O-Line Concerns

[El Paso Eagle]

This is the area I worry about the most. Not sure how much the talent we have can be coached up?

I'm being optimistic because I believe the D-LIne could be special if we stay healthy

Edited April 9, 2017 by El Paso Eagle

[BTG_Fan1]

Thinking that the 1 or 2 scholarships we got left, need to be used on the OL that are grad transfers. 

[Wag Tag]

Is the O line that bad, or is the D line that good?

[SilverEagle]

The D-line is noticeably better than last year. Remember that the new O-line coach has only been on the job for a short amount of time. I think the O-line did a decent job of protecting the QB's in the scrimmage. Not so much the running game. I heard from some people at the game about some impressive O-linemen coming in this fall that should help. Freshmen stepping in and contributing is extremely rare. We'd be better off looking for a grad transfer. But only if the new O-line coach doesn't think he can "coach up" the current group in a timely manner.

[GrandGreen]

Not sure why everyone is so down on the offensive line.   Based on many years of observation, spring games mean little and the ol was not that bad.  Touch sacks are hardly a thing to base anything on.   NT has a ton of offensive linemen on scholarship, no need to add more.   

 

[El Paso Eagle]

Not to disagree with you about the "touch" sacks, but at the same time the D was really slowing down when they got up to the "Red Jerseys". Also, there were a couple of runs by the QB's where the D could have really put a hard hit on them in "game" situations (but then again the QB's might not have put themselves in that situation if they were going "live").