That was mind blowing how quickly they abandoned the run game. With my limited knowledge of football x's and o's, I'm curious as to what makes this year's and 2016's team so much worse at run blocking than 2015? Last year's I kind of get, cuz we simply didn't have bodies, but this year we are much deeper. 2015, when Warren ran for 1300+ yards, our O-line was dominant at run blocking. I can't imagine the personnel being better on a team that also finished just 3-9 and got Rhoads fired.
Good question but I think pretty much that whole line would start on this team. Oni was a borderline NFL guy. Burton, Dagel, Taise and Lalk all make a very solid case on this team. I think that maybe Campos is the only guy pushing them and he probably gets a start because he's a more natural tackle then Lalk. So, yeah, it's talent and experience right now. It turns out Garcia isn't an OL savant. He was a needed body.