Who do they beat out of USC, Michigan, and Washington? Two of those games are on the road in tough places to play. I think Wisky, Minny, and NW could be trap games and will be slugfests. I think the PSU offense will be pretty good and effective, just not explosive, which makes me nervous should they fall behind to good teams. I think it looks more like an old school B1G offense with strong run game, good TEs and move the chains passing game. I hope they are more explosive than I expect. Brahmer and Rapp may be the best TE combo in the country.
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I predict we lose to Washington and one of the trap games. Agree on the TE’s, but I just hope a wr breaks out and becomes a true wr threat.
Interesting. Bold prediction. I think both are better than Washington, but that cross country travel to play in Husky Stadium is a big challenge. B1G teams have not fared well traveling across country since the west coast teams joined.
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It is not rb.
Rb is one injury away from being a problem.
DE is loaded with question marks backed up by bigger question marks.
I respect your opinion and want it to become fact.
My thoughts are I think this will be a classic situation where we maul the out of conference guys, get all excited then reality hits when we can’t muster muster any run game consistency against the formidable BIg10 opponents.
Teams will continue to load up against the run and we typically lack an explosive pass game to make them pay due to lack of playmakers. Our athletes on the outside will be out “athletic-ed” by the opponents DBs. Thats how you beat PSU the last 15 years. We couldn’t get the job done when we had Barkley and there isn’t an athlete near his zipcode on this team.
3rd and 2 or less continues to be a problem, especially without the Fatman.
RB has Hansen, Peoples, Martin, & Wallace. No Saquon in the bunch but that seems like reasonable depth.
DE has Granville, Kemajou, Ezeogu, and Arrington. We don't know how healthy Granville will be but that sounds like 4 respectable options. Burnett was a low 4* recruit and had an offer from Michigan. I doubt he'll be ready but who knows.
Good observation. Team might only be as strong as the weakest link.It’s not which position groups will be good. It’s which position groups will suck less than the others.
Not expecting major contribution from Ford, but let's see what he shows in OOC and perhaps he works himself into the rotation (spot duty) as the season progresses. Remember, no more redshirts so I expect any Freshman who show some useful traits in OOC are going to be utilized the rest of the season as depth pieces.
I am not yet convinced about 10 wins. I want to see if they dominate the three OOC teams and are able to beat Wisconsin and NW by 10-14 points; then I will have some confidence.
Hansen is a proven commodity. After that...People's dropped to #4 at Ohio State by the end of last season. Martin has 1 game under his belt. The bowl was essentially a scrimmage of what was left after massive opt outs. The non conference games must result in someone establishing some wiggle. Otherwise it could be possession type passing and 3 yards and a cloud of dust running game. Flip a coin...optimism or pessimism. Easy to jump the line.
Tons of question marks in your depth chart. Martin had 20 carries last year. Wallace had 6 carries. You are also planning on zero injuries in a sport with tons of injuries.
Aarrington should not even be on the depth chart. If his name was smith you would not even list him. Granville had one tackle in two years. Granville is question mark. He might be good. No idea if he can stay healthy. Ezeohu had 8 tackles last year.
Way too early to project RB and DE as a strength. It is CB and TE. After that it is a guess. OL has talent in paper. Who knows if they mesh and have a good scheme.
At seasons end the sentiment will be familiar...WE DESERVE BETTER!It’s not which position groups will be good. It’s which position groups will suck less than the others.
It's been a long time since I've been as excited as I am for an opening game.
Was going over a projected depth chart today and my oh my there are so many new names that I know so little about it has me to lose my frame of reference.
I'll take honorable mention. Point is he needs to be very good for us not just average.
At this point I would not look at his HS rankings but believe more on the inside info from Donahue. It could be more hype than substance but he had a strong, positive take on Ezeogu.
I'm not claiming that DE and RB will be top 5 in the BiG. I'm just responding to the claim that we're 1 injury away from disaster at those positions. I think the 1 injury away from disaster concern is better reserved for QB, LB, OL, and DT.
My opinion about Arrington isn't because of his name. It's based on his 4* 94 rating and offers from teams like Michigan, Tennessee, and Washington. Martin also had a 4* 94 rating with offers from schools like Florida State, Miami, and Michigan. Of course both players have to prove it on the field. Remember we're looking at both of them to provide depth, not as starters.
I'm not looking at Ezeogu based on his HS rankings. I'm looking at him based in his transfer portal rankings (301 overall, 34 DL, 3* 88). He had 25 tackles (8 solo) and 1 sack last year.
I hope Donahue is right but there's nothing in his history that suggests he'll be a standout performer. Of course we're looking for him to be a backup player behind Granville and Kemajou and he might do well in that role.
Some positions PSU might be in trouble without any injuries. Some of the starters are unknown commodities backed up by other unknown commodities. At DE it is kemajou and all unproven players.
Psu fans went from complaining about paying unproven high school players to thinking the same unproven players are a strength.
If a player is good/great in year 1, it makes sense to project him to be great in year 2. That player already played at a high level. Psu depth chart has players who did not produce much last year. A player like Aarrington might be great at some point. The question is WHEN. We don't know if he will be good this year because there is no track record yet.
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Kemajou had a 4* 94 recruiting ranking coming out of high school and he flashed in limited PT last year. Granville had a 4* 91 recruiting ranking with an impressive offer list (USC, A&M, Oklahoma, Florida). IIRC he was expected to be a starter before his injury.
You're correct that neither of them are "PROVEN". I don't expect either of them to be 1st or 2nd team all BiG but I'm still optimistic about their chances to be good.
I believe he played in a three man front defense last year, not sure what his responsibilities were. Perhaps they are different in Lynn's 4-man front and he has responded to the change?
Well it's still enjoyable to speculate even if I'm proven wrong.