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    Quote Originally Posted by Random Poster View Post
    That could certainly happen- except for Champion. However if we planned to play Reese at OG- I think he would be working there this Spring. That's why I kept him at RT. It's not very smart to work a rookie at a position all-Spring that he won't play in the Fall
    Didn't Jenkins play his best at LG? With him and Rankin on the left side, we got a lot better on the Oline. Rankin has even been mentioned as a possible All SEC type LT (probably 2nd or 3rd team) and getting drafted mid to early rounds. I would think if Reese is capable of holding down RT then it would be the best thing to keep the Left side intact. Story has experience at Guard so you would only be breaking in 2 brand new starters with Calhoun having experience just not at Center. Jenkins also has starting experience at RT so either way it is a puzzle for Hev to put together. He has some decent pieces but not having the whole line going thru spring sucks. Makes our typical tough stretch of taking the first few months to gel on the Oline.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NCDawg View Post
    I think Rankin and Jenkins may be pretty good; possibly Calhoun, also. The rest we don't know about. Certainly the weakest position group on the team, and probably not good enough to get us to the SEC Championship game, which we all want.
    We really just need two new OL to be good for this to avoid being the weakest position group (ignoring injuries and depth). If say Williams and Reese are both as good or better than Calhoun, then we are actually pretty solid for OL starters, whereas our wide receivers are probably the weakest they've been since 2013. A mediocre OL is just harder to overcome than a mediocre receiving corp.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnson85 View Post
    We really just need two new OL to be good for this to avoid being the weakest position group (ignoring injuries and depth). If say Williams and Reese are both as good or better than Calhoun, then we are actually pretty solid for OL starters, whereas our wide receivers are probably the weakest they've been since 2013. A mediocre OL is just harder to overcome than a mediocre receiving corp.
    Don't know why **** but skill players always look pretty darn good behind a bunch of studs on the OL. Especially in college.

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