Breaking News Cleveland Browns sign RT Jack Conklin

good rookie year

meh every other year

not a huge loss IMO.. people seem to gloss over how ****ing atrocious our line was first half of last year, Tanne and Henry hid those issues 2nd half

 

Yeah I agree. I honestly don't give a damn he left us for the Browns.

If we could've resigned him, I would've been cool with that, but since we didn't, it's all good.

 

Yes the line wasnt good in the beginning but having crap qb Mariota running into defenders every chance he was given made them look a lot worse.

 

He was most certainly not "meh" last year. He received elite grades at run blocking and was above average at Pass Blocking. Overall he finished as the 12th best RT by PFF grades.

So far in his career under PFF grades, he has finished #4 his rookie season, #14 his 2nd season, # 18 in 2018 and #12 last season. He may not be "elite" overall but he is without a doubt one of the 10-15 best RTs in the game and he's only 25 and he's coming off his best season since his rookie year. He was absolutely worth the money.

 

Probably because our best OL was suspended for 4 games and when he came back he played poorly for 2-3 games. That might have something to do with that.

 

Our OLine didnt magically get better, its all the side effects of having a competent QB.

When you can elude pass rushers teams start blitzing you and spaces behind the defense start opening up for Tanny to exploit. Then once you start beating teams that way you ram Henry down their throat when they make adjustments.

Great job by Arthur Smith in staying on top of the way the games going. But none of this happens without the QB executing the offense.

 

Nate Davis was also out the first few weeks, and we were starting a backup QB.

 

Tannehill had the highest sack percentage in the NFL among qualified QB’s

 

Wow, is that true? Pretty surprising. Could you post a link?

 

But , while it sucks to lose Conklin, Kelly is starter quality, with a 71.8 PFF grade last year, though it's clear step down from Conklin. So as long as we use the money saved to upgrade at other areas, we should be fine.