[washingtonismoney]

[quote author=dabigv link=topic=11041.msg104373#msg104373 date=1415069185]

I don't have singular golden answer to our offensive woes, but I'm pretty sure that our lack of a bruiser in the backfield is not the big thing holding us back.

Doesn't everything you wrote prior to this sentence point to an, at best, underperforming or, at worst, way overrated OL. That's what I've been seeing all year.
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For me, the OL is the main one, yes. I don't think the offense needs a *bruising* back as much as a good one. Young/Wright/Sanders are mediocre -- and, worse, inconsistently so. So they'll fool observers into thinking they're good based on a one, two-game sample before regressing to the mean. (Hard to tell with McCaffrey, who seems good but is only handling limited opportunities. Easy to say he should tear it up given more, but I remember this debate about Kelsey Young and Anthony Wilkerson as well. A strong freshman year is a nice indicator but not a guarantee.)

[washingtonismoney]

[quote author=dabigv link=topic=11041.msg104373#msg104373 date=1415069185]

I don't have singular golden answer to our offensive woes, but I'm pretty sure that our lack of a bruiser in the backfield is not the big thing holding us back.

Doesn't everything you wrote prior to this sentence point to an, at best, underperforming or, at worst, way overrated OL. That's what I've been seeing all year.
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For me, the OL is the main one, yes. I don't think the offense needs a *bruising* back as much as a good one. Young/Wright/Sanders are mediocre -- and, worse, inconsistently so. So they'll fool observers into thinking they're good based on a one, two-game sample before regressing to the mean. (Hard to tell with McCaffrey, who seems good but is only handling limited opportunities. Easy to say he should tear it up given more, but I remember this debate about Kelsey Young and Anthony Wilkerson as well. A strong freshman year is a nice indicator but not a guarantee.)