When you say, "Oher was the best lineman Ole Miss had every play of last season." and then say "He may not have played like it, but it still was".
To me those two things should not be able to line up. If AP had a 10 carry 31 yard game, and Taylor had a 10 carry 120 yard game, well in that game, Chester Taylor played like the best back the Vikings had. If Taylor had 400 yards after 4 games, and AP had 100 yards with the same amount of carries, wouldn't you say that Taylor during those 4 games was playing better than AP? He is not more talented, but what we care about is production, not talent.
You keep saying that someone made a statement that "we have 3 other lineman better than an All American". I would agree with you, I wouldn't agree with that statement. If he said, we have 3 other lineman performing than Oher is after the first four games, I would agree with him, actually I would say 2 other lineman, but the point remains.
Preseason honors usually are generated off the performance of the previous year. Geralds and Jerry both made Pre-season SEC teams, that tells me that most coaches and the media acknowledge that they played at a very high level last year, which they did. Pegues is a perfect example of that, he was preseason ALL SEC last year, because he played really well the year before. Same with Geralds and Jerry.
To me the disconnect we are having is, talent vs. production. The best lineman and most talented lineman to me are the same thing. The best lineman/most talented lineman and most productive lineman, is not the same thing.
