OL Grades - 2025 SDSU

[TomCat88]

Last year ndsu had 275 and 328 in total offense vs SDSU. Thats not say MSU’s OL is playing great. Both games in Fargo.

[catzz]

This is truly appreciate Vim. Appreciate the breakdown to help us understand a bit of the complexity of the o-line.

[VimSince03]

This is truly appreciate Vim. Appreciate the breakdown to help us understand a bit of the complexity of the o-line.

I wish I could do an All-22 look so I can show you guys things I see. They aren't as far away as it seems...the level of competition has been crazy for a new unit to get tested by this early on. Not sure that 2022 offensive line would've faired any better when they were new on the scene. They got to figure things out against McNeese State and Morehead State before performing really well at Oregon State. Its also crazy JT was part of that line as well.

For example, I thought Cedric Jefferson had a terrible game on Saturday and it turned out we probably wouldn't have been very successful on offense without him. Was told Braden Zimmer's pass pro is crazy for how young he is in his development as an OT dating back to when he played the position in high school and that wasn't a lie...he's crazy talented at pass pro. Everyone crapped on Everett Carr all week and he definitely struggled...but then I saw a kid suck it up and perform better in the second half. I saw a player in Titan Fleischmann who is definitely playing out of position and could blame that for his struggles but instead he keeps lining up every play looking for work. And then there is JT Reed...who just keeps plugging away despite adversity every year of his college career.

[Travelingcat]

Thanks so much for this detailed write-up. Amazing to get an informed opinion so that I can begin to understand all of the stuff I don't know.

I still feel good about this team, though Lamson's pocket presence vs SDSU was not great and I didn't feel our playcalling did us any favors.

But we are likely going to "get well" over the next few games and build some confidence. We've played two really good teams-- likely far better than anyone else on our schedule. We were "almost there" vs. SDSU and just need to keep improving over the rest of the year to be very much in the mix.

[VimSince03]

Thanks so much for this detailed write-up. Amazing to get an informed opinion so that I can begin to understand all of the stuff I don't know.

I still feel good about this team, though Lamson's pocket presence vs SDSU was not great and I didn't feel our playcalling did us any favors.

But we are likely going to "get well" over the next few games and build some confidence. We've played two really good teams-- likely far better than anyone else on our schedule. We were "almost there" vs. SDSU and just need to keep improving over the rest of the year to be very much in the mix.

When he had a bad pocket, he arguably played better. When we had clean pockets, our passing production was poor. Hopefully that gets cleaned up.

[BelligerentBobcat]

This is truly appreciate Vim. Appreciate the breakdown to help us understand a bit of the complexity of the o-line.

I wish I could do an All-22 look so I can show you guys things I see. They aren't as far away as it seems...the level of competition has been crazy for a new unit to get tested by this early on. Not sure that 2022 offensive line would've faired any better when they were new on the scene. They got to figure things out against McNeese State and Morehead State before performing really well at Oregon State. Its also crazy JT was part of that line as well.

For example, I thought Cedric Jefferson had a terrible game on Saturday and it turned out we probably wouldn't have been very successful on offense without him. Was told Braden Zimmer's pass pro is crazy for how young he is in his development as an OT dating back to when he played the position in high school and that wasn't a lie...he's crazy talented at pass pro. Everyone crapped on Everett Carr all week and he definitely struggled...but then I saw a kid suck it up and perform better in the second half. I saw a player in Titan Fleischmann who is definitely playing out of position and could blame that for his struggles but instead he keeps lining up every play looking for work. And then there is JT Reed...who just keeps plugging away despite adversity every year of his college career.

Wait…do you have access to their all-22??

[VimSince03]

This is truly appreciate Vim. Appreciate the breakdown to help us understand a bit of the complexity of the o-line.

I wish I could do an All-22 look so I can show you guys things I see. They aren't as far away as it seems...the level of competition has been crazy for a new unit to get tested by this early on. Not sure that 2022 offensive line would've faired any better when they were new on the scene. They got to figure things out against McNeese State and Morehead State before performing really well at Oregon State. Its also crazy JT was part of that line as well.

For example, I thought Cedric Jefferson had a terrible game on Saturday and it turned out we probably wouldn't have been very successful on offense without him. Was told Braden Zimmer's pass pro is crazy for how young he is in his development as an OT dating back to when he played the position in high school and that wasn't a lie...he's crazy talented at pass pro. Everyone crapped on Everett Carr all week and he definitely struggled...but then I saw a kid suck it up and perform better in the second half. I saw a player in Titan Fleischmann who is definitely playing out of position and could blame that for his struggles but instead he keeps lining up every play looking for work. And then there is JT Reed...who just keeps plugging away despite adversity every year of his college career.

Wait…do you have access to their all-22??

No and thats why my grades are more broad when I do them because I'm only getting a side perspective. I can pick up most of it though.

[gtapp]

I want to see the OC (play calling) score! I was excited by this hire but after 2 games I am concerned with what I am seeing!

[TomCat88]

Rush stats last 7 FCS games (all playoff teams/6 top 10). Last year's opponent's yards per carry allowed in ( ).

SDSU 5.0 42-210 (3.1) +1.9
NDSU 5.4 37-198 (4.0) +1.4
USD 4.4 50-222 (3.3) +1.1
Idaho 5.3 53-283 (3.8') +1.5
UTM 6.1 33-201 (3.5) +2.6
UM 6.3 52-326 (3.9) +2.4
UCD 4.5 35-159 (3.7) +0.8

302-1599 5.3
SDSU's +/- of 1.9 is the third best in the group.
Disclaimer: stats can be deceiving.

[94VegasCat]

There hasn’t been much discussion of Mastel and his timeline of injury. I saw him dressed with a huge club on his hand last week. Could he have played? Upon his return what does the line look like?

LT Zimmer
LG Reed
C Mastel
RG Carr
RT Fleischman