So the two most glaring issues pre-season are still the two most glaring issues.

The concern was that we were patching together an offensive line with the "strength" being the transfers we acquired in the offseason. We all know that transfers do not provide a guaranteed transition to immediate success.

There was still the lingering question concerning whether or not this O-Line room would manifest "instant karma" playing as a group (as well as being two-deep without dropping a note).

There were also concerns about experience amongst a bulk of the younger guys (including how to replace,at least, the pass blocking abilities of four NFL draftees from last year's O-Line.

Other than being "snakebit" just before game time (losing your starting RT to a freak accident), losing another starter in the first half and the O-Line's "sixth man" for the first half, how is it that the last minute changes were going to reflect an outfit ready to excell (on the road where the home team had won the previous 11 games out of 13)?