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Early Predictions for Fall Depth Chart (Defense)
by sambunnell on Feb 6, 2012 12:28 AM CST
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And now it's time to prematurely project the two-deep for Manny's Mighty Men...Diaz's Devils...The Burnt Orange Beasts... (Please come up with a better name than those).
DE: Alex Okafor - Reggie Wilson
DT: Desmond "Tank" Jackson - Chris Whaley
DT: Ashton Dorsey - Brandon Moore
OLB: Jordan Hicks - Tevin Jackson
MLB: Steve Edmond - Dalton Santos
OLB: DeMarco Cobbs - Kendall Thompson
CB: Carrington Byndom - Josh Turner
CB: Quandre Diggs - AJ White
FS: Sheroid Evans - Leroy Scott
SS: Kenny Vaccaro - Mykkele Thompson
Nickel: Adrian Phillips - Eryon Barnett
And now, you may all give your oily concurrments and/or outraged contradictions of the above faithful venture.
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Was Thinking That Phillips Would Replace Gideon at S
Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen
Sam...
…please read this. Please think hard before deciding that yet another FanPost — and the removal of someone else’s post from theHome Page — in such a short period of time is really necessary.
by Hopkins Horn on Feb 6, 2012 11:24 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Secondary
I think you whiffed on the secondary.
Vaccaro has been listed as a Free Safety on the depth chart, which seems to mean that he’ll take on coverage responsibilities of a no. 2 receiver when not in the nickel.
As it happens, he is usually in the nickel and I don’t think Adrian Phillips is going to replace him there given Vaccaro’s run-support/blitzing/man-coverage skills.
I think Phillips will the be the strong safety and Mykelle Thompson will be the first off the bench. Phillips will play either safety spot, I think we’ll let Mykelle avoid man-coverage for now.
I also wouldn’t be surprised to see Hicks as the Mike if Edmond can’t perform the necessary coverage tasks necessary to play linebacker in this league. In that event, Cobbs would be the will. If Edmond can stay on the field, that leaves Cobbs as the odd man out. I’m sure Diaz will find ways to get him on the field though in our nickel, dime, and “platinum” packages.
I'm guessing Thompson starts
and Phillips remains in the nickel package and as a super sub.
White — he has not seemed to progress; wonder if he’ll stay in the program. I’d put Turner and either Phillips or the best of the freshmen as our third/fourth CB. Maybe Scott.
Don’t know how to project Tevin Jackson . . . just don’t know enough about him. Not sure Santos is ready for snaps in September.
We’re damn good at DE if Reed and Ridgeway aren’t in the mix — but I think your depth chart predictions are accurate. I see us playing five at DT . . . key there is that somebody needs to become THE guy, and it doesn’t matter which spot (DT, NT). Moore needs to help on short yardage, Whaley in will contribute in spots and maybe more than that. Even before his exit, I was wondering where Howell would get snaps; MB2 will take minutes from somebody.
Defensive concerns — LB experience and, maybe, talent. Otherwise, I love our skill and depth in the line and secondary, and we have several somewhat unknown players — Thompson, Evans, Turner, 1-2 of the just-signed freshmen — who have the potential to make us killer good in the defensive backfield.
Flexibility
We have loads of it. Our personnel is going to allow for a huge variety of fronts and personnel groupings.
I think you might be seriously undervaluing Phillips. He’s going to stay on the field probably in all our of personnel packages. He’s one of our best blitzing DB’s, he hits hard, takes great angles, and could erase a no. 2 or no. 3 receiver in man-to-man coverage.
We may see him play multiple DB positions, but not because he’s a sub but because he’s a versatile monster.
hope you're right...
If Phillips indeed brings the heat this year, it will do wonders for our D. I’m for some reason not as convinced on him as everyone else is. Seems like he’d disappear for plays or take poor angles in coverage. Idk…I just remember him getting burned quite a bit last year against some pretty average receivers.
Was hurt much of the middle of the season
Dominated when he was healthy in the bowl game, like a lot of our defensive guys did. I think he’ll be very good.
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Who were the average
receivers who burned him? The dude played 3 or 4 positions last year as a sophomore and was a turnover machine in limited snaps. By the end of the year he was in the 2 or 3 deep of conference safeties.
by Nickel Rover on Feb 7, 2012 10:32 PM CST up reply actions
Nickel...
I do respect your insight, and you may indeed be accurate on the secondary. I really believe in Edmond though. I think he could be better than Keenan…a more natural MLB. I’m missing on how Cobbs would be odd man out. Aren’t Hicks/Edmond/Cobbs pretty much locks for starting in the fall? Who would you see bumping one of them?
Who bumps them out?
Kenny Vaccaro. We aren’t going to be able to play 3 linebackers in this conference very often unless we take a DL off the field, which we undoubtedly will at times.
You could play 4 DL and then Cobbs-Edmond-Hicks if you played a lot of zone coverage like the Oklahoma’s, but we don’t teach zone well enough to not be shredded in the middle of the field by inside receivers. We prefer to mix in man-coverage and Vaccaro can do that against the Swopes and Broyles of the world without removing the run-stuffing and blitzing skills of your typical outside LB.
I get it.
Makes total sense now…I was getting caught up in the who’s starting where? fever, as opposed to who will be on the field making plays.
I wouldn't be surprised...
…if some of these freak freshman see the field on defense. Sanders, Colbert and Santos could be playmakers for us
Sanders wants a shot at WR
and Mack said he will get it.
by 40A on Feb 9, 2012 4:34 PM CST up reply actions
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