ITT I will be asking questions about the team and season, while you the reader, will answer my questions since I haven't been keeping up.
1) WR = when will Schwartz, Eli and Bill be 100 percent? Will Bill even be 100 percent this season after consecutive reconstructions? What exactly is wrong with Eli? His knee should have been long healed.
2) WR = who will the starters be for Oregon? Split End. Flanker. Big Slot. Little Slot.
3) OL = is Handsome Lord Tega damaged, or just nicked up? Two MRIs, aye?
4) OL = on a scale from UGA to 2018 AU, how great or trash will this OL be? Will we be able to run between the tackles? Run right, behing Kim/Horton/Driscoll?
5) What happened to Bro Hamm? Once he became healthy, all the talk was how he was Hercules, but raw and a year with The Technician would produce a monster RG. Is he not that good, or is the Technician still breaking him of his "bad habits". Bad habits being JBG's go-to excuse when his OL is terrible.
6) RB = just curious how DJ Williams has been progressing. Boobs needs another SEC caliber running mate to help shoulder the load, with Shivers doing Shivers things 6-10x per game. Kam Martin is not that, and I still don't understand why Harold Joiner isn't being groomed into an Evan Engram clone.
7) DL = last season we started 4 NFL DL, yet they massively underachieved. This DL has the potential to be an impact / elite unit and it also has the potential to leave AU as one of the most underachieving units of my lifetime.
SDE: Narlob. Steady run defender with a motor, rarely seen in opposing backfields. Hasn't developed since week one tFR season.
DT/NG: Ideally, I think, DB5 would be lined up at the 3-tech with another hulking brute opposite him, but with the hole / lack of depth at the position, we need him to anchor things this season. Maybe one of the EXPERTS I'll tag will elaborate on whether or not DB5 is taking on DonRuss' position, or staying put while Coe steps in to DonRuss' position (which would open up another set of questions).
DT: Nick Coe. Thank the goddesses for Nick Coe. The guy can do it all. Last season we threw him out there at Buck, despite not being an edge rusher, and while far from great he held his own. This season, with a much more severe need at DT, we're sending him down into the trenches to fill the hole at DT. He's not ideal for it, but he's Nick Coe, so he'll handle it.
***EXPERT QUESTION***
With DB5 and Coe in the trenches, will Coe play the 3/5 tech and DB5 move down to 0/1, or might we try something different with a more attacking style? How's that going to work? Who is going to be playing DonRuss' spot and who DB5's normal spot?
Buck / rush end: The hole at Buck really hurt the defense last season. It was the difference between what should have been an elite unit with just an above average SEC edge rusher and the unit that allowed 300 yards rushing against MSU, followed by Guantanamo picking us apart for 330 from clean pockets, followed by UGA booty blasting us for 522 yards (309 on the ground) and Alabama laying waste with 52pts and another 500 yards. * Credit to Nick Coe for playing out of position and performing adequately - he wasn't the problem. *
***END EXPERT QUESTION***
Now it seems I may be operating under a false premise. That being that Coe had moved down to fill the hole at DT now that Moultry was playing at or near his talent level. According to AL.com, Coe is still at Buck and Truesdell will be the starting DT (oh dear). Idunno - someone drop knowledge.
8) Mike: I think Britt will grow into the role and become a slight upgrade over DD by mid-season.
Will: Interested to see how these small athletic dudes perform in the SEC grinder. These guys are basically Alabama's safeties playing LB for us.
9) Secondary: I know what we have there. No major questions outside of when Peters is expected back. Also curious if Devan Barrett is good enough to give Iggy a breather when needed, or if Iggy and Javaris will average 70 snaps per game until they get 'banged up', while relying solely on McCreary to back them both up.
10) This is simply filler in order to round it off with #10. No one loves you. Yes, I'm talking to you. No, she really doesn't. They don't either - they simply tolerate you.
TIA
1) WR = when will Schwartz, Eli and Bill be 100 percent? Will Bill even be 100 percent this season after consecutive reconstructions? What exactly is wrong with Eli? His knee should have been long healed.
2) WR = who will the starters be for Oregon? Split End. Flanker. Big Slot. Little Slot.
3) OL = is Handsome Lord Tega damaged, or just nicked up? Two MRIs, aye?
4) OL = on a scale from UGA to 2018 AU, how great or trash will this OL be? Will we be able to run between the tackles? Run right, behing Kim/Horton/Driscoll?
5) What happened to Bro Hamm? Once he became healthy, all the talk was how he was Hercules, but raw and a year with The Technician would produce a monster RG. Is he not that good, or is the Technician still breaking him of his "bad habits". Bad habits being JBG's go-to excuse when his OL is terrible.
6) RB = just curious how DJ Williams has been progressing. Boobs needs another SEC caliber running mate to help shoulder the load, with Shivers doing Shivers things 6-10x per game. Kam Martin is not that, and I still don't understand why Harold Joiner isn't being groomed into an Evan Engram clone.
7) DL = last season we started 4 NFL DL, yet they massively underachieved. This DL has the potential to be an impact / elite unit and it also has the potential to leave AU as one of the most underachieving units of my lifetime.
SDE: Narlob. Steady run defender with a motor, rarely seen in opposing backfields. Hasn't developed since week one tFR season.
DT/NG: Ideally, I think, DB5 would be lined up at the 3-tech with another hulking brute opposite him, but with the hole / lack of depth at the position, we need him to anchor things this season. Maybe one of the EXPERTS I'll tag will elaborate on whether or not DB5 is taking on DonRuss' position, or staying put while Coe steps in to DonRuss' position (which would open up another set of questions).
DT: Nick Coe. Thank the goddesses for Nick Coe. The guy can do it all. Last season we threw him out there at Buck, despite not being an edge rusher, and while far from great he held his own. This season, with a much more severe need at DT, we're sending him down into the trenches to fill the hole at DT. He's not ideal for it, but he's Nick Coe, so he'll handle it.
***EXPERT QUESTION***
With DB5 and Coe in the trenches, will Coe play the 3/5 tech and DB5 move down to 0/1, or might we try something different with a more attacking style? How's that going to work? Who is going to be playing DonRuss' spot and who DB5's normal spot?
Buck / rush end: The hole at Buck really hurt the defense last season. It was the difference between what should have been an elite unit with just an above average SEC edge rusher and the unit that allowed 300 yards rushing against MSU, followed by Guantanamo picking us apart for 330 from clean pockets, followed by UGA booty blasting us for 522 yards (309 on the ground) and Alabama laying waste with 52pts and another 500 yards. * Credit to Nick Coe for playing out of position and performing adequately - he wasn't the problem. *
***END EXPERT QUESTION***
Now it seems I may be operating under a false premise. That being that Coe had moved down to fill the hole at DT now that Moultry was playing at or near his talent level. According to AL.com, Coe is still at Buck and Truesdell will be the starting DT (oh dear). Idunno - someone drop knowledge.
8) Mike: I think Britt will grow into the role and become a slight upgrade over DD by mid-season.
Will: Interested to see how these small athletic dudes perform in the SEC grinder. These guys are basically Alabama's safeties playing LB for us.
9) Secondary: I know what we have there. No major questions outside of when Peters is expected back. Also curious if Devan Barrett is good enough to give Iggy a breather when needed, or if Iggy and Javaris will average 70 snaps per game until they get 'banged up', while relying solely on McCreary to back them both up.
10) This is simply filler in order to round it off with #10. No one loves you. Yes, I'm talking to you. No, she really doesn't. They don't either - they simply tolerate you.
TIA
