Scrimmage Observations

I’m not trying to sugar coat this or spin it but Let’s see who we have and how well the young guys have stepped up on the DL ( esp DT) after game 4.
It has been known since this past Feb DL was going to be weakness of this years Def.
but let’s not forget we are running some really talented young kids out there . The talent is there . The experience isn’t.
Again outside of Simmons (who doesn’t come around very often) not one DT got drafted. Not saying some might make a NFL roster but no one was drafted. Also Simmons didn’t play every down... so at times last year there was a DL that didn’t have Simmons or Sweat out there.

There will be a drop off a rather large drop off at times .. But there are some talented guys that are going to be out there. It’s not like we are running walk-ons in the game to make plays

And the back 7are going to be very good.

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Originally Posted by Ari Gold

I’m not trying to sugar coat this or spin it but Let’s see who we have and how well the young guys have stepped up on the DL ( esp DT) after game 4.
It has been known since this past Feb DL was going to be weakness of this years Def.
but let’s not forget we are running some really talented young kids out there . The talent is there . The experience isn’t.
Again outside of Simmons (who doesn’t come around very often) not one DT got drafted. Not saying some might make a NFL roster but no one was drafted. Also Simmons didn’t play every down... so at times last year there was a DL that didn’t have Simmons or Sweat out there.

There will be a drop off a rather large drop off at times .. But there are some talented guys that are going to be out there. It’s not like we are running walk-ons in the game to make plays

And the back 7are going to be very good.

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well said....

Lets also remember that we have one hell of a DC that won't simply run the same scheme he did last year with Simmons at DT.

More than anything, I trust Shoop to be able to figure how to mask the DT as much as possible while utilizing the strengths of the LBs & secondary more.

I don't trust many coaches, but I trust Shoop

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Originally Posted by Ari Gold

I’m not trying to sugar coat this or spin it but Let’s see who we have and how well the young guys have stepped up on the DL ( esp DT) after game 4.
It has been known since this past Feb DL was going to be weakness of this years Def.
but let’s not forget we are running some really talented young kids out there . The talent is there . The experience isn’t.
Again outside of Simmons (who doesn’t come around very often) not one DT got drafted. Not saying some might make a NFL roster but no one was drafted. Also Simmons didn’t play every down... so at times last year there was a DL that didn’t have Simmons or Sweat out there.

There will be a drop off a rather large drop off at times .. But there are some talented guys that are going to be out there. It’s not like we are running walk-ons in the game to make plays

And the back 7are going to be very good.

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Sounds like Shoop is going to rotate a lot of bodies at DT and try to keep them fresh. He'll try to limit them to 1st and 2nd down and then bring in all DE's if he can on 3rd down.

Everyone mentions Sweat and Simmons, but we're going to miss Gerri Green and the other experienced depth guys much more than people realize, especially in the locker room and practice fields. Hopefully they taught these young guns something on their way out.

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Originally Posted by Interpolation_Dawg_EX

Sounds like Shoop is going to rotate a lot of bodies at DT and try to keep them fresh. He'll try to limit them to 1st and 2nd down and then bring in all DE's if he can on 3rd down.

Everyone mentions Sweat and Simmons, but we're going to miss Gerri Green and the other experienced depth guys much more than people realize, especially in the locker room and practice fields. Hopefully they taught these young guns something on their way out.

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Won't be able to sub against all sec teams.

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Won't be able to sub against all sec teams.

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We won't be able to do a lot of things against all SEC teams, but I'll trust he knows what he is doing. Like mentioned above, let's see after week 4.

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Originally Posted by Interpolation_Dawg_EX

We won't be able to do a lot of things against all SEC teams, but I'll trust he knows what he is doing. Like mentioned above, let's see after week 4.

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Yeah, I trust shoop. He's a good coach. I just think we'll be a little outmanned upfront some this year.

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Yeah, I trust shoop. He's a good coach. I just think we'll be a little outmanned upfront some this year.

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As strong as we were up front there were some games we got pushed around a little last year, so that's to be expected. Looking at some O-Lines we face there is the possibility we won't be as dominated as some people think.