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2018 O Line

I don't care who starts. I just wanna see by far the most improvement of the team next year be the OL and overall strength of the team.
 
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We've had this problem for years, and the same question gets asked every offseason. Until the OL becomes a solid unit, we can't be elite.
 
We have a solid OL. Teams like FSU have bad OLs. Look around the country and you will see what mediocre and bad OLs look like.

The question is: how can we become a great OL like the teams in the Playoff? We are obviously not there. I don't see us making that leap next year, but we can get better.

St. Louis has been trending up and is one of the better pass protectors in the ACC. Left tackle is the natural progression for him. Searels wants Donaldson to take over at RT. His length will help him there. We tried those two at those spots in spring and it didn't work. They've come a long way since then.

I'd like to see us move Gaynor to C and Gauthier to LG. Gauthier played great there in 2016. He would be an upgrade over Darling.

I'd also like us to hit the grad transfer market for a blocking TE and/or FB. Those spots aren't the most desired in the pros, so there should be good, physically mature players willing to play a 5th year.

The two guys I'm expecting big things from on the OL are Delone Scaife and Zalontae Hillary. Scaife is a smart monster and will be here for spring. I see him winning a job.

Hillary missed camp but came on strong during the year. He has really good feet and balance. And if Herbert can keep progressing, he is very physically talented with a good attitude.

This isn't John Rochford or Tyler McMeans bad. We are pretty good and are recruiting at a high level.
 
AustinCane6688 said:
SmokeyRone said:
Tell me our offensive line will be better (or a lot better) in 2018. And tell my why and how.

Cant think of anything more important for next year. Our OL was an incredible force multiplier for opponents this year.

Not being able to run, unable to get short yardage, near hopeless in first and goal situations, and having your QB assaulted on a regular basis is no way to go through life. Not where we wanna be when Jesus comes back.

Imagine this season with a good OL? We would have rolled over everyone. ****, maybe Rosier looks a lot better behind a real OL, with a running attack and pass blocking?

Anyway, tell me we will be better. Lie if you must, make up ****, but I just want to hear it.
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Darling and McDermott graduate
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Addition by subtraction
 
Miami's OLine performance this year was definitely an upgrade from what we was used to seeing the Golden years!! BUT for next year, we need our guys to be better.. The game against Clemson was definitely the measuring stick for our Canes and we need our OLinemen to be stronger and better..

I expect this off-season to be very competitive one!! BUT I must say, I did see a lot of improvement from the OLine..
 
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DMoney said:
We have a solid OL. Teams like FSU have bad OLs. Look around the country and you will see what mediocre and bad OLs look like.

The question is: how can we become a great OL like the teams in the Playoff? We are obviously not there. I don't see us making that leap next year, but we can get better.

St. Louis has been trending up and is one of the better pass protectors in the ACC. Left tackle is the natural progression for him. Searels wants Donaldson to take over at RT. His length will help him there. We tried those two at those spots in spring and it didn't work. They've come a long way since then.

I'd like to see us move Gaynor to C and Gauthier to LG. Gauthier played great there in 2016. He would be an upgrade over Darling.

I'd also like us to hit the grad transfer market for a blocking TE and/or FB. Those spots aren't the most desired in the pros, so there should be good, physically mature players willing to play a 5th year.

The two guys I'm expecting big things from on the OL are Delone Scaife and Zalontae Hillary. Scaife is a smart monster and will be here for spring. I see him winning a job.

Hillary missed camp but came on strong during the year. He has really good feet and balance. And if Herbert can keep progressing, he is very physically talented with a good attitude.

This isn't John Rochford or Tyler McMeans bad. We are pretty good and are recruiting at a high level.
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Good stuff. It gets left out a lot when talking about our O-line struggles, most notably 3rd and goal and 3rd and short, but the fact that our TE depth was:
1. Herndon IV
2. Fat and Lazy
3. Converted DE too light in the *** to move anybody and to slow to run routes.
FB depth was:
1. Walk On
2. Nobody
3. ???
4. Profit

Okay. Scratch 4. Realus George is the number 1 FB in the country and he's coming to the U. Plus we have some serious talent coming in at TE and both will likely EE. These guys will be worth their weight in gold in goal line sits if they can get here in the spring, and we'll see if Brevin can push Mike Irvin Jr. to finally live up to his name or start hunting for his 3rd school to play for.
 
Possibly playing with a faster pace more uptempo Offense would also help the OL as well.

The quicker we go, the less time they have to sustain a block & the ball could move a lot faster down the field.

I think from a personnel standpoint, we shouldn't be a traditional SEC style power team, we have great speed on the perimeter & even more coming in with Mark Pope to add on with JT4, Richards & Harley.

We need more Spread concepts in our Offense, especially with the run game. Spread teams in college Football run the ball a very high rate even when they don't have a lot 4/5-star talent.

Aside from QB & OL play, we really need for the Run game to improve a lot. We struggle way too **** much running the ball in this Offense.
 
LC, Did you notice Rosey being a lot more indecisive in his runs as well as being much more inaccurate the last two or three games than the rest of the season? Maybe it was just me, but he almost turned into Kaaya, just standing there and taking the sack, or when he would decide to run, it was way too late and there was no lane.
 
Ain’t Gonna win anything until we start payin for the big uglies like the other top schools.

Biggest budget line items should be LT and DT.
 
DMoney said:
We have a solid OL. Teams like FSU have bad OLs. Look around the country and you will see what mediocre and bad OLs look like.

The question is: how can we become a great OL like the teams in the Playoff? We are obviously not there. I don't see us making that leap next year, but we can get better.

St. Louis has been trending up and is one of the better pass protectors in the ACC. Left tackle is the natural progression for him. Searels wants Donaldson to take over at RT. His length will help him there. We tried those two at those spots in spring and it didn't work. They've come a long way since then.

I'd like to see us move Gaynor to C and Gauthier to LG. Gauthier played great there in 2016. He would be an upgrade over Darling.

I'd also like us to hit the grad transfer market for a blocking TE and/or FB. Those spots aren't the most desired in the pros, so there should be good, physically mature players willing to play a 5th year.

The two guys I'm expecting big things from on the OL are Delone Scaife and Zalontae Hillary. Scaife is a smart monster and will be here for spring. I see him winning a job.

Hillary missed camp but came on strong during the year. He has really good feet and balance. And if Herbert can keep progressing, he is very physically talented with a good attitude.

This isn't John Rochford or Tyler McMeans bad. We are pretty good and are recruiting at a high level.
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What u smoking Dmoney. We don’t not have a solid OL. Solid OL can get 1 yard when needed and we couldn’t. This OL was trash can bad. Take your orange and green glasses off.
 
As a Miami area sports fan the annual guarantee is dumpy looking offensive linemen from the Canes and Dolphins. Those scouts must share notes, and priorities.

But there are fewer and fewer elite offensive linemen period. That is an ongoing theme on the draft sites. When I was a Dolphins fan as a kid, and then a student at USC, it was commonplace for our offensive linemen to be superior athletes than the guys they lined up against. Now that is an extreme rarity.

A commitment to 40+ rushes per game can make an offensive line look collectively better than it really is. Confidence swells also. But when you settle for 32 rushes per game and allow the defensive line to attack you play after play, I don't have any sympathy or any hope. The bottom line is inevitable.
 
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