10-08-2018, 12:54 PM
There are obviously lots of things going on here, but I think the biggest is out of the coaches' control. There have been some serious injury issues along the offensive line. I don't believe that Walker Little is healthy. He was pretty dominant last year, but he's struggled this year. I can't believe that he simply regressed. Foster Sarell was probably expected either to start or contribute regularly this season, but he hasn't been available. A.T. Hall missed some games, and even though he's back, he clearly doesn't look to be fully recovered. Jesse Burkett started 20+ games in a row at center, and he missed the first couple games. And even though these guys show up on the depth chart and play each Saturday, I don't think they're close to a hundred percent. Devery Hamilton has also been hurt. Yes, I know this is football and that everyone suffers injury and few players along the line are ever at peak health, but I still don't think this can be ignored. During many of those glory years that have been mentioned, Shaw was able to start the same five guys in the same spots all season long. We knew at the time that that was lucky; recently we've been unlucky.
Please clear the field! The game is not over!