chapelhillduck wrote:Um...we allowed like five sacks this year and LMJ had a crazy amount of rushing yards
Our O line isn't bad, The Auburn rushing D is god and Fairley is going to be the number 1 pick overall. Can the O line be better? Yes, but they were by no means bad.
Please. It was pretty clear from watching the games this season that they were just not that good. If your O-line is getting beat by Portland State...its a red flag. If anything, LMJ made them look better than they really were.
DuckPride417 wrote:I understand we need OLineman that can move, and deal with our pace, but we need more Physical OL, we was beat at LOS all year long.
For sure..and that is exactly why we had such a poor season...Geez, you wouldnt be happy if you were hung with a new rope....
DuckPride417 wrote:I understand we need OLineman that can move, and deal with our pace, but we need more Physical OL, we was beat at LOS all year long.
For sure..and that is exactly why we had such a poor season...Geez, you wouldnt be happy if you were hung with a new rope....
Well, it's why we've lost our last two bowl games, so perhaps its something worth addressing. Or maybe we can just hope we don't get much matched up against a team with a good DL.
Regardless of whether the Ducks were beaten at the the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball or not, the fact of the matter is that they STILL had a very good chance to win the game. They knew what they were up against going in, but it was their lack of execution at crucial times in the game that got them beat. The lines were plenty good enough to accomplish what needed to be done, but they failed to get it done as a team. That's why they lost.
Now, I will say that we'd have a serious problem if we played an SEC conference schedule and had to face the big lines of Auburn, LSU, Alabama, Mississippi State, etc week in and week out. Fortunately, we don't.
By the way, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't TCU much smaller on both lines than Wisconsin, yet they still won the game?
It all comes down to execution. We didn't do it when we needed it most and as a result, we lost.
That being said, yes, I do think we need some bigger boys on the D-Line so they can bring pressure up the middle more consistently, but I don't believe it's 100% crucial to our success. We just got to the Natty and had a legitimate chance to win without em'.
Please. It was pretty clear from watching the games this season that they were just not that good. If your O-line is getting beat by Portland State...its a red flag. If anything, LMJ made them look better than they really were.
