“I think Louisville offered” LOL.
Certainly can't say Luke any more, can we? He has been hideous in the passing game, just clearly more liability than weapon on a called pass play.
I think I heard the bit you're talking about. To me Benning's reaction was more of a "For WHAT would you do that at this point in the season?" reaction. I didn't take it as a, "Kid can't play" reaction. Like, show me that you can win an un-pretty game with the guys you have. It isn't time to try to jump start the Logan Smothers era in a meaningless game in what should be horrible weather in Piscattaway.
Some people refuse to understand that most offers are self reported or reported by their high school coaches. IF a kid shuts down his recruitment and won't talk to potential recruiters, there's no way to know for sure how many offers he might have had. Suffice it to say, Ohio State liked what they saw from Smothers whether he had a commitable offer from them or not. Talented kid. We'll see how talented.
I mean he can rotate in with Nelson, but he isn't any better than him. That OLB position is one of the weakest on the team, but Chinander wants to play with 2 OLB's on the line. If you got rid of Tannor, you can play Nelson and Payne on that side and Domann on the other. Daniels is our NT and one of the best on defense and should be on the field as much as possible. Stille should be a good 3-4 DE but he seems to struggle there for some reason. It seems like he tries a little harder when he's playing more of a DT role. Rogers or Robinson would play the other DE spot. Chinander is an idiot for thinking we have the personnel to run a 2-4-5 nickel defense, especially when Domann is the nickel. If you put Domann on the line instead and had him rush, I wouldn't mind it near as much.
So does that mean McCaffery is 100% out tomorrow? Or is he still #2 (no pun intended)?
Based on the hitch in his throwing motion, I would almost guarantee he has surgery to repair either his labrum or rotator cuff, perhaps both.
Is it just me, or does Tannor not get talked about enough as a major bust? I was convinced he’d be a stud.
When he's lined up more around the tackle instead of the guard, he struggles. He's more consistent with his reads when he plays inside.
If that turns out to be the case, he should hang it up. That would be both shoulders having to be repaired and possibly now a 3rd time.
2-4-5 is a nickel defense with 2 DL, 4 LB's, and 5 DB's. Except we make one of our linebackers the nickel, so we really have 5 linebackers on the field. Considering our weakness at the position, it's ridiculous to have that many LB's on the field. Instead of putting Domann at the nickel, you get a DB as the nickel and put Domann on the line instead, since he's one of our better pass rushers. Then you put Nelson or Payne at the other OLB spot who are both decent pass rushers and run stoppers. I never said Domann was our worst LB. In fact, I think he'd have more value playing closer to the line and pass rushing more often rather than always being out in coverage. I'd be fine with running 2-4-5 doing it this way, but how we're doing it now is just incredibly stupid.
