Football Depth Chart....

[philduckworth]

O-line: Hev prefers 8. Mullen's first year we had 6. Most years we have 7 or 8. This year we have 7: The projected starting 5 + Rankin and Calhoun.

TE: I'm not saying eliminate the position this year, but we should significantly de-emphasize it. Use much more 2 back sets to take advantage of RB depth + Shumpert's blocking ability. I hope Dear gets 7-8 carries per game.

WR: I'm not sure why Gray is behind Wilson on the depth chart. It would make more sense to have Wilson/Morrow on one side and Brown/Gray on the other side. Morrow and Wilson are similar receivers and I think it makes more sense to have our speed guys opposite Wilson.

Defensively, running a 4-3 with 3 traditional LB's against any team other than Arkansas and LSU is just stupid. I wish we go to a 4-2-5 with Brown/Brown and Green/Leo in the middle. Then I would use Jamal Peters/JT Gray in that Husky type role as the hybrid. Bryant and Coman would be my starting 2 safeties.

 

[121Josey]

You should have made everything in there in the form of a question. You would have saved face.

 

[johnson86-1]

O-line: Hev prefers 8. Mullen's first year we had 6. Most years we have 7 or 8. This year we have 7: The projected starting 5 + Rankin and Calhoun.

TE: I'm not saying eliminate the position this year, but we should significantly de-emphasize it. Use much more 2 back sets to take advantage of RB depth + Shumpert's blocking ability. I hope Dear gets 7-8 carries per game.

WR: I'm not sure why Gray is behind Wilson on the depth chart. It would make more sense to have Wilson/Morrow on one side and Brown/Gray on the other side. Morrow and Wilson are similar receivers and I think it makes more sense to have our speed guys opposite Wilson.

Defensively, running a 4-3 with 3 traditional LB's against any team other than Arkansas and LSU is just stupid. I wish we go to a 4-2-5 with Brown/Brown and Green/Leo in the middle. Then I would use Jamal Peters/JT Gray in that Husky type role as the hybrid. Bryant and Coman would be my starting 2 safeties.

You want to go 4-2-5 because we're so deep at safety and so thin at linebacker?

 

[msstate7]

Not hoops, but I'd guess bc 4-2-5 is a much more effective defense vs spreads

 

[57stratdawg]

I think there is a reasonable chance Rankin redshirted unless he is a starter leaving fall camp. He's listed as a RT right now, but he could easily be our starting LT next season. I know his family wanted him to play LT in college though because of the $ differences on draft day.

 

[philduckworth]

Not hoops, but I'd guess bc 4-2-5 is a much more effective defense vs spreads

Correct. Amazing that needs clarification. Also, It would get Peters on the field in a position where he can be successful.

 

[philduckworth]

I think there is a reasonable chance Rankin redshirted unless he is a starter leaving fall camp. He's listed as a RT right now, but he could easily be our starting LT next season. I know his family wanted him to play LT in college though because of the $ differences on draft day.

I can't see Rankin redshirting. At worst, he is our 3rd best tackle and I still think he beats out Warren for that LT spot.

 

[121Josey]

I think there is a reasonable chance Rankin redshirted unless he is a starter leaving fall camp. He's listed as a RT right now, but he could easily be our starting LT next season. I know his family wanted him to play LT in college though because of the $ differences on draft day.

That chance would be about 5%. Wouldn't call that reasonable. If a 4-star JUCO OT can't beat out a converted TE to the position, no way they redshirt him. JUCO's better come ready to play.

 

[57stratdawg]

Paul had it as 50/50 at the end of Spring. I know we feel good about Warren, and it almost always takes JUCO kids a year to adjust.

 

[NCDawg.sixpack]

Paul had it as 50/50 at the end of Spring. I know we feel good about Warren, and it almost always takes JUCO kids a year to adjust.

It seems to nowadays, at least our JC recruits. It didn't in Sherrill's day, when we recruited Randy Thomas, Smoot, Bean, JJ Johnson, Ashley Cooper, Kevin Love, et al.

 

[121Josey]

Paul had it as 50/50 at the end of Spring. I know we feel good about Warren, and it almost always takes JUCO kids a year to adjust.

It sounds like springtime sunshine more than reality. That year of adjustment you mention usually includes 13 weeks of game experience. They'll get one good year out of him either way.

 

[57stratdawg]

No, it's not. There is no guarantee he plays this fall.

 

[121Josey]

No, it's not. There is no guarantee he plays this fall.

Uh, there is no guarantee he doesn't play this fall. See what I did there?

You have an MBA from State. I expect better than this.