By position group, rank from weakest to strongest for 2022...
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Weakest: entitled player gone
Strongest: New Crimson Girls
Strongest: New Crimson Girls
How, I apologize for not having a snappy comeback. I just got off a long, long, long flight (from Singapore) late yesterday and I'm still jet-lagged. Coffee helps, though!
So...taking your post at face value:
O as a whole looks better to me than I expected. O line numbers are down. That might mean something or it might not, depending upon injuries during the season. When you take the kids who are playing this spring and add those out with injuries who are expected to be back, we'll have a solid group of 1's on the O line. We'll have some 2's who can play. If we avoid injuries we should be OK. The new QB looks like a good air raid QB. We have receivers and we have some RB's, but we'll have to see how all that works out. And who knows how often we'll actually have a TE in the game? Might be 20% of the plays or it might be 50%. Don't know, but this promises to be an interesting thing to watch. All in all, the OC's history suggests we'll score some points and be more balanced than we were under CML...neither of which is a bad thing. It will be nice to have an O that does not always, always, always pass first. Various interviews with the WR's have noted that the differences in route running between RnS and AR are a double edged sword sort of thing. RnS has more explosive potential, but also more likely to have mistakes...and it is a bit harder to know if the WR messed up, since the route is not fixed. The AR relies (as we all know by now) on precise routes. Execute well, both in the running the route and in throwing the pass to where the WR should be, and a completion is likely. But the number of explosive plays, particularly on short passes, are less than with the RnS. And it is extremely clear when the WR messes up, because the route is the ultimate in terms of a fixed play. Area of most concern: RB. Area of least concern: WR.
D as a whole looks even better than expected, and I had pretty high hopes after last season's close. The Nevada transfer guys clearly want to put in the effort needed to have a great year. The Line has depth & should be able to generate some rush. The DB's appear to have adequate foot speed; if properly coached with a good scheme they should be decent coverage folks. I think the key appears to be how well the LB's gel with both the line and the DB's. That is a coaching issue, and we'll learn a lot about the D staff over the first 3 games. If the LB's are fully integrated from the start, we could have the best D we've seen in years. Area of most concern: LB. Area of least concern: DE.
So...taking your post at face value:
O as a whole looks better to me than I expected. O line numbers are down. That might mean something or it might not, depending upon injuries during the season. When you take the kids who are playing this spring and add those out with injuries who are expected to be back, we'll have a solid group of 1's on the O line. We'll have some 2's who can play. If we avoid injuries we should be OK. The new QB looks like a good air raid QB. We have receivers and we have some RB's, but we'll have to see how all that works out. And who knows how often we'll actually have a TE in the game? Might be 20% of the plays or it might be 50%. Don't know, but this promises to be an interesting thing to watch. All in all, the OC's history suggests we'll score some points and be more balanced than we were under CML...neither of which is a bad thing. It will be nice to have an O that does not always, always, always pass first. Various interviews with the WR's have noted that the differences in route running between RnS and AR are a double edged sword sort of thing. RnS has more explosive potential, but also more likely to have mistakes...and it is a bit harder to know if the WR messed up, since the route is not fixed. The AR relies (as we all know by now) on precise routes. Execute well, both in the running the route and in throwing the pass to where the WR should be, and a completion is likely. But the number of explosive plays, particularly on short passes, are less than with the RnS. And it is extremely clear when the WR messes up, because the route is the ultimate in terms of a fixed play. Area of most concern: RB. Area of least concern: WR.
D as a whole looks even better than expected, and I had pretty high hopes after last season's close. The Nevada transfer guys clearly want to put in the effort needed to have a great year. The Line has depth & should be able to generate some rush. The DB's appear to have adequate foot speed; if properly coached with a good scheme they should be decent coverage folks. I think the key appears to be how well the LB's gel with both the line and the DB's. That is a coaching issue, and we'll learn a lot about the D staff over the first 3 games. If the LB's are fully integrated from the start, we could have the best D we've seen in years. Area of most concern: LB. Area of least concern: DE.
Good thoughts Crazy. I think my biggest concerns are at running back and online. Interior dline...well I'm not sure on how that is going.
Singapore eh? It's been years since I've been there and I'd love to go back. The food, cleanliness, order, etc are hard to beat. One of my favorite cities along with Tokyo.
Yeah I’m here too particularly w RB. We’ve had a good stable of backs for quite a while. Borghi and DM to Morrow, Wicks, Williams. Easy to take for granted in passing centric offenses how important a dangerous RB is. NW in the small sample size I saw last year doesn’t appear to be that guy, although the bowl game was a wall to wall shit show offensively so guess it’s hard to take much from that. I thought it might be Bazille but he couldn’t get on the field for one reason or another. Offense is going to be limited if there’s not a guy who steps up.
