Mailbag: Who are the favorites to start on Auburn's offensive line?

This week: WR1 predictions, wide splits, defending the Veer-and-Shoot, the Arizona return trip, Tim Robinson shows, Wemby and two cats

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AUBURN — Surprise! It’s a mailbag on a Thursday. It’s the summer. There are no rules.

I don’t care what a calendar says, I’ve always considered Memorial Day Weekend to be the official start of summer. The heat in Auburn got downright brutal this week, so we might as well call it what it is.

We usually run these on Friday mornings, but we’ve got an Auburn baseball postseason piece coming from our guy Henry Patton that will run in its place tomorrow. Dan and I will also record a podcast tonight that will go out to subscribers either later on Friday or Saturday morning for your holiday weekend.

Yes, we’re in the real offseason here at The Observer. Auburn football won’t officially be back on the field for a couple of months and some change, and Auburn basketball has even longer before we get to the real preseason practices. Around here, it’s time to look ahead to the upcoming seasons and be willing to get creative in looking back.

To get you set up for this long holiday weekend, let’s dive into some questions about the personnel and the scheme of Auburn football in Year 1 of a new era — along with some fun ones about basketball schedules, Tim Robinson shows and my cats.

Thanks for hanging with us this offseason. Enjoy your break, if you get it. Let’s go.

On the offensive line, we saw some injuries limit some potential starters and some younger guys step up. What’s your best guess from what you’ve seen and heard as to how the starters shake out?

Bandit

Those injuries definitely made it tough to get a great look at what a potential starting offensive line would be this season. I think Auburn is going to have a lot of work to do over the summer months and, especially, fall camp in order to nail down its top five.

Here in late May, this would be my prediction for Auburn’s offensive line starters for the opener against Baylor in Atlanta — ranging from most likely to least sure: