Quote Originally Posted by Bothrops View Post
DL play was disappointing during the last half of the season. I know most of those guys are gone now, but I think this group is going to be a work in progress next season. CJ needs to lose 30 pounds, and I doubt James can be relied on to play much more in the rotation. I think it's a wind issue with him, and he may not can help it much at his size. That's just from my observation. So you have Nelson- who's solid, left along with the fresh fish at DT, and 2 to 3 solid DE guys. This won't be our star group next season, but I think they will be improved because of pressure and new synergistic type approach from Manny.
CJ does not need to lose 30 pounds. He needs to play around 305 to 310. He and Adams will start at DT. Nick James will rotate in and definitely play on short yardage situations. Cory Thomas will have to be the other roation guy. We really needed to add 1 Juco DT, but we missed on Swain and Taylor and never had a shot at DJ Jones. That's 3 legit DT's playing Juco football in MS that we couldn't land.