Loose Cannon
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While I general agree with this, we couldn't open up consistent running lanes against Savannah State. We are far worse run blocking than people care to acknowledge. And contrary to what some others have said, we were not marginally improved against Toledo. Dallas and Rosier carried the day running with 110 and 80 yards, respectively, but 90 of Dallas's yards came after contact. He's not plowing through open running lanes. He's simply breaking through first contact at the LOS. He's a little more shifty than Homer, and because of that, he's not getting hit squarely and driven back like Homer. Boulware seems to be an improvement at guard, but Mahoney is still getting plowed by corners that are 200 lbs lighter, and Donaldson looks out of place at tackle.There's an old saying about how good QBs make bad OLs look good, while a bad QB can make a good OL look bad. There's a lot of truth to that. If your QB can keep a D honest, and keep them off balance, the entire O functions better. Right now good teams just tee off knowing Rosier can not beat them with his arm, and legs, alone. When he starts, IF he starts hitting passes downfield against them, they won't be able to focus on taking the run away. His consistency is non existent, and that is taking the whole O down a notch.
We pass blocked well against SSU and Toledo, but LSU abused us in that area too. Rosier was sacked 4 times, hurried 5 more, and there were at least a dozen drop backs whee he had zero time to do anything except pull the ball down and try to at least get back to the line of scrimmage.
This is not a good o-line being made to look bad by the QB. And this is not a good QB being made to look bad by the o-line. At best, Rosier can be slightly above average with good o-line play and run support, and that has been the entire difference between the first game and these last two.