I won't argue a bit on your displeasure with the defense, Howell is not the guy and not that he can't be eventually, but he was over his head this year and after teams got film on BYU he was out-coached.

But to say 2J and Anae are not responsible for the OL improvement is ridiculous. They know much more about coaching the O-Line than Bronco likely ever will, it's where they played, it's what they do and 2J is exactly the right guy to restore the nasty, you saw it many times this year.

Last year they came in late in the process and had to basically just bring in bodies to foster competition, many of whom were really not at the talent level needed, but it was what was left. They did score a couple of nice gets with Wesley and Kearsley, but some guys were just plain fillers.

Look at the number of young guys that played this year, with Kearsley and Koroma being as nasty as they come and Matthews finally getting healthy and other youngsters like Lapuaho and Kanuch (also both Frosh) getting valuable experience and stepping up.

Next season we will have 3 sophomores and 1 junior and a senior as probable starters that all have game experience and talent.
Lapuaho, Kanuch, Koroma, Kearsley and Matthews along the front sound pretty good to me and there are a few more that will be capable. That group has the potential to destroy people and when you think that 4 of the probable starting 5 are back for 2016, it bodes even better.

Yes the oline was soft when they got here, but it also was not overly talented. They have both back now and between the two of them they are more than capable of developing this group into something special.