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Has Strausser finally found an OL he likes?

whatshouldicareaboutwhatshouldicareabout Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,947 Swaye's Wigwam
It seems every week, we have a new combination of starters on the OL.

Fall camp opened with something, like from L to R:

Eldenkamp
Charles
Tufunga
Brostek
Shelton

For Boise, our OL depth chart looked like this:

Shelton / Adams
Eldrenkamp / Kirkland
Tufunga / Kneip
Brostek / Sosebee
James / McGary

Our OL depth chart before the USC game was:

Adams / Kirkland
Shelton / Eldrenkamp
Tufunga / Kneip
Sosebee / Brostek
McGary / James

Now, our OL depth chart for this week:

Adams / James
Eldrenkamp / Kneip
Tufunga / Brostek
Shelton / Sosebee
Kirkland / McGary

I don't think we've had a consistent OL all season, and that's primarily because we really haven't had a good, cohesive OL yet that can excel at both run-blocking and pass-blocking. However, we might have found our best combination of OL last week at USC given how well we protected Browning and opened holes for Gaskin.

I think Strausser is finally happy with how these starting 5 played last week, and I hope he's done shuffling these guys around and experimenting with every possible combination of OL. If we can get OL play like the USC game for the rest of the season, I think we'll have a good shot of actually developing an offense around Browning and Gaskin.

Comments

  • CokeGreaterThanPepsiCokeGreaterThanPepsi Member Posts: 7,646
    I would like to see McGary get time, his ceiling is WAY higher than Kirkland (props to Kirkland, he actually didn't hurt us against SC).

    McGary tweaked his knee I believe during the week, and I think Soseebee was sick. I really want those two guys to get work and keep getting better for the future.
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