09-16-2023, 09:55 PM
(09-16-2023, 09:37 PM)Mudhead Wrote:SkiBum80 dateline='[url=tel:1694922086' Wrote: 1694922086[/url]']
Impromptu arm chair postgame analysis
You could pore over all the skill positions on both sides of ball til mind is fried
But if our lines, O & D, don’t play tougher it won’t matter.
When our O line tries pass protect we are man handled
When our D line makes some pressure there’s so many missed tackles their guys escape
Without improvement here nothing else anywhere will matter
Agree . You nailed it. Unfortunately, much of these problems are maturity issues. Sac State has an FBC all American who was in his seventh year (not sure how but that’s what the announcer said) that puts him at 25. We can’t compete with 18 and 19 year olds. We have to find a way to retain fifth year linemen. Until then, we will be manhandled and QBs should get hazardous duty pay.. a form of nil.
I think what scares me is that the guys on the depth chart below some of our OL starters must be really, really bad. One OL in particular would have been more effective on pass protect if he had simply fallen down and made his guy trip or stumble.

