenberry as young, high potential backups, you'd be pretty damn pleased. But you've had a mix of injuries (Okung, Lamp, Pouncey) and underperformance (Barksdale, Schofield, Feeney.) You can maybe blame the front office for poor scouting, but it isn't a lack of trying, IMO.

Thank you! I'm glad someone else realizes this. Another problem has been the coaching. Lynn isn't as bad as McCoy or Norv. But I often wonder what Rivers would do with someone like Payton, Reid, or even McVay. 

 

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