A 240 pound defensive lineman? Reggie Hayward approves.Campbell’s most recent follow on twitter. https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4361326/ovie-oghoufo
A 240 pound defensive lineman? Reggie Hayward approves.Campbell’s most recent follow on twitter. https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4361326/ovie-oghoufo
Good one. They must have a filter on the air in the portal.None of these guys in the portal are wearing masks.
What about now?big kat bryant from auburn would of been a dream transfer to land but he's going to ten i see.
Campbell’s most recent follow on twitter. https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4361326/ovie-oghoufo
What I’ve been saying: an experienced edge to replace JaQuan’s production. McDonald really benefitted from his presence.
The flip side to that is when you bring 3 so often - even on "obvious passing downs" - they get pretty comfortable double teaming. That can make the blitz that much more effective when it does come. I guess I'm kind of a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" kind of guy. I'm sure Heacock will tweak the defense both to fit personnel and to show offenses a new wrinkle like he does every year, but I don't think there will be substantial changes.The benefit is reduced with the defense we play. There were a lot of situations, even in passing downs, where we sent 3 guys. That means teams could double both Bailey AND McDonald fairly easily. It's why I'm not a fan of the frequency with which we only rush 3 guys. The game is won and lost at the line of scrimmage and even IF you have stud lineman it's hard to consistently beat double teams. We need to create more (favorable) one on one matchups.
The benefit is reduced with the defense we play. There were a lot of situations, even in passing downs, where we sent 3 guys. That means teams could double both Bailey AND McDonald fairly easily. It's why I'm not a fan of the frequency with which we only rush 3 guys. The game is won and lost at the line of scrimmage and even IF you have stud lineman it's hard to consistently beat double teams. We need to create more (favorable) one on one matchups.
What I’ve been saying: an experienced edge to replace JaQuan’s production. McDonald really benefitted from his presence.
I miss Ray Lima in there, that stud DT would be a decent transfer optionThe benefit is reduced with the defense we play. There were a lot of situations, even in passing downs, where we sent 3 guys. That means teams could double both Bailey AND McDonald fairly easily. It's why I'm not a fan of the frequency with which we only rush 3 guys. The game is won and lost at the line of scrimmage and even IF you have stud lineman it's hard to consistently beat double teams. We need to create more (favorable) one on one matchups.
I miss Ray Lima in there, that stud DT would be a decent transfer option
IMO the roster is pretty much set. I don't think with how senior heavy the roster is, you really want to go get another grad transfer. It would take someone who is a definite starter and major upgrade. Now, if they can find an underclassmen (even if he has to sit this fall), I'd be all for that. They are going to need all the help they can get in 2022. Actually, next December/January, the transfer portal should be pretty fun to watch.
I'd like the 3 man front a lot more with a dominant DE. It'd help if McDonald added about fifteen pounds of muscle in the offseason. I like our cloud scheme, but we're asking a lot of our secondary when it takes a while to collapse the pocket. Our MLB is often a shadow/delayed blitzer, and Vance struggles a bit with mobile QBs. Lanning was a natural at it.
Believe he was cut and retired from football.Did Lima ever end up on an NFL team before/during the season? I know the Dolphins cut him during pre-season.
Your summary of McDonald’s weight confirms that he is one of those guys who struggle to put on weight. He’s been trying to do it for 3 years and only gained 10 lbs. The projections of adding 15 lbs seem like a real stretch even with the new S & C staff. 5 or maybe upper single digits are probably the best case. It’s more likely to see improvement from gains in strength, explosiveness, & technique.Agree with your point on McDonald. I hope another year with Andrews will see some weight gains (no real increase year to year based on the reported numbers from cyclones.com; 220lbs 2018, 230lbs 2019, 230lbs 2020). McDonald is incredible when we know it's a passing play and he can just go get the QB... But I think his size works against him in our base defense. If he doesn't put on weight, I think our base defense would likely be one of the Peterson's (Zach or Blake) or even Cory Suttle vs. McDonald (but just my guess). We need to be able to clog up the line to stop the run... last year that was Bailey (261), Lee (301), Uwazurike (310). Asking McDonald to step into Bailey's role may not be realistic. Love his upside and probably the best pro prospect on the D-Line, but not sure if he has the size needed for the base 3 man front when we need to defend both the run and the pass... if it's 3rd and 10, we can give up some rush yards in exchange for his pass rush. I assume expanding on his roll this year will likely be dependent on how much weight he can put on.