OL and offensive success.

[Sully]

I know it's the NFL but this gives me hope for next year's offense.

What we've learned in the 2016 NFL season from Dallas to New England to (gulp) Jacksonville

 

[Cortez55403]

Thanks Sully. Great stuff on building a dominant team from the OL out, e.g. Dallas and Oakland.

I read a similar piece about OLine dominance a couple of years ago that underlined two additional key advantages of having a stellar OL:

* great OLs don't care about playing at home or away. They don't thrive on emotion or the crowd. Instead, they play as a controlled unit that wants to physically abuse the other team. They play that way every game, not just at home.

* great OLs don't care about the weather. Again, their pride comes from great play of the unit. No excellent OLineman would play poorly in lousy weather because he would be letting down his unit. Not gonna happen.

 

[canes1239]

I agree. A great OL will have the same type of impact on our offense as our DL did on our defense this year

 

[Canedog]

Oline will not be the huge liability it was earlier this year. In fact, I expect the Oline to be a strong point for Miami with the experienced players coming back and the infusion of talent with Donaldson and the transfer from Louisiana.

 

[Cane Fan 4 Life]

OL was responsible for losing us more games than QB play.

 

[Fightinibis]

OL was responsible for losing us more games than QB play.

Not to mention play calling that appeared to be designed for a coach that believed he had the stoutest of OL.

UM

 

[Memnon]

OL was responsible for losing us more games than QB play.

Nah, I gotta disagree with that...

OL play was probably most responsible for the Va Tech loss, but vs FSU & UNC, that's mainly on Kaaya & overall inept offensive play.

Against Notre Dame, that was a team effort Loss... The offense played the worst half of football they played all year, the Defense had trouble getting off the field as well.

 

[JimmyJohnsonsHair]

OL was responsible for losing us more games than QB play.

Not to mention play calling that appeared to be designed for a coach that believed he had the stoutest of OL.

UM

All of this. Still, that INT vs FSU tho...