All NIL should go to buying O-Line

[bamaga]

NIL money doesn’t mean success. Just take a look at On3’s valuation chart.
Nuss, Sellers, Manning, Beck.

 

[Ledsteplin]

NIL money doesn’t mean success. Just take a look at On3’s valuation chart.
Nuss, Sellers, Manning, Beck.


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All quarterbacks. Might be a different story with Offensive Linemen.

 

[JDCrimson]

All quarterbacks. Might be a different story with Offensive Linemen.

OL are used to getting wrist watches and steaks from their QB, you would think NIL money might a little further with those guys...

 

[jashleyren2]

It is strange. Bama recruits well-regarded o-linemen out of high school. Bama has an o-line coach that is well regarded. Despite that, 1+1 seems to equal -5. And this stretches back to the Saban Era, so coaches and scheme have changed, but still good o-linemen seem to massively underachieve.

I'd like to ask some of these collegiate offensive linemen, without threat of injury to my own life or limb, why they seem to suck nowadays.

After they are done obliterating me into dust, I'd bet they'd say that the mis-direction plays of the offensive scheme, combined with irregular/inconsistent holding calls makes the job of being a blocker much harder now.

 

[bamaga]

All quarterbacks. Might be a different story with Offensive Linemen.

Yeah, all experienced to some degree QBs with an NFL future coming into the season. It’s the money, pay a player , they don’t work as hard. JMO.

 

[Tideflyer]

It just seems there is a darth of OL coaching talent nowadays. There only a handful of coaches who are actually good at it.

Shula got fired as OC largely because the USCe OL was utterly pathetic. You cant run much of any offense behind a line like that.

Say what one will about him, but I believe it was OJ who said, “ Without a good offensive line, all running backs are the same. Lousy”.

 

[SeventhHeavenRanch7777@gm]

Our linemen have been getting pushed around since Cochran left.

Rhea/Ballou cut down on injuries, sure, but our big guys lost the ability to impose their will.

We have been pushed around and not dominated since a few years after Cochran left. Yes we need a new OL Coach and we need leaner stronger OL not obese OL who move to slow. We get beat a lot especially around the edge