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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 328316, member: 1423"]
You make some good points, O/G. I agree with you about burning AAM's RS. I know we were strapped because of Gulley's injury, but we had plenty of depth with Bailey and Smith, and AAM was not ready for prime time. Why burn the kids eligibility for 12 rushing attempts and 40 total yards?
 
Also, I just don't know if we have the line play to have a 10-2 season (Nirv isn't predicting it, just saying it's possible). Last year, despite pre-season enthusiasm about the OL, we got abused by much smaller teams in the early games (Toledo and Rhode Island). Later, with the exception of the WVA game, we had no big play receivers to throw to and couldn't run the ball effectively enough to keep opposing defenses from teeing off on Nasib.
 
Our D-Line wasn't much better -- we gave up over 120 yards per game and nearly lost to Tulane because their QB had time to cherry pick receivers all over the field. Cinci hit us for almost 190 yards on the ground. We stopped Pitt on the ground, but again gave their QB all day -- he wound up going 25 fo 35, 260 yards and over 10 yards per catch.
 
This year, we have good possession receivers back (Lemon and Stevens as TE), and I like Sales as a big play guy (badly needed). Maybe this will open things up a little for the running game. But will our offensive and defensive lines be effective enough to get us to that next level that the thread is hoping for?
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