I've been thinking about the various position groupings on the team with the Spring Ball primers the site has put together.
In general, I feel like there is plenty to work with from a talent perspective in pretty much every group (yes even OL) with the exception of DL. For all the other position groups, we've got depth, we expect to have better coaching and an identity that should allow everyone to play better than we've seen to date.
However, there just don't appear to be enough big bodies on the DL that are experienced enough to compete well in the Big. if we assume that there will at least be the need for 2 big bodies to man the interior of the d-line then our depth looks something like this:
Ty Robinson / Stephon Wynn
Nutsmasher / Jeudy
Buckley / some freshmen
If we run 3 big bodies then it looks way more dire. Any injury to any of the top 4 guys and we're screwed. I think one of the most interesting story lines is how White will deal with the small number of big bodies available on the d-line.
In general, I feel like there is plenty to work with from a talent perspective in pretty much every group (yes even OL) with the exception of DL. For all the other position groups, we've got depth, we expect to have better coaching and an identity that should allow everyone to play better than we've seen to date.
However, there just don't appear to be enough big bodies on the DL that are experienced enough to compete well in the Big. if we assume that there will at least be the need for 2 big bodies to man the interior of the d-line then our depth looks something like this:
Ty Robinson / Stephon Wynn
Nutsmasher / Jeudy
Buckley / some freshmen
If we run 3 big bodies then it looks way more dire. Any injury to any of the top 4 guys and we're screwed. I think one of the most interesting story lines is how White will deal with the small number of big bodies available on the d-line.
