No offense can, but the yearly offensive line freakout is always overblown. Pretty sure if Brady takes more than one sack tonight the panic that Scarnecchia is no longer around will set in. But it happens every summer, even when he was here.
After quarterback-wide receiver timing, offensive line coordination is the hardest thing on offense to get up to speed.
Are there questions right now based on shoddy preseason play and constant rotation? Sure. But I think the arrow is pointing up for this unit when you consider the young depth they now have to develop.
And really, if they have to go back to last year’s starting five plus Cannon they’ll still be fine. As much flack as the offensive line caught in 2013, that was very much tied to the new receivers on offense as it was poor play by the offensive line.
The year of development for the receivers will do a lot for the protection.