No Controversy in the Detroit Lions Offensive Line

Training camp is under way at Allen Park, and the reports are in. Matt Stafford is very good.  Daunte Culpepper looks as great as his “back in shape” look would suggest. Even Drew Stanton, a guy who I said less than two weeks ago is a dark horse to get cut in training camp, has “thrown some darts,” to use the words of MLive.com’s Tom Kowalski. The strong performance of each quarterback all but guarantees a swirling, season-long quarterback controversy. But fear not! For there is one area, very near to the quarterback position, where there is no controversy whatsoever. Nobody is arguing the fact that the offensive line is bad. The starters are bad, the reserves are aged, and bright spots are hard to find. In a “pass rush” drill, a basic offensive line vs. defensive line situation, a red punching bag is suspended where a quarterback would be (roughly), and the offensive line’s sole job is to protect it. Suffice to say, the punching ...