The Chiefs offensive line is offensive

It’s bad but it is way better than it has been for the last few years. We need some help on the interior but, the pass protection has improved a lot. Run blocking could be better but, Charles can run through very small holes for positive yards.

I’d suspect they will be pretty good by next year once we have a better Center.

Not all of the sacks have been because of bad O-line play. It’s pretty well noted that Matt Cassel holds the ball too long. I’m not saying they don’t suck but they have been improving a lot since the bye week. This line is MUCH better than what we had in 07 and 08. Plug in two new players this offseason and our line will be solid.

we’ll probably give up like, 20 sacks to the Bengals.

Gawd, that was an experiment gone badly wrong.

We definately need a Center, one OG, Another OG that we can groom to take Waters place whenever he gets cut/retires. And A better RT. O’Callighan isn’t horrid, just, he isn’t great. We at least need to get someone who will push him for the starting spot. So, we need two O lineman, and could use two more to be completely solid. Assuming that you have one backup for every starting O lineman, that’s needing 40% of a full lineman staff, and that’s not counting how much our backups suck. We need a LOT of help on the O line. But then again, we need a lot of help everywhere. Linebacker, NT, Safety, WR, FB, RB. Those are all need positions right now. WR we can solve the issue pretty simply by signing Boldin in the offseason. Imagine how amazing that could be. Boldin/Bowe/Chambers. Wow. what a three WR set. We need a monster safety to help our CB’s. Someone like Berry. We need a Monster NT. we’ll likely have to go to Free Agency to find that one. We need at least two LB’s One to start opposite Hali, and one on the inside. We can probably find that in the draft, but there will be good FA possibilities there too. We need a fullback. Mike Cox can’t and won’t do the job. we. need. a. fullback. There’s so much that has to be adressed in the offseason that it hurts. O line will go a long way, and I think It should be adressed quickly. Good post bear. I agree. I just hope we don’t lose sight of all the other glaring spots this team needs too.

The offensive line is having problems: don’t sustain their blocks well, seem to miss assignments, make critical penalties (negate a 43-yard Charles run with a holding penalty on Albert), center getting pushed back into the backfield by the nose tackle, etc. Agree that the offense will be hamstrung w/o improvement there. Unfortunately, probably gonna take another year to build a better unit.

OTOH, compared to the KC-Cincinnati game last year, this looks like a significantly better Chiefs team— at least for the first half.

Can’t pin this all on the o-line. They’ve improved markedly and yet I haven’t seen that same sort of improvement from Cassel. Some you can blame blockers for blowing their assignment. But in a lot of cases, Cassel misses the hot route. When you send 6 blitzers, somebody’s bound to be wide open. That’s what separates Brady/Brees/Manning from everyone else.

I haven’t given up completely on Cassel. But he’s got a really long way to go. And our o-line has played more than well enough for Cassel to make the plays he’s not making.