How bad is Auburn's offensive line?

HuskyJW

per The Athletic.....They installed yesterday a Wildcat package with an unbalanced offensive line....they haven't done that since 2016.

AU2xguy

It's the biggest question mark on the team, but the line is loaded with talent. Just lost a lot of experience due to graduation. For example, the starting LT has only been playing football for 3-4 years total (going back to high school). He's just a freak athlete that was originally recruited to play D-line, but got moved the offensive side rather quickly upon seeing his footwork and potential.

The new O-line coach is actually the same guy that coached the line from 2013 - 2015. He's a significant upgrade as far as on field coaching goes.

As for wildcat, AU has run some kind of wildcat package every year under Malzahn. Lindsey also ran some wildcat while he was the OC at Arizona State. I wouldn't read too much into this as it's probably just a new package for matchups.

Ice_Holmvik

My cousin lives over there yuge fan. Told me that they have talent but it is all raw and they look like ass so far.

RaceBannon

The Husky D line will crush Stidham

UW_Doog_Bot

Here's to hoping we can take advantage of their inexperience early and have them kill the rest of the SEC down the stretch.

dnc

Not bad enough

PostGameOrangeSlices

If Benning can figure out how to play football as a poor man's Joe Mathis, we are going to annihilate Auburn.

ThomasFremont

Is Jonathan Franklin still at Auburn?

AuburnFan

HuskyJW said:

per The Athletic.....They installed yesterday a Wildcat package with an unbalanced offensive line....they haven't done that since 2016.

We've run it every year in every game since Gus has been the HC.

I'm telling you ... our OL is going to be good. Recruited very well. .... We have a 2nd year 5 star that is trying to find a spot.

RaceBannon

AuburnFan said:

HuskyJW said:

per The Athletic.....They installed yesterday a Wildcat package with an unbalanced offensive line....they haven't done that since 2016.

We've run it every year in every game since Gus has been the HC.

I'm telling you ... our OL is going to be good. Recruited very well. .... We have a 2nd year 5 star that is trying to find a spot.

So he sucks

Good

AuburnFan

The Wildcard here is Horton and Ashley. IF Ashley can continue to do well at RG, I think he moves to Guard and puts our most experience OL at C.
Our OL (I'm sure most colleges do this) Cross train. So every OL knows two positions. Tegan (as mentioned above ... our freak) Harrell and Horton have lots of starts between them.
Driscoll transfers from UMass where he excelled and played very well against Miss St last year (didn't give up a sack) and they have been ranked #1 or #2 DL depending on which expert is ranking. So if we can move Horton to Center in place of Kim who is a Redshirt Jr, it allows Ashley to play RG ... Ashley was the bell cow of our recruiting class last year as the only 5 star. This 2nd lineup gives must of us boners.

OL will either be

LT Tega Wongo
LG Harrell
C Kim
RG Horton
RT Driscoll

or

LT Tega
LG Harrell
C Horton
RG Ashley
RT Driscoll

AuburnFan

RaceBannon said:

AuburnFan said:

HuskyJW said:

per The Athletic.....They installed yesterday a Wildcat package with an unbalanced offensive line....they haven't done that since 2016.

We've run it every year in every game since Gus has been the HC.

I'm telling you ... our OL is going to be good. Recruited very well. .... We have a 2nd year 5 star that is trying to find a spot.

So he sucks

Good

Ha ha .... You let me know when our OL doesn't give up a sack this game

AuburnFan

ThomasFremont said:

Is Jonathan Franklin still at Auburn?

Yes, he'll start over Stidham

AuburnFan

UW_Doog_Bot said:

Here's to hoping we can take advantage of their inexperience early and have them kill the rest of the SEC down the stretch.

Not as inexperienced as you think. Which ever way our lineup falls, there's only 1 player that doesn't have a start.
Ashley due to redshirt
Kim has been a career backup

RaceBannon

AuburnFan said:

RaceBannon said:

AuburnFan said:

HuskyJW said:

per The Athletic.....They installed yesterday a Wildcat package with an unbalanced offensive line....they haven't done that since 2016.

We've run it every year in every game since Gus has been the HC.

I'm telling you ... our OL is going to be good. Recruited very well. .... We have a 2nd year 5 star that is trying to find a spot.

