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OptionJacket said:
Listen, Singleton was a nice player living off pure talent. I was less than impressed with his year 1 to year 2 improvement. That’s not sour grapes because he left, but a simple football evaluation. Maybe Auburn will improve him as a player to be legit NFL prospect.
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Auburn will get him the ball a lot, and he will be the #1 player in the country in yards, touchdowns, and receptions that would count if only the field were 2 yards wider on both sides.
 
ThomsonJacket said:
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We are stacking offensive lineman, is anyone awake at Edge to the fact we have no one to line up on DEFENSE?
 
OldSchoolJacket said:
We are stacking offensive lineman, is anyone awake at Edge to the fact we have no one to line up on DEFENSE?
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I don't know much about the unique qualities that separate a good OL-man vs a good DL-man, but, they often play either/or until settling in on one or the other. I would expect we may have a few good OL-men that could play either side of the ball and very well may end up there. The skill set and general qualities, (i.e. big, strong and a bit mean) are fundamental to both the OL and DL.

Having a plethora of excellent OL-men will probably lead to a few excellent DL-men. It's possible this is part of the recruiting plan.

I don't see that as a bad thing.
 
Buzzilla said:
I don't know much about the unique qualities that separate a good OL-man vs a good DL-man, but, they often play either/or until settling in on one or the other. I would expect we may have a few good OL-men that could play either side of the ball and very well may end up there. The skill set and general qualities, (i.e. big, strong and a bit mean) are fundamental to both the OL and DL.

Having a plethora of excellent OL-men will probably lead to a few excellent DL-men. It's possible this is part of the recruiting plan.

I don't see that as a bad thing.
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If we have a good OL, it will help the DL. TD's and TOP
 
Buzzilla said:
I don't know much about the unique qualities that separate a good OL-man vs a good DL-man, but, they often play either/or until settling in on one or the other. I would expect we may have a few good OL-men that could play either side of the ball and very well may end up there. The skill set and general qualities, (i.e. big, strong and a bit mean) are fundamental to both the OL and DL.

Having a plethora of excellent OL-men will probably lead to a few excellent DL-men. It's possible this is part of the recruiting plan.

I don't see that as a bad thing.
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Don't be logical. Pants on fire is the way.
 
Buzzilla said:
I don't know much about the unique qualities that separate a good OL-man vs a good DL-man, but, they often play either/or until settling in on one or the other. I would expect we may have a few good OL-men that could play either side of the ball and very well may end up there. The skill set and general qualities, (i.e. big, strong and a bit mean) are fundamental to both the OL and DL.

Having a plethora of excellent OL-men will probably lead to a few excellent DL-men. It's possible this is part of the recruiting plan.

I don't see that as a bad thing.
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Does that actually happen in college? I could believe that in HS but I didn't realize that people switched between the OL and DL in college -- I thought the positions were pretty heavy on position-specific skills.
 
andrew said:
Does that actually happen in college? I could believe that in HS but I didn't realize that people switched between the OL and DL in college -- I thought the positions were pretty heavy on position-specific skills.
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I'm not saying it's the norm but it isn't uncommon. Experience playing on one side of the line I would think would be an advantage to switching to the other side, especially from offense to defense. Like chess, you need to have a strategy for both black and white. Knowing what the weaknesses and strengths are of each helps you anticipate your opponents intentions.

Apparently footwork is paramount for offensive linemen. Less so for the DL-men. I would expect if you aren't making the grade with footwork at OL it would be worth exploring what you can do in the more static role of plugging holes on the DL.

I'm not saying any of this is what CBK is thinking. But it might be.
 
This guy is more of a strong side end. we'll probably take another and then a couple of edge rushers. we have time in the spring, as well, though.
 
OldSchoolJacket said:
We are stacking offensive lineman, is anyone awake at Edge to the fact we have no one to line up on DEFENSE?
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I'm going to let everyone in on a super top secret plan. If you tell anyone, you'll be kilt outright and you won't even see it coming.
The plan to bring in LOS guys is to use them on the OLine AND the Dline. Just remember, tell no one.
 
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