Quote Originally Posted by Westdawg View Post
What I love about this conversation concerning the "fears" of our OL is that just a few short years ago, we were worried about OL #s 1-5. Now we have a group that has fear over 7-10. Just a few things stand out to me with this that should help all y'all scaredy cats-
1 - we have 6 guys that are really good (maybe not all American but good) OL that we can count on.
2 - we have 4-5 OL under them that have not had the chance to gain experience and prove themselves as of yet. AMAZING WE HAVE QUALITY DEPTH!!!!!
3 - most everyone on this board knows that our 2 & 3 deep on the DL is legit SEC depth across those positions. All of our guys on the OL are gaining critical experience and knowledge going against that unit in practice every day. That counts for something.
4 - we are complaining most about players like carter and Thomas who are RS frost and the fact that they haven't been able to crack the starting rotation or have experience to know what they are capable of.....it's about dang time we had that much depth to finally have idiots say this!!!!
5 - we have a strong contingent that is upset because Damien was said to be a starter when Senior was obviously better, then Damien gets hurt for the year and ppl are upset because Senior may not be good enough and we have to slide Malone over and that warren is playing out of position and has not any experience at RT. If any of y'all complaining had been watching warren you would have noticed that he was used primarily almost always as an extra blocker. He is used to going against the DE and outside rush. He has great lateral movement wide reach and very good footwork. I said a couple years ago that they should have moved him to OT becAuse it was a more natural position for him. Fact is, he is a tweener for those two positions. I honestly think he will do well there.
Personally I love what we have at the OL as starters, 2 deep, and beyond. I hope we blow these first 3 games out so all of those guys can get live game experience and help to show everyone what we have and I for one think it is quality depth and future studs.
Top notch. Best post I have seen in a while. Kudos.