So he sucks

Good

Ha ha .... You let me know when our OL doesn't give up a sack this game

Aren't you going to watch?

ntxduck

AU2xguy said:

It's the biggest question mark on the team, but the line is loaded with talent. Just lost a lot of experience due to graduation. For example, the starting LT has only been playing football for 3-4 years total (going back to high school). He's just a freak athlete that was originally recruited to play D-line, but got moved the offensive side rather quickly upon seeing his footwork and potential.

The new O-line coach is actually the same guy that coached the line from 2013 - 2015. He's a significant upgrade as far as on field coaching goes.

As for wildcat, AU has run some kind of wildcat package every year under Malzahn. Lindsey also ran some wildcat while he was the OC at Arizona State. I wouldn't read too much into this as it's probably just a new package for matchups.

TLDR on all SEC posters is basically some form of 5 reasons, but being 100% serious. More talent, coaching upgrades since the offseason, the only weak spots aren't actually weak spots because xyz, the only losses they had last year weren't real losses because xyz. Basically every SEC poster is OBK.

Fuck I'm actually going to have to root for UW against these assholes.

GrundleStiltzkin

ntxduck said:

AU2xguy said:

It's the biggest question mark on the team, but the line is loaded with talent. Just lost a lot of experience due to graduation. For example, the starting LT has only been playing football for 3-4 years total (going back to high school). He's just a freak athlete that was originally recruited to play D-line, but got moved the offensive side rather quickly upon seeing his footwork and potential.

The new O-line coach is actually the same guy that coached the line from 2013 - 2015. He's a significant upgrade as far as on field coaching goes.

As for wildcat, AU has run some kind of wildcat package every year under Malzahn. Lindsey also ran some wildcat while he was the OC at Arizona State. I wouldn't read too much into this as it's probably just a new package for matchups.

TLDR on all SEC posters is basically some form of 5 reasons, but being 100% serious. More talent, coaching upgrades since the offseason, the only weak spots aren't actually weak spots because xyz, the only losses they had last year weren't real losses because xyz. Basically every SEC poster is OBK.

Fuck I'm actually going to have to root for UW against these assholes.

Classy poast. Good luck the rest of the way!

dnc

ntxduck said:

AU2xguy said:

It's the biggest question mark on the team, but the line is loaded with talent. Just lost a lot of experience due to graduation. For example, the starting LT has only been playing football for 3-4 years total (going back to high school). He's just a freak athlete that was originally recruited to play D-line, but got moved the offensive side rather quickly upon seeing his footwork and potential.

The new O-line coach is actually the same guy that coached the line from 2013 - 2015. He's a significant upgrade as far as on field coaching goes.

As for wildcat, AU has run some kind of wildcat package every year under Malzahn. Lindsey also ran some wildcat while he was the OC at Arizona State. I wouldn't read too much into this as it's probably just a new package for matchups.

TLDR on all SEC posters is basically some form of 5 reasons, but being 100% serious. More talent, coaching upgrades since the offseason, the only weak spots aren't actually weak spots because xyz, the only losses they had last year weren't real losses because xyz. Basically every SEC poster is OBK.

Fuck I'm actually going to have to root for UW against these assholes.

I always root for the DUCKS except when they're playing my DAWGS! Good LUCK the rest of THE way!

Make SENSE? DAWG sense!

UW_Doog_Bot

AuburnFan said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

Here's to hoping we can take advantage of their inexperience early and have them kill the rest of the SEC down the stretch.

Not as inexperienced as you think. Which ever way our lineup falls, there's only 1 player that doesn't have a start.
Ashley due to redshirt
Kim has been a career backup

Bc oline individual starts are the same as unit starts...

GreenRiverGatorz

We know Greg, Levi, and String are all gonna manhandle Auburn's interior OL. But Rice, Benning, Bowman, and Williams all have a great opportunity to assert themselves as well and show us whether or not we actually have an edge pass rush this year. Mathis was good for the half season we actually had him, but this defense hasn't really had a formidable edge rush since Kikaha and Hudson were balling out in 2014.

dnc

GreenRiverGatorz said:

We know Greg, Levi, and String are all gonna manhandle Auburn's interior OL. But Rice, Benning, Bowman, and Williams all have a great opportunity to assert themselves as well and show us whether or not we actually have an edge pass rush this year. Mathis was good for the half season we actually had him, but this defense hasn't really had a formidable edge rush since Kikaha and Hudson were balling out in 2014.

But how are we going to replace Feeney and Middleton???