re: Our oline seems to constantly regress

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To be fair, LSU looked pretty decent in pass protection last season. Granted, we didn't pass it as much but notice when Lee was in the game he didn't take as many sacks as JJ. So, they had a pocket QB to block for last year and did it fairly well.

That was mostly because JJ held the ball way too long. The sacks definitely went way up when JJ started.

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I'd say that PA helped with Lee's protection a lot. JJ wasn't quite as much of a threat to throw. With Mett and average receivers it's a different animal. Most D coordinators have noted, and some players have said publicly, that a good game plan is to force LSU to throw for yardage. Couple that with the fact that a power run game like last year's eats up linemen. Even if they're not publicly injured, they can still be eroding from the constant pounding. If I had to put money on it I'd say it's the slow wear and tear from an SEC ground and pound offense, not the big pronounced injuries, that answers the question of your thread.