WEEI Afternoons: Mark Schlereth explains who needs to step up while Will Campbell and Jared Wilson are out

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00:00I'm sure you saw the game in Cincinnati.

00:01They didn't necessarily dominate.

00:03They got the win, and it came at a cost.

00:05They lose a couple players to injury,

00:07namely a couple starting offensive linemen.

00:10So I want to start there.

00:11Will Campbell, Jared Wilson, left tackle, left guard, rookies.

00:15Looks like they're going to miss weeks, multiple weeks each,

00:18even if they avoided season-ending injury.

00:21Not ideal, but how big a deal is that?

00:24I mean, that's huge.

00:26And they have been such a great tandem,

00:30but such a pleasant surprise, I think,

00:31for two rookies to be out there on the left side

00:33and really ultimately dominate.

00:36I think that's just been one of the great things

00:39that they've had come their way.

00:41But listen, man, this is just the NFL.

00:43I mean, guys get hurt, guys get injured,

00:46and you've got to be able to figure out a way around those things.

00:49And I guess here's the good news.

00:51Like I said, not ideal actually kind of sucks.

00:54But the good news is you've got an unbelievable offensive coordinator.

00:58And you can say whatever you want about Josh McDaniels as a head coach

01:02and his tenure as a head coach both with the Broncos and the Raiders.

01:05But that dude is a phenomenal game planner

01:08and a phenomenal play caller.

01:10And he understands his responsibility in keeping the quarterback clean.

01:15He understands his responsibility in how to call a game

01:19to help your offensive line go from, you know, like I always say,

01:25taking the passive out of pass protection

01:27and going from a passive kind of passing play

01:31to being able to be an aggressor in those situations.

01:35So I think the best coaches in the league, in my opinion,

01:39really understand everybody's issues.

01:41And they mitigate their own issues before they attack, you know,

01:46the defense's issues.

01:47So you've got a great play caller in Josh McDaniels

01:52who will have a plan to help that left side.

01:55So that's the good news.

01:56But all that said, it still sucks to lose players.

02:00So that's the good news.