I don't think that's necessarily true. Are you new to this staff? Kyle Kempt came out of left field to beat Oklahoma a few years back and the staff to this day has never really come out and said what went wrong with Jacob Park.
Hunter Dekkers Concerns?
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Clemson defense was #4 in DFEI. Iowa State was out it's 2nd Rd NFL draft pick at RB, and Downing didn't play either. It was just a weird game overall. I'll be blue in the face all day about wanting Iowa State to make and play in bowl games, but they really have lost their luster in the last 10-15 years.
you can’t just take what you saw on the field.
he was better behind the scenes. it’s well documented.
even throughout fall camp last year.. dekkers looked like the real deal.
It appears you are right about the WVU game. The big stat was we gave up 9/15 3rd downs. That is on the defense. However, our offense only converted 2/12. Against Tech the defense gave up 529 yards including 207 on the ground. We only had 89 yards rushing. Hall had 18 carries for only 2.8 yards per carry. I suppose we didn't run much because we were playing from behind.
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lol you can’t go off of the small sample size of the few series he played.
That Tech game was after they fired their coach and then had a bye week to prepare something new. They also threw in a new (running) QB with no film.
The defense played poorly but they also had a big wildcard thrown at them.
That wasn't a QB competition. Kempt only started because Park self destructed.
I'm not too worried about QB, RB or DL. Since Campbell has been here we seem to find guys that get the job done.
My concerns are OL that gels game 1. And a defense that plays aggressive- forcing TO's and consistently putting pressure on QB. Can"t have mediocre QB's play like All-Big12 QB's.
My concerns are OL that gels game 1. And a defense that plays aggressive- forcing TO's and consistently putting pressure on QB. Can"t have mediocre QB's play like All-Big12 QB's.
I'm not sure we will ever be that attacking defense. We only rush 3 quite often.
30 days until the opening kickoff and the naysayers are already in midseason form.
do some of you guys come out of the woodwork on just gamedays?
it's almost like none of you follow off season and/or pre-season information that comes out.
dekkers is going to be good. like i said, he would have played last year if it wasn't for the guy in front of him being a 4 yr starter.
it's almost like none of you follow off season and/or pre-season information that comes out.
dekkers is going to be good. like i said, he would have played last year if it wasn't for the guy in front of him being a 4 yr starter.
I think Dekkers is going to be good and like the upside of being able to get the ball over the top.
But when did info come out to the public saying he was beating Purdy in practice or whatever?
That sounds like the exact opposite of how this staff operates.
The 3-3-5 can evolve.
There has been some hype this summer about the talent among the DB's. Does that lead to breakups, deflections & interceptions. It also sounded like they wanted to play varied coverages to confuse opponent QB's.
But in the end, the best way to making QB's uncomfortable is getting defenders in their face. I gotta believe the staff convinced McDonald to come back with a plan to make him an elite college talent. Is that playing some LB so he can be a 4 down player? Or rush from different spots.
The challenge for our defense is to not allow games from last year like WVU and TT.
I have a hard time buying that Campbell played a clearly-inferior guy just because of seniority, when for every other position on the field (and his own general mantra of the team), he plays solely the best player available at the position. QB is quite literally the worst possible position to be holding back talent from. That just goes against everything else we see him do.
CycloneErik
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Did we ever figure out if he’s 6’10”, sweats, or had pointy elbows? That will tell us everything we need to know.
