re: Comparing Burrow and Mett's first seasons as starter...

We had a different starting line every werk until November I think. Not having continuity due to shuffling our line affected our capabilities on offense in my opinion.

I don’t recall who played in which games. I do recall during the games the announcers saying we had a different combination of linemen each week up until that point. I’m just saying if we had the same starting five playing together throughout the year, our offense probably would have been more productive. I think our line play affected us negatively both years.

It s not that big of a deal for me to look up, maybe what was reported was wrong. Regardless, my point stands, swapping players in and out every week including freshmen and without nfl caliber guys like Collins is detrimental to the offense. To say otherwise is ludicrous. Was it as problematic as it was for Metinburger, I don’t know. But it was a big problem and a topic of conversation throughout the season.

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Burrow’s strong ending to the season

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Ruh Roh Rorge. You need to be careful what you say.

It is a well known Rantard fact that Eaux and Slinger cannot develop QB's.

The strong ending was a hallucination and DID NOT happen. No way, No how.

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But I’ve posted regularly since September about Burrow having a season like Mett’s 2012 where he comes on late and jump starts into the next season.

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He doesn’t have Mett’s arm, but he’s better mentally and isn’t a complete statue like Mett was

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Ok well you can look up who started each game.

And I did

And the announcers in were wrong/exaggerating

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This is from an article done AFTER the Alabama game.

"The offensive line has used seven different combinations of starters in nine games, primarily out of necessity. Those two experienced players who should have formed the rock of this line? Charles has played in six games and Brumfield in five due to injuries. The left side of the line, supposed to be the team strength with virtually all of the returning starts (22 of 23), instead became a turnstile. What this offense needs is better line play. But to get that, it needs to be able to roll out the same line maybe more than twice a year.

Four different players have started at left tackle while four different players have started at left guard. The injuries to Brumfield and Charles were simply devastating to the unit, and forced Cregg to start moving guys all over the line, ruining any chance at consistency. And this is the side of the line the team was counting on to provide stability.

The only other veteran lineman is junior Adrian Magee. He’s managed four starts at three different positions despite suffering a knee injury in the season opener. Only three linemen on the team boasted a start prior to this season, and all three went down with injury. Really, what’s a line coach supposed to do? But the hits keep coming."

has played five of the top seven defenses, and only one defense ranked in the bottom tier of the conference.