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Jesus......ojemudia will play on third downs if he is our best pass rusher. Bolden will not back up Morgan, he is a mike. They are grooming him for the position and will spell demens all year.
Wormley is a sde...I like him better for sde over worrmley but whoever is more consistent this year will back up roh.
The coaches have clearly shown what they expect from wde. Strobel is a different player, he will not play wde.

Biggs should make the two deep and if ojemudia proves to be unready this year I def see Ryan rushing the qb

Thanks for the opinion but i still disagree that Strobel can't/won't play WDE.

Heitzman will back up Roh, he's had an awesome offseason.

Also, the coaches started Roh at WDE last year, so it's not that unreasonable to assume that Strobel could see PT.

I completely agree about Biggs though, he could easily beat out Brandin Hawthorne for the backup WILL spot if he comes in as good as he's been projected. His size (6'1 225) isn't as much of a worry as we had thought (Morgan is 6'1 230)

I don't see why they wouldn't RS Bolden. Morgan, Demens, and Ryan are all good players, no need to press the issue of getting freshman playing time just for the sake of it and ruin a RS.

I think James Ross is going to be an absolute beast. He doesn't look 225 but he definetly plays like he is that big. I just can't see or am hoping that many freshman are not needed this year.

That would be a huge mistake. We can redshirt both 13' guys at linebacker.

Positions are mostly dictated by weight, especially on the DL. The SDE is meant to be big enough to take on two blockers if needed and to set the edge, the NT is meant to take up two blockers and stuff the holes, the 3-tech DT is meant to stop the run/push the pocket, and the WDE is meant to be big enough to take on blockers and pass rush.

Ross is made for will. He has the speed, game recognition and size to play will now. WHY are you assuming and throwing out there things like oh bolden will play.

We are telling you why ...you need to give some facts as to what you are saying.

Bolden is future at mike
Biggs future at will

Just to be clear I'm very high on Strobel's game and like Todd feel he could end up being one of the better players in the class. Like many of you I initially felt based on his highlight film he could be a terror off the edge. But after talking with an Ohio HS coach who's seen him play live multiple times he seemed convinced that wasn't Strobel's game and he was a run stuffing SDE all the way. Since I'm no expert I tend to acquiesce to those that are until proven otherwise.

Morgan would not be a very good MIKE. Bolden is without a doubt the MIKE of our future.

yeah the coaches have shown no willingness to move guys around to get the best 11 players on the field. Not to mention they have shown that they love guys who are versatile and can possibly play more than 1 position.

I think the one thing we can all agree upon is that we should have some very good depth and position battles at the LB position for the foreseeable future.

Im sorry if I come off being a jerk. I'm certainly not trying to be.

Morgan is not as talented as biggs. Kid played well and deserves to start depending on fall practices. We can't guarantee anything by how good we think a kid is coming in but the coaches will want to put the best players out there. Biggs should be the better linebacker behind Morgan.

Like I said about bolden. He is better in coverage now then demens. Very smart kid that came in ready to go. He is a feshman and will make some mistakes but that is the qb position for the d(kovacs has been). The coaches know he is our starter next year. He needs to learn on the field