Saints Ranked 7th Best O-Line (PFF)

7 is too low, but there are concerns.

Does TA stay healthy? Can McCoy be as productive as his all pro predecessor? Can Peat settle in and reach his potential?

Interior push is Bress's weakness. Always has been, which is why SP has put a premium on g/c play since he Got here.

That said, I still think we are top 5, easy.

This is consistent with their OL ratings from last year.

We're #1. They can fight me

I think we had the best OL in the league until we had injuries. After the injuries I wouldn’t even say we were top 10. We were pretty bad at OL down the stretch in a lot of games.

We got dominated up front against Dallas, Philly and LA. They have good fronts but healthy we should be able to handle them. And we didn’t. Every single OL we had suffered a decent sized injury. Armstead was probably 50% and so was Unger. Unger has been battling injuries the last two years but has been a badass and played through them. It’s the main reason he retired. He was worn out and a shell of himself. Peat battled injuries all year and had a down year anyway. Ram got hurt later in the year as well but played through it. I think Warford was the only one without a pretty decent injury.

And our depth was shite after Bushrod got hurt and never returned. That and a lack of a third option out of Kamara/Thomas were the reasons we really struggled. Those guys just didn’t play as well as they did early in the year. They mauled a really good Eagles and Bengals D Line and then we started getting hit with injuries and they were never the same. If we want to have success they HAVE to stay healthy outside of some bumps and bruises. And McCoy has to play well. Those things happen and we have a chance to repeat our success from 2018

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Eh... I think any time you lose a fantastic center like Unger and are replacing him with a couple of question marks, you're gonna get dinged in articles like this.

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We are dinged due to Armstead's health bc his inevitable injury forces everyone out of a place of strength

Mccoy is an upgrade to the Unger of last season

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Mccoy is an upgrade to the Unger of last season

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I hope so, but you can’t say this for sure until we see him on the field.

Unger’s performance significantly dropped off in ‘17 and ‘18 with the injuries. It’s ok to say, it’s the literal reason he retired

McCoy is a definite upgrade in the run and he’s not too shabby in the pass

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C Erik McCoy had 35 games in his college career with 30+ pass blocking snaps - He pitched a pressure shutout in 22 of them.

In total, he had just 19 total pressures allowed on 1,528 pass blocking opportunities at Texas A&M

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So what? Check the tape bubba. 3 year starter in the SEC putting up those type of numbers in the pass and Run. Outside of the physical gifts he’s being lauded for his film work and technique


Kyler Murray hasn’t taken a snap. Is Brett Hundley better because he has? Nick bosa and Devin white aren’t better than the incumbents ?

Dude settle the frick down.

You can't know what you dont know. Those first rounders could easily be much worse than the incumbents they are replacing. shite, arizona just dumped last years first round qb for Murray. Only time will tell. Remember Lindsay Scott, Vaughn Dunbar, Shawn Knight, and John Sullivan?

Why must you always act like such an insufferable bitch on here?

No. Hes saying McCoy is a definite upgrade over Max Unger and it's not debatable. That can't be proven.

I like McCoy, and am excited we got him and like you, I believe he has stud written all over him. Can we at least see him in camp before we start saying he's better than Unger? Is that asking too much? This isnt Saints Report.