All those issues are simply built in excuses for playing poorly based on how poorly they put the line together. No, you can't excuse it. The line playing poorly should not be acceptable even if it is inevitable. It's the first preseason game, they weren't giving additional help to the line...they were trying to see where their guys were at. I understand that frustration at the OL. There's a lot of at best questionable players on that line. But I just can't condemn them based on the first preseason game. I'm sure I'll join the chorus beating them up later on, but I'm not gonna [expletive] on them just yet. I'm condemning them based on several seasons in a row of poor play, a horrible 2010 when they nearly got Cutler killed, an offseason where they essentially ignored the problem, and yet another game where they played poorly. You are acting as though that showing was the first we've seen of the line and therefore cannot judge.