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(11-26-2019 06:58 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Not sure I’d say that about the FB team. We are lots more talented than the teams we are squeezing by but the system and the OL limit things a bit.

I would argue that the OL deficiencies are an important part of analyzing overall talent. And even if you don't subscribe to the "you are only as good as your weakest link" theory", OL problems really hamper creating any type of effective offensive system and playcalling as we see with both Cincinnati football teams. And that's doubly true (also for both teams) when you also have QB deficiencies (whether you attribute it to talent, injuries or inexperience.)

(11-26-2019 06:58 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Not sure I’d say that about the FB team. We are lots more talented than the teams we are squeezing by but the system and the OL limit things a bit.

Did you really just leave the QB off a list of things limiting the FB team right now?

(11-26-2019 07:16 PM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  

(11-26-2019 06:58 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Not sure I’d say that about the FB team. We are lots more talented than the teams we are squeezing by but the system and the OL limit things a bit.

I would argue that the OL deficiencies are an important part of analyzing overall talent. And even if you don't subscribe to the "you are only as good as your weakest link" theory", OL problems really hamper creating any type of effective offensive system and playcalling as we see with both Cincinnati football teams. And that's doubly true (also for both teams) when you also have QB deficiencies (whether you attribute it to talent, injuries or inexperience.)

O line issues have been a big problem in Cleveland as well.

(11-26-2019 06:58 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Not sure I’d say that about the FB team. We are lots more talented than the teams we are squeezing by but the system and the OL limit things a bit.

Don’t know I agree with this comment. UsF has had tons of talent forever, and Temple has been very soild for the past few years. Argument holds for ECU for the most part.