C'mon Junc, the only "rumblings" have been about Tebow beating out Sanchez. I haven't seen/heard anything about anybody thinking that Vlad Ducasse is even good enough to challenge Hunter.
Well, if we're talking health, then the Bills OL will be better, too, because they'll have Wood back. So will Miami's. I'm not sure about the Pats, though, since Mankins probably won't be ready for the start of the season, and Matt Light is rumbling about retirement.
As for Sparano, doesn't he like big, massive OLs? I don't know if he has that with the Jets.
As for protecting the QB, that's pretty hard to do when the QB can't make pre-snap reads and holds the ball too long.
The plan to run to set up the pass seems shake since Greene and McKnight don't strike fear into anybody. Last year the Jets' 3.8 YPC was 29th in the league. Pretty paltry for a team that wants to be a run-first team, and might be why the Jets passed so much. Shonn Greene only had a 4.2 ypc and Joe McKnight a 3.1 ypc. Miami ran significantly better than the Jets did -- they were 15th at 4.2 YPC -- but also had much better RB in Reggie Bush who had a 5.0 ypc. A team not only needs a good run-blocking OL to run, it needs the runners to do it. I'm not seeing either on the Jets.