Returning OL starts

[Duff Man]

H/t to rward over at Scout. Phil Steele has released returning OL starts on his blog:

http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2017/JUNE17/DBJune13.html

Initial thoughts:

1. Expectations for the offense should be sky high.

2. I tend to think this stat can be somewhat overrated, but you never want to be at the bottom like Cal (Utah graduated some good players, so that is expected).

3. Washington is going to get a lot of preseason love for a reason.

4. Surprised to see Arizona so high and ASU so low, ASU has so many question marks.

 

[sackman]

UCLA is dead last in the conference. Is Rosen in for another injury plagued year?

 

[Duff Man]

UCLA is dead last in the conference. Is Rosen in for another injury plagued year?

Cal is dead last, UCLA is #3 and just landed a grad transfer OT from Miami.

 

[sackman]

Cal is dead last, UCLA is #3 and just landed a grad transfer OT from Miami.

My mistake. Sorry.

 

[Duff Man]

My mistake. Sorry.

I think the question if Rosen can hold up is obviously crucial though. UCLA may be that team where the stat is overrated.

 

[Buffnik]

I think the question if Rosen can hold up is obviously crucial though. UCLA may be that team where the stat is overrated.

Yeah. Sometimes it's good when starters graduate versus the same guys coming back.

Cal, though, looks to be in bad shape. How many sacks and pressured INTs did they save by having a great QB rental last year? I think they're going to try to go conservative as more of a run team despite all that WR talent and OLs who were recruited and trained for the air raid.

 

[buffaholic]

ASU has so many question marks.

They should be well stocked, so they made a lot of mistakes in the recruiting game.