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Could South Carolina rotate offensive linemen this season?

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Here’s one of those weird football questions: Why do defensive linemen rotate all game long and offensive linemen never do?

There are a ton of answers, including:

u25aa Offensive linemen run less because they, in theory, know where they are going on each play and can hold ground rather than try to take it at times.

u25aa Cohesion of a group is considered a bigger factor on the offensive front than the defensive.

Still, it’s odd that we’ve never seen a football team of any stature make rotating offensive linemen a strategy.

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