Things Zac Taylor knew

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(11-23-2020, 11:28 AM)wildcatnku24 Wrote: I agree, Fred.  I was confident on our D based on FA and draft, and our running attack.  Had confidence/excitement in QB play but like most was suspect of the OLINE, and had no idea Tee would go off in his first year like this.  

I suspect the real issue is that the oline seems different week to week.  and not just one player different, seems drastically different.  

But also, we'll never really know just how many run plays Burrow audibled out of either.  Even early on, he has changing things at the line.

Our defense would have been very different this year had Atkins not injured his shoulder, Reader hadn't gotten hurt, Dunlap hadn't mentally checked out, and Waynes had not torn his pec. IMO we were set to have a really good defense and it was devastated by injuries. People always say injuries are not an excuse, but we were hit really hard this year on that side of the ball. Healthy Reader, Atkins, Dunlap and Lawson/Hubbard on the line with Waynes, WJIII and Alexander in the backfield would have been a completely different story.