- Jun 19, 2014
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There is a lot of "analysis" and optimism in this thread with some predictable pot-stirring by the board owner. I guess Ox is still trying to figure out how to make up for Law's declining post numbers. Welcome back by the way, Big Fella. It was a long 10 minutes without you.
And I, too, worry about Alex. There was a time when no one could touch him. He'd especially lay waste to leftist knuckleheads in the PF. He is a mere shell of his former self. I hope he snaps out of his recent funk soon.
Here's the bottom line on Trask. He rode the pine in high school which led to a pathetic offer list and hasn't been able to see the field much here, even though Franks' play has been inconsistent at best. Worse, and here's is the critical part, our OL has been awful run blocking so far this year. Add to that Mullen's offense only really works when there's a QB that can run the ball and worse, it has only worked really well when there have been generational players involved (see: Tebow, Tim and Harvin, Percy) or very good players like Dak running the show. And though he might be considered today's "QB guru", I have very little faith that Mullen can pluck a QB off the reclamation heap and polish him into a diamond the way SOS did with Shane. This offense just doesn't lend itself to that, especially with a QB that can't run and a crappy OL.
Summing it all up: we have a fairly immobile QB that we can charitably call "unproven" who hasn't been able to crack the starting lineup, well, anywhere, running an offense designed for running QBs playing behind a pretty bad OL whose terrible performance so far this year has strangled our running attack.
So there's a lot of evidence that says we might really struggle as we enter the meat of our schedule.
I hope I'm wrong. Maybe sprinkling EJ in will help. Maybe the Trask we saw last Saturday is the real Trask: a hidden gem that will step up and shine now that the light is squarely on him. Maybe the OL will miraculously snap into shape and our running game takes flight. Lotsa maybes in there. But I think we might be in for a white knuckle ride to a 3-4 loss season.
Alex.