re: SEC Offensive Lines for 2017 - thoughts on yours and where will it rank league wide?

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Specifically, who is confident in their tackle situation?

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I am pretty confident. Neither of our tackles are fantastic, but they are both experienced and proved they can hold up to every SEC team not named Alabama, whose front 7 cannot be as good as last year's.... Right?....

Our tackles looked worse than they really were earlier in the year when Harris started, he just had no pocket presence. Etling knows how to effectively move around in the pocket, so they really thrived when he took over.

I have to imagine the constant lateral movements and motions in our new offense will help the tackles a ton by slowing down the pass rushers, making them hesitate a little. Canada's offense gave up the fewest sacks in the country last year, and I don't think the reason was Pitt's great OLine talent.


The rest of our OLine will be okay. Clapp is one of the better OLinemen in the league, he will be at center. Teuhema has experience, he is a great run-blocker, but not athletic enough in pass protection. Brumfield is the new guy that I don't know much about. Hope he is good.


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I would expect us to have a top 5, likely top 3 OLine in the league.