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Can't believe Robinson will start at safety...he has looked lost. I assume it will be Thomas and Wilson.

LB, wonder if Ross will see the field more?

Also, I have a gut feeling Wormley will see the field more, maybe in the interior.

Lots of question marks here and possibilities. Could Thomas Gordon play SS? Will Dymonte or Taco do well enough in spring ball to contribute a lot? How is Blake Countess recovering from surgery? What position are the RS FR DL best at? Could Desmond Morgan play MIKE? Who's more along, Wormley or Strobel? Ross or Bolden? Robinson, Furman, or Wilson? Who's gonna win the crapshoot at WDE?

My opinion:

SDE: Tom Strobel --- Keith Heitzmann
DT: Jibreel Black --- Chris Wormley
NT: Quinton Washington --- Ondre Pipkins
WDE: Brennan Beyer --- Frank Clark/Mario Ojemudia
SAM: Jake Ryan --- Cam Gordon
MIKE: Desmond Morgan --- Joe Bolden
WILL: James Ross III --- Royce Jenkins-Stone
CB: Blake Countess --- Terry Richardson
CB: Raymon Taylor --- Courtney Avery
SS: Thomas Gordon --- Dymonte Thomas
FS: Jarrod Wilson --- Marvin Robinson

As usual, I really like your list. Only change I would make is flip Beyer with the other 2 at WDE.

For the most part this looks realistic. Not sure Stroebel starts though, think they probably shuffle guys around to get more experience at sde, beyer or black. Probably have Black rotating between 3 and 5, kinda like rvb.

Thomas gordon

Agreed about Black and Gordon. Pipkins will be in the rotation, but he won't supplant Black, and Thomas Gordon will be our starting SS absent some unprecedented improvement/showing by Dymonte Thomas.

With the amount of rotation that'll go on, I think it'll be practically an even time-share at MLB, and Morgan will probably take some plays from Ross at WLB.

SDE: Keith Heitzman -- Tom Strobel
DT: Jibreel Black -- Chris Wormley
NT: Quinton Washington -- Ondre Pipkins
WDE: Brennan Beyer -- Mario Ojemudia (F Clark as situational pass rusher only)

MIKE: Desmond Morgan -- Joe Bolden
WILL: James Ross -- Joe Bolden
SAM: Jake MF Ryan -- Cam Gordon

CB: Raymon Floyd -- Terry Richardson
CB: Blake Countess -- Delonte Hollowell
Nickel: Courtney Avery -- Jourdan Lewis

S: Thomas Gordon -- Marvin Robinson
S: Jarrod Wilson -- Dymonte Thomas

Biggest question marks are on the DL - can Black hold up at DT or will one of the RSFR win the job or be pressed into service. DE is an even bigger question, as the WDE merry-go-round continues to go round. At this point I've got Heitzman at SDE, he performed pretty well spotting Roh last year while none of the other candidates saw the field. Also, Matt Godin is my dark horse contributor at SDE/DT, I'm just not sure where he'll end up or how much of an impact he'll make this year.

I think Beyer starts over Frank Clark/Mario Ojemudia for one reason: he has been more consistent. If the other guys ever get that consistency, their talent will drive them to be starters.

We better hope Ojemudia is on the field because he is probably the only pure pass rusher on this team and it is the most glaring hole along with safeties covering anything ... If he doesn't get injured mid-year, he would be a lock to start... Makes plays... Beyer needs to bulk up a little and move him around a little

I have to agree with everyone on beyer still. We may see a rotation on downs and packages again. However, i remember a play when ojemudia cleared the olune and just blew up a rb with a head of steam and i thought wow, playing d tackle in highschool really helped him. If thjs kid adds any size and strength, he is going to be a monster.

I hope someone remember that clip and knkws where to find it

People are just completely misunderstanding that your posts weren't actual projections, they were preferential.

Hope you don't take it personally, my posts were all made while keeping in mind that I wasn't really responding to your post, but to the morphed (more realistic) projections that the rest of the comments adopted.

Don't worry Moon I'm with you on the Dymonte train. I can't stand Thomas Gordon. If Gordon starts I'll be a nervous Nelly the whole time he's in there til Thomas surplants him at his spot. Gordon reminds me of Woolfolk and that's saying something