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Originally Posted by HITMAN
With two new additions to that offensive line, then this will be the same scenario this season, so this idea the offensive line is going to be head and shoulders better is a tad premature... the offensive line will be a work in progress during the year... Your comments seem to suggest a contradiction in your original post...
1. 2006, because of crappy O-line play, our starter, Brooks, went down, and AW was running for his life most of the season. Now, in 2008, Cable’s line and Kiffin’s system is able to protect the QB. (in 2007, we barely had a QB). We’ll have time to throw in ‘08.
^ this won't happen right out of the gate... pass protection is still a weakness and adding those two players means it will take several games before they are working as a unit...
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Sort of, but there won't be 5 of 5 OLinemen working together in a new system for the first time together. If it's only 3, it won't be all that bad.
Harris is a known good run blocker, and it's a good problem that Wade is the other newbie to the ZBS.
Also, the TE's are vet's of the ZBS, Russell has worked it, Fargas (if healthy) and both HB's are vet's, the whole system isn't new, etc.
Also, the whole offensves system isn't new with coaches as it was in '06 and '07. There's less overall to teach.
It's quite different.