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[QUOTE="griddy, post: 3146149, member: 6511"]
Two things, seemingly contradictory, can both be correct. 1. Tommy has a chance to be a great quarterback for us. 2. The combination of a porous offensive line, to put it charitably, and a pure pocket passer have been disastrous. 
Welch played with courage and passion, and he made plays when the line broke down, not just with his feet. The pass to Taj with a pass rusher bearing down on him was a thing of beauty. Also, a nice strike to Hackett for another score. 
The line looks completely demoralized and is not suddenly going to start protecting our passers and opening holes. Changes need to be made in personnel and in play calling to allow the line to get some successes. Defenses are just teeing off on us, and we need to make them pay for it more than we are doing. Quick outs to the TE, screens, quick slants to inside receivers, counters,  QB draws, shovel passes, etc. Have to find ways to create manageable third downs. Would like to see Servais at LT, Howard getting more carries, more throws to our TEs. 
For those who think our offensive problems cannot be solved, consider how bad our defense was the final three games of 2017, when we gave up 162 points. The next season, with many of the same players, we were markedly better. Hopefully, we won't have to wait until next season to see improvement, but we're at a fragile point in which we cannot keep doing the same things and hoping for different results.
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