Maybe when Lewan is back, and Saffold is in last year's mid-season form, Jones plays like he did in his first year as a Titan, Pamphile makes a solid showing and Conklin gets back to that All-Pro form? Then sure.
Or maybe they are thinking like me...that someone at some point is gonna realize our best line is probably Lewan, Saffold, Jones, Conklin, Kelly and figure we'll get there eventually.
But based on pre-season...Kelly hasn't been up to par from his late season performance, Saffold hasn't looked good, Jones has been inconsistent, Pamphile was so good they left the competition open another week and he won by default, and Conklin has been solid. Not what I'd call the 4th best OL based on the pre-season. Based on the pre-season and that Lewan is missing the first quarter of the season, hard to rate us better than avg...at best based on what we've shown. It's easier to argue we've shown below avg so far in pre-season. Our qb's have been harassed quite a bit and not just Mariota.
But it'll be what it's gonna be. Doesn't matter where they are ranked, only how well they play!