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Did not realize Darien Howard was a 4 Star recruit. Only wish we had better depth and could have saved an extra year for him.
 
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When you think about it, that's kind of depressing; Eight 4-stars in almost 20 years, and only six contributed.
 
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Phil1972 said:
When you think about it, that's kind of depressing; Eight 4-stars in almost 20 years, and only six contributed.
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Just remember, we have grown most of our DLs from LBs like Howard and TEs like Neild. And many of our LBs grew from Safties like Kwitiakowski.
 
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Over the years, I've always believed our LB's have been the weakest unit on the field.

They always seemed to be either undersized and getting crushed by H-backs and/or a step slow filling a gap or running with a TE. This seemed to be especially true during the Holgorsen years but maybe I'm missing someone.

Just look at the difference Tony Fields made to an already decent defense just last year. Give me 4 star linemen and backers any day of the week over 4 star QB's, WR's, and RB's. They'll make everyone else better around them.
 
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Phil1972 said:
When you think about it, that's kind of depressing; Eight 4-stars in almost 20 years, and only six contributed.
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The number of DL who have been drafted is extremely depressing
Why this current staff should be given credit because they are trying to bring in talent up front

Need at least 7-8 out of 10 years to have a DL drafted by the NFL
 
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spartansstink said:
Over the years, I've always believed our LB's have been the weakest unit on the field.

They always seemed to be either undersized and getting crushed by H-backs and/or a step slow filling a gap or running with a TE. This seemed to be especially true during the Holgorsen years but maybe I'm missing someone.

Just look at the difference Tony Fields made to an already decent defense just last year. Give me 4 star linemen and backers any day of the week over 4 star QB's, WR's, and RB's. They'll make everyone else better around them.
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Think you may be blaming the LBs too much. When Gibby’s D was used, the other team got little pressure from our front 3 and recruiting D Linemen to that scheme was very difficult. This made our LBs and Safeties have to cover longer and take added run stop responsibility.

The new scheme allows our DLs to pressure more while also having run stop responsibilities. Imho, it has also enabled us to recruit better talent. It also helps when recruits can see our linemen making plays against teams like Texas and Oklahoma. While we still seem to be growing LBs (with the exception of Cowan), our size, talent and depth on the DL continues to improve.
 
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