JHoo’s Summer Reading ’09: Offensive Line

Will Barker

The story is the same every year: by the time I finish writing the Summer Reading column on the offensive line, my eyes are exhausted from watching games from the past year or two and my fingers are sore from typing. This year, I have no doubt the story will be repeated … and perhaps, your eyes will be tired, too, by the time you find the end of this column. So let’s get right to the discussion.

The Returning Starters

For a team that is returning so many starters on the offensive line, I find it notable that I am not sure there is one true “anchor” on the line, a guy who can be last year’s Eugene Monroe or the prior year’s Branden Albert . Instead, I see a lot of returning starters but quite a few questions nonetheless.

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