Conditioning + Experience = A Better Start!

[HarveyWallbangers]

I imagine Moll comes in for any injury. If Clifton gets injured, Colledge moves to LT and Moll goes to OG. If an OG gets injured, Moll replaces them. If Wells gets injured, Spitz goes to OC and Moll replaces him. If Tauscher gets injured, Moll steps in. Now, if there were two injuries, then things get dicier.

LT Clifton, Colledge
LG Colledge, Moll, Coston
C Wells, Spitz
RG Spitz, Moll, Coston
RT Tauscher, Moll

Coston appears to be the 7th OL. The nice thing is that a lot of the guys have shown position flexibility, so they could probably live with 2 good backup OL and 1 or 2 developmental types.

[Joemailman]

I believe that last year when Clifton was sick at Miami, Colledge went to LT, Spitz moved to LG, and Moll was at RG. I think they would like to reduce the movement a bit. Barbre may be able to help. In that situation, I suspect they would move Colledge to LT and put Barbre at LG. That way they can at least leave Spitz at RG. It would be nice if they could just put Barbre at LT, but I believe he's going to mainly be playing LG in training camp.

[run pMc]

I think the relative young squad combined with avoiding injuries at most of the positions (WR was the glaring spot) helped at the end of the season. I wonder if younger players heal a little faster. Sometimes winning football comes down to who is healthier or more quality depth.
With a year in the weight room, I'm interested to see how Moll, Colledge, and Spitz look this year. I know the coaches thought they needed to gain strength. So I'm with Patler on seeing who develops and who doesn't. For that reason, I think the team will play better more consistently this year, even if their final record doesn't show it.