Jemea Thomas

beej67 said:
I'm not worried. DL is our deepest position. I'm concerned about the progression of our OL though.
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DL is actually our most thin position...not our deepest. LB is our deepest far and away.

We only have 4 scholarship DT's next year and two will be freshmen (Barnes and Lanier), one sophomore (Walls), and one junior (Anderson). None have started and 3 of the 4 are underclassman. Additionally, QB and either side of the line are the most difficult position to play as freshmen.

If Walls can rebound from the broken leg that would be nice.

Barnes has shown dominance in practice at times...it just remains to be seen how he progresses in pass rush and how many snaps he can play(conditioning). That is the reason many liked him at OT. All reports are that he will be a great DT for us.

Lanier will be a true freshman...and he has lost 30-40 lbs. to try and get ready. He is not a fast first step guy like we are used to with Richard and Walker...but he is strong upper body, hips, etc. His film reminds me a lot of Willie Burkes...if anyone remembers him.

Anderson is the lone upperclassman...and has seen some good playing time this year.

Ideally you would have four returning DT's next year that have had playing time...and the 3-deep would have freshmen that are being redshirted. That is just not going to be the luxury for us. Whoever signs with us as a DT in the class of 2009 will have to be ready to get some snaps right away.

We are witnessing the best D-line in GT history this year...there would be fall off no matter what the scenario.
 
More on today's commit:

2008: (Through Oct. 10) Thomas has 12 rushes for 170 yards and four touchdowns, two receptions for 32 yards, four kick returns for 155 yards, one fumble recovery and one interception.
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Holy CRAP.
 
Not to keep talking about next year in the midst of this year, but do you think that Peters could get some snaps at DT, like Oliver last year? I think he might could help there in a bind.

Seems like we could also look at using Barnes at DE some, especially in situations where we keep the DE standing up, like an OLB in the 3-4. MJ does this some now.
 
LLjacket said:
Not to keep talking about next year in the midst of this year, but do you think that Peters could get some snaps at DT, like Oliver last year? I think he might could help there in a bind.

Seems like we could also look at using Barnes at DE some, especially in situations where we keep the DE standing up, like an OLB in the 3-4. MJ does this some now.
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You could see some situations where Morgan or Peters move inside in passing situations..and we have Hall on the outside with one of them...and one of our strong DT's in the middle. You never know...heck...Michael Johnson lined up at DT in some situations last weekend on 3rd down.

Ramblinwreck.com has not updated the height and weight for returning players since 2007....but to me Morgan looks larger and stronger than Peters right now...you just hate to lose his speed.

Could a LB like Tongo or Barnes put on weight and play DE. It is certainly possible...as we did with Wilkerson.

Bottom line...we are going to see some specialty lineups depending on the situation rather than the straight base lineup as we have this year.
 
I am not worried about height even if we put him at DB because Pacman Jones was about Jemea's height and he was highly successful on the field. Obviously not off the field.
 
hiveredtech said:
Bottom line...we are going to see some specialty lineups depending on the situation rather than the straight base lineup as we have this year.
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Could you move into a 3-4? With Barnes anchoring the middle...peters and morgan at DE...and the depth of the LB's covering the 4...
 
buzztheirazz said:
Could you move into a 3-4? With Barnes anchoring the middle...peters and morgan at DE...and the depth of the LB's covering the 4...
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I doubt it...very few teams are succeeding with the 3-4 as their base lineup. We saw Miss St earlier in the year...and we are about to destroy another one Saturday! :biggthumpup:
 
hiveredtech said:
I doubt it...very few teams are succeeding with the 3-4 as their base lineup. We saw Miss St earlier in the year...and we are about to destroy another one Saturday! :biggthumpup:
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I like your thinking!
 
hiveredtech said:
I doubt it...very few teams are succeeding with the 3-4 as their base lineup. We saw Miss St earlier in the year...and we are about to destroy another one Saturday! :biggthumpup:
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P.J. said tonight on his show that we may go to the 3-4 next year because of the lack of depth at DT...

Alabama is doing well with the 3-4 and because of that mammoth nose tackle..It starts with a mammoth nose tackle and P.J. also said that T.J. Barnes is dominating our OL in practice every day (at 6-7 345 lbs he fits the bill for that dominant nose tackle) along with big ole Lanier coming in..So a 3-4 may very well work good for us the next couple of years

U.N.C. has not been too shabby either with their 3-4...

Longe range I don't want to see us play a 3-4 but in 2009 and 2010 it might best fit us...

Hiver, he also said we will take probably 6 Dlineman in this next class, besides Lanier, who are the other 1 or 2 Dt's we are probably going to land ?
 
1gtfan said:
P.J. said tonight on his show that we may go to the 3-4 next year because of the lack of depth at DT...

Alabama is doing well with the 3-4 and because of that mammoth nose tackle..It starts with a mammoth nose tackle and P.J. also said that T.J. Barnes is dominating our OL in practice every day (at 6-7 345 lbs he fits the bill for that dominant nose tackle) along with big ole Lanier coming in..So a 3-4 may very well work good for us the next couple of years

U.N.C. has not been too shabby either with their 3-4...

Longe range I don't want to see us play a 3-4 but in 2009 and 2010 it might best fit us...

Hiver, he also said we will take probably 6 Dlineman in this next class, besides Lanier, who are the other 1 or 2 Dt's we are probably going to land ?
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I saw that report and I think he was quoted wrong...he meant 6 lineman total...not 6 DL. We do not even have 6 offers out there and I am not even sure we are hot on the trail of any more this year. We are really pushing Denzel McCoy for 2010...along with everyone else though.

He said we may go to the 3-4 very casually...almost like....I do not know what we are going to do...we will do something...maybe do some 3-4...blah blah blah. it was not a conscious point.

As information...it is not "big ole" Lanier anymore. He has worked hard as requested by our staff to lose 30-40 lbs. and is right around 300 lbs now.
 
Not a lot of DT on the board right now. A lot that are in Georgia that are good enough to play just dont have the grades.
 
hiveredtech said:
He said we may go to the 3-4 very casually...almost like....I do not know what we are going to do...we will do something...maybe do some 3-4...blah blah blah. it was not a conscious point.

Dave Wommack has mentioned us going to a 3-4 some also, so I think with the numbers we face at Dt next year and the size of both Barnes and Lanier we will definetly see some 3-4 next year but maybe not full-time...And Bama plays the 3-4 very well..
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Rumor is where going to run a new defense called the hurdle. The objective is you just hurdle your man and therefoe the other team would quit. Also heard we stole that idea from Knowshon. Who as you all know was the first every man to hurdle somebody.
 
Rumor is were going to run a new defense call the hurdle. The objective is just to hurdle over your man therefore the other team would quit. Also heard PJ stole this idea from Knowshon. Who as you all know was the first man to ever hurdle somebody.
 
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