11-02-2017, 11:32 AM
(11-02-2017, 09:44 AM)Wyche Wrote: While nowhere near as bad as what we've seen this year, I'd argue that the end of 2007-09, the line was pretty bad. Anytime you're having to run unbalanced sets with a FB to run the football in this league, you're bad at your job. The pass pro during those years weren't stellar either. By 2010, they were starting to regroup, by 2012, it was a good unit.
Yeah, no doubt those lines had some issues of their own, especially when Gutcheck was at C and then Lurch at RT...but man, this year's line is just bad across the line - turnstiles at C and both T spots, and 2 G's getting exposed because of the lack of competence on either side of them.
As I've said before, this group just isn't very talented and that's not something you can change. Boling is the best of the group, but his limitations become much more obvious when others aren't playing well, and then his play suffers.
They can't pass block with any consistency. They can't run block with any consistency. They have trouble engaging defenders, sustaining blocks, opening lanes, protecting their QB and then there's the coaching - or lack thereof - which is a whole other issue.
Basically, they're just bad at football.
