Here’s Merlin…
Bruss looked damn good on his Wisconsin film. It's one of the reasons I had high expectations for him. He was physical in the run game and we knew he'd need some time with his pass pro but the guy was almost surely drafted to give us run potency.
He might need more time to return from that injury but fact is the guy hasn't looked like the same dude prior to the injury and now post-injury it looks like he's not showed well enough to compete for a starting gig. So I don't think it was always a given that he would need two years to return from that knee. You just don't know with those things. And this is why it's disappointing to me.
But next man up and all that. What really matters is can we field a strong starting five. And it sounds like maybe we'll get to see a little of the starting OL in preseason so maybe that helps get these guys playing on one sheet of music in the opener.
