The success of any offense is contingent upon the play of its offensive line. And the challenge of an offensive line in the Big Ten is to find folks who first and foremost can match the speed and power of defenses they will face almost every Saturday. Equally important is having your offensive line operate as a singular entity-----knowing instinctively what the other members of the line are doing and acting and reacting as a group. Some have described it as the ‘Dance of the Elephants,’ a choreographed movement of organized chaos.
Last year, the Rutgers defensive line played exceptional football while the offensive line was a work in progress, albeit an improving one.