Attyla the Hawk
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gowazzu02":5gr11zsc said:Anyone think that Pocic was so successful because he wasn't thrust into the starting roll too soon? Anyone ever give someone the benefit of the doubt around here?
I think there is something to this. Pocic needed to learn. We had a lot of new veteran faces on the line. Starting Pocic out of the gate really invites the same liability we incurred last year.
At this stage, I really like how the OL is coming together. Certainly more so than last year, where by this time it was clear that Glow/Ifedi at OG was continuing to be a train wreck.
Ifedi is growing nicely at RT. The difference between Ifedi there, and Webb/Sowell at RT last year isn't even comparable.
Joeckel has been a significant upgrade to Glow at LG.
It sucks that Fant went down, simply because that was the position we didn't have good depth to elevate. Odhiambo really isn't a LT. Probably be an ok guard. But we're limping along because we kind of have to there.
Ultimately I like where this OL is at considerably more than I did at this point last year. Pocic is going to figure prominently in 2018. And his confidence won't be wrecked because we threw him to the wolves this year. I expect Pocic will be our starting RG next season.
If next year we roll out Fant/Joeckel/Britt/Pocic/Ifedi -- I think that OL has a chance to be above average right out the gate.