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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 475005" data-attributes="member: 4199">The article states that the bar for "acceptable" offensive line play has been lowered, ie, you can do well and go further with an over-all lower quality line than you could 10 years ago.  Rule changes, scheme advances, and a few other things allowed for this change.  It also depends on the team. Your line still has to meet that bar though.  Look at the Bears who are probably just below the bar or the Eagles who are well below.  With our preferred starters all healthy (Newhouse, Lang, Saturday, Sitton, Bulaga) I'd estimate us at right above that line.  With the current reshuffling, I'd put us at the line to just under the line, depending on the circumstances, play call, down and distance, etc. What does all that mean?  You don't want to spend too much on your offensive line because past a certain point, you're not getting measurable benefit for those dollars.  Think of it this way.  Is Joe Thomas worth 10 million dollars per year (which is what google is telling me is his approximate salary.)?  He sure is.  Is Cleveland getting 10 million dollars of value from him?  Probably not.</blockquote>

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