Nick Underhill’s concern with Saints O-Line might be “heightened” (2 Viewers)

[Deuuuuce]

He lost me at “not marrying to any takes”. Then why the heck are you throwing out your take to begin with?

 

[SonOfNOLA]

Saints addressed OL depth by signing two established vet IOL Garcia and Turner on the first day of TC. Then Turner goes on IR the next day later. Not like they didn’t try.

Nothing the Saints can do about outside concern. Develop and condition who we have on the OL.
Peat, Saldiveri and Garcia are decent depth as our top 3 OL reserves.

 

[los226]

OL is very concerning. People keep talking about we have the QB now and the weapons, but it won’t mean diddly poo without an OL.

 

[boutte]

We might pick up some players who aren't on the roster right now. After cut down there are going to be a lot vets looking jobs.

 

[Saint Greg]

Jaylen Smith did for the LB corps what Trai Turner would’ve done for the OL.

 

[Hedon James]

OL is very concerning. People keep talking about we have the QB now and the weapons, but it won’t mean diddly poo without an OL.

I don't disagree, but a weak line can be mitigated by a QB who can read defenses, process quickly, and deliver the ball before the line leaks. Carr has that ability. It appears that Haener does also, and that Jameis does not. Which may explain why Jameis and Haener have similar stats, with similar playing time, but Jameis has taken 5 sacks and Haener has taken none. In all fairness to Jameis though, I'd rather take 5 sacks than give away 1 turnover. JMO...

 

[St. Geezy]

Most teams’ OL depth is poor. There just aren’t enough quality lineman to go around for everyone.

 

[los226]

I don't disagree, but a weak line can be mitigated by a QB who can read defenses, process quickly, and deliver the ball before the line leaks. Carr has that ability. It appears that Haener does also, and that Jameis does not. Which may explain why Jameis and Haener have similar stats, with similar playing time, but Jameis has taken 5 sacks and Haener has taken none. In all fairness to Jameis though, I'd rather take 5 sacks than give away 1 turnover. JMO...

I completely agree, but I think it takes an elite passing QB to mitigate a weak line or a QB with the threat of running. I think Derek Carr is a very good QB, but I’m not sure I can say that he’s elite… yet! Hopefully he comes out and has his best season ever!

 

[Krodwhodat]

This is scary because Underhill generally knows more than the public and the public knows this:

Ramczyk: 77.9
Ruiz: 56.6
McCoy: 61.2
Peat: 50.6
Hurst: 63.2
Penning: 73.6

That is a very weak interior line, and Penning is still developing/unknown.

He is concerned, I am terrified.

Are those Madden scores?

 

[Saint Spud]

Our starting 5 is fine. Good, even.

Either Peat or Hurst are good 6th guys.

But beyond that is trouble. The dropoff is huge.

I’d love to see us hit the waiver wire hard once cuts start. Maybe even make a trade before cuts.

 

[Consigliere]

Are those Madden scores?

Slightly more credible: PFF. Not omniscient but a pretty good neutral source.

Any way you slice it, our interior guys are not good. We think they are good because they were drafted high and we keep hearing their names. But they are not good. We can only hope that Penning develops and we excel on the edges.

 

[dutar76]

I wonder if itll be the same members "hating the pick" if we draft OL in the first round next April that are panicking about our OL depth now?

Every team in the league has OL depth issues. Few teams have 5 guys as good as our top 6. Any team missing 2 or 3 starters on the OL is going to struggle. Hopefully, this is the year that our OL stays intact.

 

[kennydfresh]

I wish we'd sign a guard or two for depth.

We did, he is out for the year remember!

 

[WxM]

Put me in the category of people that thinks the reaction to this particular preseason game is way overboard. We had exactly one starter on the offensive line who barely played, and the rest of the guys with him were the second team. 3/4 of the game was comprised of people who will either be on the practice squad or the couch. Any offensive lineman that's any good won't make it to the practice squad anyway, so it doesn't matter much that they didn't do so well.

 

[Taker597]

This is scary because Underhill generally knows more than the public and the public knows this:

Ramczyk: 77.9
Ruiz: 56.6
McCoy: 61.2
Peat: 50.6
Hurst: 63.2
Penning: 73.6

That is a very weak interior line, and Penning is still developing/unknown.

He is concerned, I am terrified.

The interior been weak the moment Evans retired and we haven't ever been able to get to that level in quite some time.