CadaverDawg
12-02-2013, 06:34 PM
Zach Jackson
Matthew Wells
Richie Brown
Beniquez Brown
Ivan Muniz
Deandre Ward
Dez Harris
Bernardrick McKinney
Bohanna? (I think his career is over)
When looking at the linebackers, you can't help but to be excited about the coming years. We lose Skinner, but that doesn't seem to be a huge loss, especially with Benny brown playing so well in his spot down the stretch. McKinney returns and will only be a Junior at MLB, and Richie Brown looked great this year and will be backing up McKinney as a Sophomore. Matt Wells is just a beast and will return but will be a Senior. I really like Zach Jackson backing up Wells and I feel like Collins is trying to mold him into a Wells mold. Jackson seems to have a high football IQ and while we have other higher recruited LB's..I think it will be hard to keep him off the field after Wells graduates.
Dez Harris has supposedly looked great in practice this year, and I expect big things from him in the future. And I'm not even mentioning guys like Gerri Green who appears to be a stud when healthy. We need to make sure we get green signed before I pencil him in though.
It looks like we will be loaded for several years at LB and it is not a position I worry about at all. I feel like LB's the way I feel about RB's....we will reload at those positions.
I think it is clear that McKinney, Wells, and B. Brown will start...and we will see several 4 LB sets with Jackson and Richie Brown involved. The question I have for the board is....How do we get Richie Brown on the field more over the next two years, when McKinney will still be here? I guess BMac could go pro next year, but I doubt it. Do we see more 4 LB sets? Or just continue a fresh rotation like we did this year where he still gets a lot of PT?
And if you have 4 LB's, that means you're taking a talented DLineman off the field. So how do we split time? Just mix up the looks and rotate?
Obviously, I'm having to search for discussion topics with this position group because it is a very talented and stable group. What are you expecting from this group in 2014?
Thoughts?
(My next position preview will be the DLine in the coming days. Looking forward to that group)
Matthew Wells
Richie Brown
Beniquez Brown
Ivan Muniz
Deandre Ward
Dez Harris
Bernardrick McKinney
Bohanna? (I think his career is over)
When looking at the linebackers, you can't help but to be excited about the coming years. We lose Skinner, but that doesn't seem to be a huge loss, especially with Benny brown playing so well in his spot down the stretch. McKinney returns and will only be a Junior at MLB, and Richie Brown looked great this year and will be backing up McKinney as a Sophomore. Matt Wells is just a beast and will return but will be a Senior. I really like Zach Jackson backing up Wells and I feel like Collins is trying to mold him into a Wells mold. Jackson seems to have a high football IQ and while we have other higher recruited LB's..I think it will be hard to keep him off the field after Wells graduates.
Dez Harris has supposedly looked great in practice this year, and I expect big things from him in the future. And I'm not even mentioning guys like Gerri Green who appears to be a stud when healthy. We need to make sure we get green signed before I pencil him in though.
It looks like we will be loaded for several years at LB and it is not a position I worry about at all. I feel like LB's the way I feel about RB's....we will reload at those positions.
I think it is clear that McKinney, Wells, and B. Brown will start...and we will see several 4 LB sets with Jackson and Richie Brown involved. The question I have for the board is....How do we get Richie Brown on the field more over the next two years, when McKinney will still be here? I guess BMac could go pro next year, but I doubt it. Do we see more 4 LB sets? Or just continue a fresh rotation like we did this year where he still gets a lot of PT?
And if you have 4 LB's, that means you're taking a talented DLineman off the field. So how do we split time? Just mix up the looks and rotate?
Obviously, I'm having to search for discussion topics with this position group because it is a very talented and stable group. What are you expecting from this group in 2014?
Thoughts?
(My next position preview will be the DLine in the coming days. Looking forward to that group)