Missing Jake Majors

[ChanmanV]

Watching Majors start for the Eagles today for the first time and playing well makes me appreciate him that much more. If I see another replay of Robertson being thrown to the side like a ragdoll, I'm not going to have any more hairs on my head. Let's spend our money in the portal on a center please. 

[ClubWhatever]

So, just forget about Jackson Christian?

I think a big factor in losing was transfers not understanding the nature of the game.  I don’t think Coleman, the two RBs, Biles, Cryer truly understood what a street fight it was going to be.   Coleman was the only one who made any plays and that was when Arch put it on his facemask (although one went right through his hands).  Your leaders in a game like this need to have played in it before.  
 

All that said, yes we need to improve in the IOL.  Right guard is a sieve too.

[PushFade]

Good kid but Robertson is not an SEC caliber OL. 

[drag worm]

The offseason attempt to fix the most glaring  problem from the 2025 roster can officially be declared a failure. Now it’s time to go back to contingency planning and scheming around that weakness the way we did second half of last season. Arch on the move. 

[ChanmanV]

14 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

So, just forget about Jackson Christian?

I think a big factor in losing was transfers not understanding the nature of the game.  I don’t think Coleman, the two RBs, Biles, Cryer truly understood what a street fight it was going to be.   Coleman was the only one who made any plays and that was when Arch put it on his facemask (although one went right through his hands).  Your leaders in a game like this need to have played in it before.  
 

All that said, yes we need to improve in the IOL.  Right guard is a sieve too.

Has Kyle Flood shown any ability to develop HS centers? Cruz was a disaster and if Christian was any good, he'd be getting some reps somewhere. He was the one responsible for the Cole Hutson at center experiment to start last season. Something tells me Cole Hutson  will be 2nd string once he gets on the roster and he's up to speed. Center is one of the most important pieces and we haven't had anyone with a NFL future at that position since Majors. 

Our leaders are Simmons and Manning that both made mistakes at crucial moments at the end of the game. Vasek (another upperclassman) missing a block on the punt protection. The failure is across the board but less on the defense only giving up 13 points. You don't win many games when your offense and special teams gives up 14 points. So sure those guys haven't been in that game, but they didn't lose us this game as much as some of the vets did. 

Edited 50 minutes ago by ChanmanV