I do feel that JJB was one of our better LBs. However, if we retain Brandon Jennings and Jason Johnson and sign Troy Ford and the incoming LB twins, JJBs departure should be painless.
Sure, but All of these transfers end up being depth issues once the injuries start piling up.
I think the Good news is a lot more upsets in college football will be the trend as players move up/down to maximize playing time.
Depth? So far we are losing one talented linebacker. For next year we are bringing in four new talented linebackers. Three highly sought after recruits plus Jennings who sat out to preserve his redshirt. Mathematically, that looks like an increase in depth to me.
2nd worst. Thorton was burned and often looked like the player your gf plays in playstation where they run randomly away from the ball
You could be right. As I mentioned a couple of days ago, we may lose several wide receivers. This is mostly a result of the fact that we have an overly deep wide receiver corps. Thus, I feel we can afford to lose several wide receivers and still have a deep roster at that position.
Headcount-wise, sure.
I'm glad he's still with us. He is clearly very talented and can create some havoc, although it looked like he still was learning our defense.
A lot of fans sure seemed to be hyped up for players that have done nothing and indifferent to players that had the most production on the team and were leaders in the locker room.
Unproven sure. But they also have not been proven to be unqualified to start or be rotational. So let's not assume that they aren't, especially when their film indicates that several of them can provide immediate quality help.
Brown did not get worse from 2021 to 2022. The difference is that in 21 teams were more respectful of his speed because he was never out of position.
The DLine improved but lacked any depth. Jason Johnson made an immediate big impact at LB. Safeties improved. Everyone else seemed similar to last year.
I wonder if he smacked Tre Neal.
If the DL and safeties improved, the Lb was solid and everything else was the same then why was our defense good last year and terrible much of the time this year?
Exactly. We saw enhanced talent on the d line and LB levels but just need additional depth. We are bringing that in, and if John Walker signs, that will be a huge tandem along with Lee Hunter who was regularly getting double teamed this year.
Tre neal probably smacked tre neal the minute he landed in lincoln
This. Our defense can only improve, thus i have no concerns starting the youth next year.
