Oakland and the AFC West Wild Card: The Offensive Line

Last season, even with a horrible offensive line, our rushing yardage was still 10th in the league.

10th...is that possible?

With a rotating fullback position due to injuries, Michael Bush, Justin Fargas, and Darren McFadden combined for the 10th best running game last year, with a line that looked like swiss cheese at times.

Russell was harried, rushing passes, or getting flushed out of the pocket. Other times, a good start would be killed when Kwame Harris would false start, someone would flinch, or any number of bad things would occur.

Some could guess our best offensive lineman was Zach Miller, keeping the pocket open when the linemen would fail.

Oakland knew they were going to need help if they were going to keep Russell healthy and upright.