BOL Round Table

If you look back at 2010, what were the biggest weaknesses on our team?

1. The offensive line - from about the south Carolina game on we could not run the ball against anyone and we could not protect the qb against teams with good defensive lines. Factor in the barrett jones injury and our offensive line is why our offensive struggled at times that year. Ingram and trent had to make cuts and break tackles before they even got to the line of scrimmage. I don't care how good your qb and skill players are, if you have no blocking then they can't do much. I would take an excellent offense line and average skill players any day over great skill players with a bad offensive line

2. Defensive line - we had the talent but injuries killed us (upshaw and dareus on bad ankles all years, square torn acl, and Hightower still not 100 percent). We had zero pass rush at times during the year and qbs had all day to throw. Factor this in with a very green secondary and we got killed with big plays all year. Watch the south Carolina, lsu, and auburn game and look at all the huge passing plays we gave up.

Now is 2012, what are our biggest strengths? O-line and defensive line. Enough said. This should be the best offensive line we have ever had and we have some monsters on the defensive line and the most depth since about the 2002 season.