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Message: [QUOTE="anomander, post: 4428777, member: 2766"] Missing Ellis was huge. Dakota got destroyed and Hoeh couldn’t even manage to help Cruz. Remember this is an offensive line that was nominated for the best in the country, and the only acc unit up for the award. Seeing how much Mang and Hoeh are used in this offense Chris Elmore would have been a huge piece to the puzzle . I didn’t realize it at the time, but that was a key early season loss. Gadsen is a #1 WR he is just able to be keyed on and taken out of the offense without any other threats. I believe Isiah Jones was going to be that reliable #2 that could have taken some of the pressure off. Also, I’m set with Jackson and Cooper. Cooper has more drops this year then catches. Yet every time Adams is in he is making a play. Why is that? Alford is a solid deep threat as a #3, but I think he could be more. Losing Lockett was devastating. He was probably the 1 guy on defense we couldn’t loose. Since then we haven’t been able to stop the run. Also, how many times has anyone mentioned McDonald? Stefon Thompson was the exact opposite. He was an impact player thst got after the QB. Speaking off we can’t even get one of our better big play guys on the field because teams are never in passing downs. Yes, I’m talking about Linton who I feel has been great when he’s played. You are absolutely right with Vet. For a 5 year starter it’s amazing he never improved. Shrader and Williams being out or injured the last 3 games only magnifies the deficiencies. I understand this is football and people are going to get hurt. I always stuck to that when Shrader always managed to suffer mass injuries and even 2011 after curb stomping Geno Smith’s WVU and getting to 5 wins we couldn’t manage to win a game the rest of the year because we were decimated by injuries . Same happened in 2017 after beating Pitt and Clemson to get to 4-3. Didn’t win a game the rest of the year because of injuries . I have an awful feeling we are going down that old familiar road. I watch a lot of football and realize injuries are part of the game , but we seem to get those season Enders on an annual basis (Except 2018). I realize it’s because we don’t recruit well and we don’t have the depth other schools have so it’s quick to show up and quick to turn around a once promising season. With that said I still think this was our best team since 2018. We have multiple future pros on both sides of the ball and all-league players. If there was one team I would have liked to see manage to stay some what healthy it would have been this one smfh [/QUOTE]

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