Offensive Line

[LeMoyneCuse]

OX posted the story from the PS about the offensive line in the Daily Links, so I won't repost it here.

I love getting the sense that the players have picked up so much as the season has gone on. The defense is improving, the line is improving some, Dungey is only getting better.

I feel like that was what was lacking under previous regimes (2012 aside) - teams didn't get better. They peaked early and stagnated.

Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come - continued improvement.

 

[upperdeck]

the breakdown of mental mistakes vs the physical mistakes on the oline is something we will never really know. . when you watch plays live you notice the pressure but not the reason. sometimes you think it was a bad block when it really was a communication issue. we never adjusted in the Wake game, but much of that was no time to change a tendency between drives. it adjusted well for that in the BC game, not so much in the VT game.. Pressure doesnt tell the whole story though, when the QB holds the ball too long or doesnt hit the hot read when its there he gets pressured on a play that could have been well designed to handle that pressure.

when we hit the hot read some have led to some big plays and TDs, the missed ones have led to bad throws, pressure and sacks that didnt need to happen..

2 more weeks to prepare maybe ED makes 3-4 good reads sometimes thats all it takes.

it will be interesting to see how much clemson pressures or trusts the DLine to create pressure with just 4.