I think the reason we have not been able to reap the benefits of a consistent o-line is that the personnel is just so lousy. Perhaps if they had settled on a group early and stuck with it, we might arguably be better off, but I don't buy it. To do so we would have had to forego to a degree evaluating the o-linement not chosen to be part of that group, which would have been a genuine loss, given how insecure a sense we had - perhaps have - of the merits of the ragtag gaggle of players assembled by those who acquired them under Bill and subsequently. It may be, I suppose, that the present coaching staff working with the o-linemen is not up to the job, but I myself have no evidence whatsoever that that is the case. How would one know?
It's a guessing game, and there is blame enough to go around, Lord knows, but I think the main driver of the o-line's inadequacy is the poor quality of the players on hand, a couple of them aside. If I had to pick someone to blame, it would be the drafting work of present and past GM's. Neither Bil nor the new guy did a remotely responsible job of maintaining/building an o-line roster worthy of an NFL team.
If the present GM, or whatever his title is, can't remedy the o-line issue in the next draft/trade/free agent phase, I'd fire him. I think in fact that there might even be a strengthening case to be made that given the questionable quality of his work both under Bill and subsequently, we might do well give up on him even sooner.
One hears how broadly admired Wolf is in "GM community." Maybe they just like having squishy-as-a-grape adversaries heading up other teams' draft rooms - guys they can out-think and take advantage of. Maybe it's not so much admiration as gratitude for the incompetence of an adversary. Maybe the Wolf is a kitty. Maybe he's just a nice guy elevated by nepotism to a job he cannot do.
