so you really think matt ryan would be able to perform well without a good left tackle protecting his blind side.
Sure. Who's to say the one he has is all that good anyway? Thats what GREAT NFL QBs do. They get it done even if they have subpar talent around them. Ryan can compensate for less than stellar LT play, just like many great QBs can and have. A good LT does always help though.
I can reverse the question as well. Can a LT perform well without a good QB back there making a great play on occasion to mask the mistakes a good LT may make on occasion?
You should ask Vernon Carey how easy it was to do his job last year knowing that if he didnt completely dominate his defender that the guy behind him would do NOTHING to help him out. Ask him if all that extra pressure helped him perform at all.
Then ask him how he felt knowing that even if he did a great job at LT that the QB behind him may still make him look bad and take a sack from the man he was blocking even if he held his block for quite a reasonable amount of time. No pressure or anything.
After that ask him, or hell anyone that played LT in the league, if they were much more comfortable if they had a QB behind them that they knew even if he werent able to dominate his defender that his QB would make him look good and make a play.
You guys really need to get real with this stuff and realize that in the NFL the QB position is MUCH MUCH MUCH more important than the LT. Simple fact, a great or good QB can overcome a mistake made by a LT and still make a play. However a LT can do NOTHING about a mistake by the QB. Also a bad QB can nullify a fine effort by a LT, whereas a bad play by a LT does not as often nullify a fine effort by a QB as the other way around.
Dudes, the QB handles the ball on EVERY PLAY(unless of course youre running the WILDCAT
) A LT is ONE of a UNIT of FIVE that blocks for others to make plays. And the QB is the one who must make the most plays.