Can someone explain the OL situation to me? I'm not saying I'm right, but I'm very nervous about our OL while everyone seems to be pretty happy about it.
My thinking is this - Here's the 4/5 star OL we've signed since 2010, and their 247 National Ranking.
17 - Donaldson (71), Herbert (255)
16 - None
15 - Milo (216), St. Louis (293)
14 - McDermott (45), Darling (93)
13 - None
12 - Flowers (159)
11 - None
10 - Henderson (2), Linder (132)
Our best OL have come from the 4/5 Star group. Some 3 stars played really well (Feliciano, Isadora), but for the most part they take a while to develop and are just contributors (Odagwu, Gall, etc.)
We're expecting Donaldson & Herbert to step right in, but the same was expected of St. Louis, McDermott, and Darling - and they all needed time to develop. What's different about Donaldson & Herbert? Flowers is the only guy I remember being good right away (but I could be remembering wrong). I know people are high on Brown & Gaynor - but Brown was ranked 471 overall & Gaynor was not ranked nationally and just 170 in FL.
I thought we needed 3 or 4 4/5 star OL in this class and we got 2. To me - 2017 doesn't look much different than any other year. We got 2 4 Star OL, and a couple 3 Star OL with potential we're excited about.
It was popular to say "2015 was our worst OL ever at Miami". 2016 OL was a big struggle again. I don't agree it was that bad, but OL was definitely a weakness. But what's changed?
Again, I'm not saying I'm right...but I'm saying to myself "we signed 2 4 Star OL over a 2 year period, that's a big problem". What am I missing?
My thinking is this - Here's the 4/5 star OL we've signed since 2010, and their 247 National Ranking.
17 - Donaldson (71), Herbert (255)
16 - None
15 - Milo (216), St. Louis (293)
14 - McDermott (45), Darling (93)
13 - None
12 - Flowers (159)
11 - None
10 - Henderson (2), Linder (132)
Our best OL have come from the 4/5 Star group. Some 3 stars played really well (Feliciano, Isadora), but for the most part they take a while to develop and are just contributors (Odagwu, Gall, etc.)
We're expecting Donaldson & Herbert to step right in, but the same was expected of St. Louis, McDermott, and Darling - and they all needed time to develop. What's different about Donaldson & Herbert? Flowers is the only guy I remember being good right away (but I could be remembering wrong). I know people are high on Brown & Gaynor - but Brown was ranked 471 overall & Gaynor was not ranked nationally and just 170 in FL.
I thought we needed 3 or 4 4/5 star OL in this class and we got 2. To me - 2017 doesn't look much different than any other year. We got 2 4 Star OL, and a couple 3 Star OL with potential we're excited about.
It was popular to say "2015 was our worst OL ever at Miami". 2016 OL was a big struggle again. I don't agree it was that bad, but OL was definitely a weakness. But what's changed?
Again, I'm not saying I'm right...but I'm saying to myself "we signed 2 4 Star OL over a 2 year period, that's a big problem". What am I missing?