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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1967128, member: 40"]
Great OP, Tom.  I agree that the OL is dreadful, and really needs to improve moving forward.  It isn't just a problem with pass protection, either--the inability to open holes has really diminished our rushing attack this season, as well -- reducing it to basically Dungey scrambling, which unfortunately subjected him to a greater number of hits.

Compared to the beginning of the year, the defense really came around despite personnel limitations.  I have to think that has to do with the players figuring out the new defense and getting acclimated to how they're supposed to play, instead of having to think about what they are supposed to do under the new system.  Playing all of those frosh will pay off down the road.  I'm actually confident that the secondary will be much improved, with the emergence of Frederick and Ellison / the size and athleticism of the incoming frosh to help improve our ability to compete in the secondary.

Need more pass rush, though--and in this system, it looks like the pass rush needs to come from up front at DE.  Would love to see us snag a JUCO DE who could physically contribute right away to bolster our pass rush right away.

Pass rush and DE are the two biggest problems to fix, IMO.  Addressing those two needs would take care of a lot of the other issues [which are actually symptoms of these two main problems on both sides of the ball].  Also have to hope that Culpepper is for real, which would enable them to redshirt DeVito.
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