You're describing the two best teams, I'm saying how all the others work. Our starting 5 have better career PFF grades than we've had across the OL since the last time Elliott was here. Hell, go back and watch game 1, the interior offensive line didn't give up much of any penetration, it was that LT that replaced Nichols. He for pushed all the way across the line and rolled Henry. Look up Henry's PFF score, he didn't play many snaps, but he won every single one. We had no bodies behind Henry and Nichols. Tree came up and he had the top PFF grade against Georgia. Teams found out he wasn't ready for speed outside and that got cleaned up by Clemson, don't really remember him losing many reps then, but by then the OL was a mash unit. Tro was a freshman AA. All of these guys healthy for a full year in the dorm they played their last healthy snap would be in the top half from PFF, but Lee got injured the first game he was forced to RT, Tree got beaten badly the middle of the season because he was a true freshman thrown into the fire and he cleaned up by the end of the year. Tro was strong the whole season. Henry got injured by a teammate who would've never seen the field it Nichols didn't get hurt. By the time Tree and Tro were playing like veterans, and they were, we had gone through 6 season ending injuries because guys were playing positions they weren't used to and moving awkwardly, or they just shouldn't have been on the field with some of the walk ons and downright bad players we had to trot out. We all knew we didn't have another LT on roster when Nichols went down, why are you acting like we don't know exactly why we were bad last year. We know well enough to know it isn't a problem this year, we have 2 or 3 deep at every position of guys you can trust. So you think Josiah Thompson isn't a more reliable backup than Sidney Fugar? Do you think 3 P5 ready transfers mean nothing? Do you think Tro wasn't a real freshman AA? Vershon Lee had a 69 PFF score, so you think that's not great? So you think Tree didn't grow as a freshman? Do you think the coaches called Henry must improved player for no reason? Did you forget Moore has been starting for years, and has always carried his weight? We have a great starting 5, regardless who wins the LT and open guard job, we have great back ups and we lost two OL last year, one that you probably thought was bad who went to the league, and the Fugar who went from starting game 1 to 3rd or 4th string LT. From starting game 1 to 3rd string and you think we haven't improved?
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