Yeah, I know a 4th round pick is, ya know, just a 4th round pick or whatever....go pak go wrote: ↑24 Aug 2020 08:57I mean we have enjoyed basically a top 5 (for sure top 10) offensive line every year basically for the last what... 13 years?
We can get by with a not-so stellar offensive line if the ball comes out in a normal 3 seconds or less and MLF's system of complexity is actually successful.
But I agree that Oline could be a tough thing for us. We have just taken that group for granted so long because we have been able to.
But the issue I had with the Love pick was losing that 4th rounder to move up more so than the decision to take Love... had we spent that 4th on, say, Jack Driscoll from Auburn or maaaybe Colton McKivitz, though I wasn't high on him; I'd feel a lot better about the OT situation right now... Turner and Wagner competing for the starting spot, but a promising rookie for depth and development rather than... Alex Light. I'd even feel better if Runyan was practicing at RT instead of exclusively at LG.
I think OT is a reasonable concern--especially if injury or COVID strike the position at all. But yeah, we've been spoiled and you can make it work with some average players in there, but not the way we're used to.