Re: I think Chambers is our MLB of the future.
We have too many chances to succeed at LB. A minimum of one new guy will step up "if needed."
What I mean by that is that we have undersized DL and big DB freshmen plus incoming LB freshmen that all are outstanding athletes.
We have 'at least' 4 true freshmen to choose from if Reis and Hall don't cut it. A minimum of one could make the transistion from DE, DB, or LB itself.
Moore runs a 4.6, Wheeler a 4.6, Hall a 4.5, Anyansi a 4.6, and Reis a 4.6. Here are the new guys - all faster, most bigger, and all recruited by the national powerhouses and/or traditional LB factories (and UGA).
All joking aside, I don't care about stars, but the following 4 guys had offers including FSU, UF, Oklahoma, UGA, LSU, Colorado, South Carolina, and Auburn - when these schools think you can play defense for them, you are showing somebody something.
So -
Williams (6'3" 200, 4.55 speed DB)
Guyton (6'2" 220, 4.4 LB)
Chambers(6'0" 215, 4.5 LB)
Robertson (6'5" 205, 4.5 speed DE)
All these weights and strengths will improve by the season - especially Robertson.
These are just the freshmen - and we have Anyansi, Wheeler, Hall, and Moore. We know Reis will play well and will be a playmaker - although we don't know for sure that he will do it at Linebacker.
I see Anyansi and Hall as people who can hold their own, but not match the standard we need as the 'first' 2 LB's. I said last year, and was blasted for it, that neither of these are what we hoped. They still can hold their own if Wilkinson has a near equal at one of the other positions. We have TOO much talent at DB and DL not to succeed if we can get just two very good LB's. We already know we have 1 and hope we already have 2.
Add just one with the freshmen. It doesn't matter if a guy is a freshman or will be the DL or Safety of the future if he can cut it at LB and we don't have what we need. We know Chan will use all the options he has to.
I'm not even saying any of the 4 will cut it - but I am saying there's no way not one will.
So add one with the freshman class and call it conservative.
At a minimum, we should have 2 or 3 instead of 1 or 2 by week 3 or 4.
We will have a better defense this year than last. Mark my words. We won't have a Smith Or Fox at LB, but we will put it down across the board better than we have in quite a while.
Unless we have a terrible injury bug, we should have a BIG TIME defense by the time UGA comes calling.