The more games I watch, the more I realize the only real problem on this team is the o-line.
Ignoring that Jax game where Lawrence carved us up, and maybe just calling that one part of the pre-season (really it seems Reich's teams are never where they should be in week 1, like they don't practice hard enough in camp), then ever since then the pass defense has been reasonably good, and is getting better.
The run defense has been excellent not counting when they were clearly gassed last night, and missing Kwity Paye (which is gonna suck moving forward).
The RBs are good, we really should have been giving more touches to Jackson over Hines, I still don't know what the hype is surrounding Hines, does he ever break tackles? All I ever see is Hines run up the middle for short gain, or Hines catch it and immediately get tackled.
The WRs are fine. We have 3 guys who can get it done, with Pittman, Pierce, and Campbell. That's all most teams have, the depth is depth.
TEs are coming along, not sure why we weren't getting them touches last night, but Granson looks so much better this year compared to last, MAC is still a reliable option, Woods has made a few plays.
Like everyone else, I can't get a grip on Matt Ryan - is he washed up or is he just shell-shocked and hurried because of how bad this o-line is?
Either way, fixing that o-line fixes a whole lot with this team.
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