College football: Biggest Achilles’ heel for every Top 25 team

College football 2018: Biggest Achilles’ heel for every Top 25 team

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 08: Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (13) celebrates and holds up the CFP Trophy after the College Football Playoff National Championship Game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs on January 8, 2018 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

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20. Florida State

Achilles’ heel: An offensive line that’s got to be fixed

Quarterback battles always seem to cast a negative light over a team, especially when both players have an argument as to why they should be getting the starting nod. With Willie Taggart taking over as head coach of the Florida State Seminoles, that’s what he’ll have to deal with in the form of Deondre Francois (coming off of an injury in the opener last season) and James Blackman. While Francois looked like a warrior in his freshman season and before getting hurt in the opener, Blackman showed real progression and flashes last season when thrust into action.

Regardless of who is playing quarterback for the Seminoles in September though, they will be aided by the fact that sophomore running back Cam Akers is a stud. Akers was one of the bright spots for a disappointing 2017 FSU team as he came on stronger and stronger as the season wore on. Now he appears primed to establish himself as potentially the best running back in the country. He certainly has more than enough talent to do so.

What could hold either quarterback, Akers, the offense and the team as a whole back though is the guys up front on the offensive line. They have been abysmal over the past two seasons with little skill and technique up front, trying to rely on size to win in the trenches. That puts the skill position players in a bad position when playing against elite competition and makes everyone’s lives harder.

Maybe Taggart has focused on that this offseason and the group has improved in that area. But with how bad they’ve been of late, that has to be proven before it’s not considered a huge detriment to this team.