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You are absolutely correct. One player missing a block is all it takes for quick pressure on the QB or to blow up a running play. If it was always the same player, we could say that may be caused by injury. Unfortunately, it is more widespread than that right now. They can't all be hurt (can they?).
What I haven't seen, however, is our OL pushing the defense back, or reliably making big holes. In previous years, even in games we did not win, we saw that happen. Maybe not all the time, but pretty often. It isn't happening with this line. We haven't dominated anybody at the LOS, even UCD.

You are quite correct; I didn't read your argument properly.  It is not one guy consistently missing his assignment, but rather the failures are occurring across the line, which as you point out argues against injury.

BC

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You are absolutely correct. One player missing a block is all it takes for quick pressure on the QB or to blow up a running play. If it was always the same player, we could say that may be caused by injury. Unfortunately, it is more widespread than that right now. They can't all be hurt (can they?).
What I haven't seen, however, is our OL pushing the defense back, or reliably making big holes. In previous years, even in games we did not win, we saw that happen. Maybe not all the time, but pretty often. It isn't happening with this line. We haven't dominated anybody at the LOS, even UCD.

You are quite correct; I didn't read your argument properly.  It is not one guy consistently missing his assignment, but rather the failures are occurring across the line, which as you point out argues against injury.

BC