It appears that our coaches seem perfectly comfortable recruiting and playing either a pocket passer or a running QB, and if Lalich starts, he’ll be our first traditional pocket QB since Schaub.
Most fans would agree that our offense was better under Schaub than the ensuing years, so maybe it’ll return to those glory days—though maybe not this year.
Running Back:
We’re not losing anyone, so we should be better here.
Sort of.
Of course, much of the running back production is based on OL performance, so even though we might be loaded with talent here, I would expect a bit of a drop in productivity.
Offensive Line:
This is area that worries me the most.
We are losing a couple of guys with a lot of experience, and probably more than any other position, it’s important for OL guys to play together to have good cohesion and coordination.
We are losing Lipsey, who is having a great year, and Cunningham, who is quite solid.
As I predicted before the season, Albert, our best OL, is going pro a year early, which puts us in a lot of trouble because of our lack of OL depth.
We’ll have to see how Shields will do at center next year, given that he switched to OL from TE less than a year ago.
Reports are that Cabbell is doing well, so I would expect him to replace Cunningham.
Sammis is a career backup and won’t be a huge loss.
The word on the street is that Slebonic will take Albert’s place, though I suppose Stair could make a case.
Let’s hope that Hugene Monroe is completely healthy and lives up to his recruiting hype coming out of high school, which would only be possible with an All-America season.
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