Where's the glaring holes at LB? Safety play should be much improved with Bell in year 2 and getting Moten back, maybe Thompson is ready to start next year.
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How do we improve in 2014 (Offense)
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Where's the glaring holes at LB? Safety play should be much improved with Bell in year 2 and getting Moten back, maybe Thompson is ready to start next year.
That's something that I've been mulling over. How much better are they as 11 guys and how much is due to PRich? On offense, I don't know that there were great strides made this year. I think the D is better, but I'm not sure about the O without PRich.
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That'll do it. A legit TE would be a huge upgrade.
We have a lot of unproven talent still at LB. Greer has been making strides and Gillam is solid. Rippy should be good, but is unknown. Behind them we are young. When I look at teams with good Ds in the PAC I see Stanford with their LB corp and Utah with their DL. Seems like a solid LB corp is essential to stopping the zone read. We haven't stopped a team with a running QB in years.
As far as safety we need more than just experience. Size and speed are important. CB and DT are the only positions I'm not worried about.
1)OL needs to get real salty
2)Find a TE
3)???
4)Profit
2)Find a TE
3)???
4)Profit
Are you saying Bell is slow and small? Bell needs to gain a little weight, but he is not slow. Moten isn't slow either and not all that small at 6'0" 200ish pounds. Tedric Thompson also has prototypical size for a PAC 12 safety at 6'0" 205. Bell, Moten, and Thompson will also put on weight between now and next fall so I'm not too concerned.
So one unproven starter means theirs glaring holes? Rippy's athleticism alone will upgrade the OLB position and KT has improved a lot with his weight gain as Nik said. You also have Reed back there who has gained a lot of weight since arriving on campus and is very athletic and lanky. Not having athletic enough OLB's killed us against mobile QBs as we had to either try to contain the RB or the QB but not both. With the increased athleticism that won't be nearly as big of an issue. So we'll be young in our 2nd string next year, that doesn't mean there are glaring holes.
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R - stop assuming everything will come up awesome for us. We have tons of questions. Some will be answered well, some won't.
Oh lawd, a homer on their teams site! Oh god almighty have mercy on their soul!
I'm not saying that everything will come up awesome for us, but I am saying that we will see improved LB play from upgrading the LB athleticism (Greer and Rippy>Daigh and Webb at OLB) and by being in year 2 of the system. Lanky was intended to mean that he's got long limbs, not that he's skinny. He's 6'5" and around 235....by next fall he could be up to 250, probably more around 240-245 though. He'd be reasonably filled out. Our LB play has killed us the past few years, I don't see them being a big liability next year like they were this year.
Also, it looks like you don't know what TL;DR means because your response makes it pretty clear that you did read it.
I'm not saying that everything will come up awesome for us, but I am saying that we will see improved LB play from upgrading the LB athleticism (Greer and Rippy>Daigh and Webb at OLB) and by being in year 2 of the system. Lanky was intended to mean that he's got long limbs, not that he's skinny. He's 6'5" and around 235....by next fall he could be up to 250, probably more around 240-245 though. He'd be reasonably filled out. Our LB play has killed us the past few years, I don't see them being a big liability next year like they were this year.
Also, it looks like you don't know what TL;DR means because your response makes it pretty clear that you did read it.
It is going to be incredibly hard to improve this offense next year minus PRich unless Jeff Thomas or some other kid comes up stars. The only realistic option for improvement is through the O-Line. It seems to me the staff should be able to make a pitch to several four star or high three star receivers and tight ends offering immediate playing time. Maybe they have.
:lol: apparently you don't actually know how to use TL;DR. Do you even reddit bro?
TL;DR tini doesn't know TL;DR can be used prior to summarizing a post.
CU page shows 6'4", Rivals showed 6'5"
When you are talking about unproven at numerous positions that glaring to me. Some will pan out, some won't. Some may become all conference players, some will get medically retired. Some may be 4 year starters. Some may get passed up by an incoming recruit (although not with MMs recruiting). Unproven talent is unproven.
And even when you return a lot of players doesn't mean you are going to be good.
And even when you return a lot of players doesn't mean you are going to be good.
Once he gains enough weight sure but he's been practicing as a OLB and that's where I expect to see him next year.
Is my post optimistic? Yup, but when aren't they? I have a lot of faith in MM and his staff's ability to develop players. Shoot me for being optimistic and pray that god has mercy on my soul for I have sinned.
I thought it was the other way around. Oh well
I suspect we'll be pleasantly surprised by soem of the redshirt talent, but not enough to have a big impact on the field. I hope the oline works their asses off throughout the spring. Nembot needs to go camp or practice with some pros and see how they do it. He is so slow...I haven't given up because I like him so much, but I'm close...Sometimes I feel like the Oline can only get better, but it is hard to identify how...
I've only seen someone use TL;DR to summarize a post a couple times, usually it's cliffs or something like that. Now why did I interpret your post like that? Idk, that's my fault
it's because you have difficulty in the rare situations you find where you can't easily apply micro-economics.
Right ok Mr. Lawyer. You're always right, everyone else is always wrong. Mistake on my part, get over it and yourself
Guess I was too mean.
No football instincts whatsoever.
No it's more of the fact that you just can't accept anyone else's view, especially if they happen to be positive. Your **** gets old. Who cares if I'm a homer? It's a Buff board. Doesn't it ever get old complaining all the time? Where's the fun in being a pissy negative person all the damn time?
If you had to gamble on this scenario here and which one would be the better unit...
1. A LB crew composed of Webb, Gillam, Greer/Daigh
2. A LB crew composed of Rippy, Gillam, Greer
Which would you take? #2 would be the smart bet to me