CBBI
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I still believe Kitchens was forced to scrap a lot of his plays due to bad tackle play, and while limiting play calling hid the weakness, the tackles are still a glaring weakness. As I mentioned before, I'm also good with a strong bid in FA or high pick at right tackle to push Hubbard into a possible swing tackle role, keeping Robinson at LT. The left tackle FA crop is shallow, but there are some good RTs. Hubbard didn't play well enough to feel comfortable as a starter.
I mean was it *really* though?
The Browns gave up the fewest sacks and fewest QB hits allowed in the 2nd half of the season by a laughably wide margin. Like not even close.
Their offense was, by any measure, quite spectacular with these so called glaring weaknesses at tackle too.
I just don't see how anyone could watch the 2nd half of the year and determine that the OL is a "glaring weakness" when Mayfield got sacked just 5 times and hit just 9 times (the next closest team was at *TWENTY NINE* hits allowed) while the offense led the league in yards per play.
Like... even if the two incumbent tackles aren't all that talented, it didn't have a negative effect the offense in any way, shape or form once Kitchens took over.