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Offensive Line Change?

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Juancane said:
Maybe reed stinks. Obviously he can’t beat out freshmen
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I don’t think reed stinks, he’s just so strong that I’m sure his footwork, hand placement and other fundamentals probably never developed because they never needed to be. Give him time and I think he will be starting in the next year or so, maybe a Harland Gunn type.
 
I wouldn't be shocked if they put clarkat center and put gaynor at right guard with scaife at RT. The staff really seems to like Zion so I think our left side stays the same.
 
CFLCane said:
Leap frogs who lol? Campbell and Hillary were mid/low level three stars who had 0 field experience, that's not much of a leap. Reed was a borderline 4 star with 0 field experience.

It's was pretty clear to see beyond the preseason hype we only had 2-3 OL we could truly count on.

Maybe they went a little hard on the Zion "sell" but again what's the alternative lol? We have LITERALLY no OT's. They were clearly trying to build confidence in the kid. Notice you did not see a similar hype train for Campbell.

We're 4 classes away from a full OL rebuild. Next year we're just adding more freshmen plugged directly into the 2 deep. Don't buy the hype. The OL will hold this team back for a while.
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I’ve had this same view of the oline tbh. I feel you on that. But i did think Campbell(high 3star we fought off good programs for) and hillery were solid Line prospects and would be the first options b4 ..then u have reed a 4star..I’m not tryna to ride the hype that’s why I’m worried about starting a true freshman who most thought was a surefire RS bothers me..we have no LT that’s our main problem imo since flowers..KC was solid, but after that it’s been a **** show

Idk man now I’m rambling lol. But I guess it’s the optics of Nelson(TF) Donaldson(jr) gaynor(first year starter) Clark(Tf) scaife(out of position) being the best ******* options for the staff. I’d rather keep the line we had vs UF for at least this week to see if there’s at least progression with the lineup the staff spent an entire fall camp settling on
 
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Donaldson needs play on the same side as Scaife. Reed must not be improving. I know he is strong as an ox. What’s up with him? I’m surprised he can’t get any pt
 
The oline will start exactly how they started against UF. They will play better because the comp is lower. And yes you will see a rotation on the line. But that starting lineup is set for game 2.
 
rokulika said:
You can't play worse than Campbell did in week 0. Not sure if that's been discussed.
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See Zion week 0, he gave up the most sacks and pressures. Ultimately just disrupted plays with his lack of blocking. Campbell did too but to a lesser extent imo , he had some terrible penalties though
 
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brock said:
See Zion week 0, he gave up the most sacks and pressures. Ultimately just disrupted plays with his lack of blocking. Campbell did too but to a lesser extent, he had some terrible penalties though
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1.) Zion did not give up the most pressures wk 1-Campbell did.

2.) Most of the sacks that Zion "gave up" were not all his fault.

3.) By and large he graded out much better than Campbell-that's a fact. Not only that..but he's a TRUE FRESHMEN, and his ceiling as well as his ability to improve from wk to wk, is much greater than Campbell. Take into account all of these factors, and its pretty easy to understand why Zion retained his starting LT position. Even a dummy could understand that
 
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craval85 said:
1.) Zion did not give up the most pressures wk 1-Campbell did.

2.) Most of the sacks that Zion "gave up" were not all his fault.

3.) By and large he graded out much better than Campbell-that's a fact. Not only that..he's a TRUE FRESHMEN, and his ceiling as well as well as his ability to improve from wk to wk, is much higher than Campbell. Take into account all of these factors, and its pretty easy to understand why Zion retained his starting LT position. Even a dummy could understand that
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I’m sorry but This isn’t factual. Zion was abused , 3 sacks given up midway through the second quarter and had multiple pressures and sacks after that especially on those final 2 drives. Neither of the 2 played winning football. You can deal with 1 struggling tackle but not 2 as your bookends on the line. Can’t run much of an offense like that. Now zion is a true freshman and I do Agree with the premise that we should have done a few different things in terms of aiding him in blocking vs uf more though. Regardless of the fact duke who played bama(has more talented edge rushers) started two freshman tackles(one was a true freshman) and they fared much better than ours pair vs Uf. They need to improve quick, fast and in a hurry

 
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WIN said:
No and it shouldn't! Why change now when it's only been one game and you've had two weeks to improve? A change now will look like the staff didn't know what they were doing against uf
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It isn't a good look.

At all.

Ouch.
 
Butch Barry quickly over taking Stubblefield as the biggest WTF hire in the off season
 
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ddann said:
Pardon me, but doesn’t it already sort of look that way?
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No... it was the first game and on the road and against a solid d-line and a week earlier than normal. It was only 5 sacks and of those 5 they weren't all on the tackles.
 
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