Q: Why do you think it took so long to go to Duke Johnson? Do you think our issues were talent on offense or coaching & development? Seems like other teams did OK with backups on OL.

POUPART: Hey Reza, it’s a great question about Johnson because it was so obvious — results aside — that he was at a different level as a running back as Myles Gaskin, Salvon Ahmed and Malcolm Brown. This might speak to stubbornness on the part of the coaches to go with the guys with whom they started the season. As for the O-line, yeah, I do think coaching and development played a role in the problems this season. I just have a hard time believing that none of the guys up front can play. And this is where having a first-time NFL offensive line coach (not counting being an assistant OL coach) was a problem, especially with some many young players on the unit.