How in the world can someone call that OLine "****ed?" Especially coming from someone who used to work with the team and knows the dynamic of a college OLine?
LT Flowers (I think we saw glimpses of what they were trying to do with him this year)
LG Feliciano
C Mcdermott
RG Linder
RT Bunche
Key backups: Jermaine Johnson (he can come back, right?), Isidora, Wheeler, maybe Gadbois
The only way someone can say that OLine is "****ed" is if they don't realize that both Feliciano (who has actual game snaps at Tackle) and Linder can both kick out to Tackle. We're missing a reliable swing tackle, but have two Guards who would likely step into the Tackle spots in a pinch. If they do, Wheeler and Isidora would be able to step in. This is even a worst case scenario where a guy like Gadbois doesn't develop at all.
That starting OL is great. It's the depth that is atrocious, and getting worse. Without Seantrel back, our OT rotation consists of Flowers, Bunche, HALL :eekeyes: and GADBOIS :eekeyes:. Our interior OG rotation consists of THREE :eekeyes: players - Linder, Feliciano, and Isidora. Our C rotation consists of McDermott and Wheeler.
Without Ben Jones, Jeremy Lewis, and Jermaine Johnson, and with Seantrel likely leaving early, this team's experienced serviceable depth has been stripped almost completely bare. Guys like Lewis and Johnson might have been JAGS, but that's still a LOT MORE than what Wells, Gadbois, Isidora, Gall, etc., have proven.
