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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JBlood" data-source="post: 355320" data-attributes="member: 16">I'll agree that we're a passing team.  But if Rogers continues to get hit 16 times a game, as he was in the Championship, he won't be leading the team for many more years.  The line needs to be better.  Both in the run game and in the pass protection game.Nobody has enjoyed this Championship more than I, but that doesn't mean that things can't be improved.The offensive line is a weakness that Rogers, with his excellence, minimizes.  It can, and should, be better.  I think the offensive line coaching is a weakness.  Campen and Philben were placed in charge of the zone blocking scheme, without any real expertise,  after Zagodzinski left.  They have not been able to turn the line into a dominant unit, something that MM has said is a goal of his.Wells gets overpowered and Colledge plays well in spurts.  It's not good enough.  In all of the season's losses the inability to convert 3rd and short opportunities was a factor.  Rogers need better protection, he's one concussion away from sitting, maybe for an extended time.We have a great team that can be better.  Why would anyone not be in favor of that?</blockquote>

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