Though this might be true most other years, I don’t think we’re giving our guys in the trenches enough credit coming into this seasons, we’re returning 11 guys who got significant snaps on either the offensive or defensive lines.
Did we show some cracks later in the year? Yes. But I think a lot of that had to do with scheme rather than personnel. If our new coach is as good as we’re hoping, I don’t see us struggling to keep up with “traditionally deeper” programs.
And skill player-wise, we’re Benedictine, we’ll always have running backs, receivers, and DBs.