Could Simpson be the 4th DT this year?

[Thoughtsoncanes]

Haven’t heard anything about jones or Horton this spring? Could he be #4?

 

[Essex Cane]

Haven’t heard anything about jones or Horton this spring? Could he be #4?

Would hope not, would mean we have bigger issues if he is able to jump the guys ahead of him who have been here a bit longer. If he is just that good then sure, best players should see the field.

 

[htownkidd]

We better hope not.

 

[Trav]

I've heard Jones's name come up plenty.

 

[HarrietTubmanCane]

A part of the reason we’ve heard about Simpson is to motivate Horton and Jones. And Simpson.

 

[KingB02]

Would hope not, would mean we have bigger issues if he is able to jump the guys ahead of him who have been here a bit longer. If he is just that good then sure, best players should see the field.

Lmao stop. This dude is a grown man! Besides plenty of freshmen DTs make the 4 deep around the nation. No big deal

 

[krashlite1975]

We need a portal DT for sure, or else we will be wasting Bain or Mesidor doing reps at DT. Plus, need to account for injury.

 

[Cane44]

For our sake and theirs, we need Blay/Scott + Horton/Moten to be the main 4, with Jones and Simpson getting quality 5/6 spot reps.

 

[nvlahos]

For our sake and theirs, we need Blay/Scott + Horton/Moten to be the main 4, with Jones and Simpson getting quality 5/6 spot reps.

This, would be huge for Moten, Scott, and Horton all to elevate their games

 

[Essex Cane]

Lmao stop. This dude is a grown man! Besides plenty of freshmen DTs make the 4 deep around the nation. No big deal

I said if he's good enough play him lol just don't wanna see a true freshman that isn't strong enough to hang. He'll be going up against players with years of strength & conditioning.

 

[Applecane]

Refresh my memory: When was the last time we had a true freshman start and succeed at DT?

 

[grover]

No. The 4th man in the rotation is not on the team right now. Also, I don't know about everyone else. But I am not happy when my most experienced OL in Cooper tells the media that Blay is the DT giving him the most challenges at practice.

 

[Damiencane86]

No. The 4th man in the rotation is not on the team right now. Also, I don't know about everyone else. But I am not happy when my most experienced OL in Cooper tells the media that Blay is the DT giving him the most challenges at practice.

Makes sense though. Blay is the closest to a space eater we have. Those guys always make life tough on an OL.

 

[grover]

Makes sense though. Blay is the closest to a space eater we have. Those guys always make life tough on an OL.

I guess. I know Moten looked decent (but not great) end of last season, and I read/hear that Scott is developing well, and that Jones is starting to show ability. But it all sounds "meh" to me. It's too early. Let's see the readout from the scrimmage and Spring Game (we still having these?). But the talent and depth of talent has me worried about DT.

 

[Damiencane86]

I guess. I know Moten looked decent (but not great) end of last season, and I read/hear that Scott is developing well, and that Jones is starting to show ability. But it all sounds "meh" to me. It's too early. Let's see the readout from the scrimmage and Spring Game (we still having these?). But the talent and depth of talent has me worried about DT.

Just hope Horton can stay healthy. He definitely flashed to me the little I ever saw him on field, immediately collapsed interior OL's with quick first steps but we saw him on such a limited basis. Need guys to step up. Definitely want +1 in the portal.

 

[JHallCanes]

Daylen Russell

 

[CANESCANES]

Hopefully we sign a portal DT and he sees a redshirt this year

 

[ST26]

No. The 4th man in the rotation is not on the team right now. Also, I don't know about everyone else. But I am not happy when my most experienced OL in Cooper tells the media that Blay is the DT giving him the most challenges at practice.

If we have to Portal a 4th DT, what does that tell you about our development lol. Do we really need another Marley Cook/CJ clark/Deen type of player? Also it wouldn't be CanesInsight without a fan people mad that a player is performing well in practice

 

[FrancisSawyer]

I guess. I know Moten looked decent (but not great) end of last season, and I read/hear that Scott is developing well, and that Jones is starting to show ability. But it all sounds "meh" to me. It's too early. Let's see the readout from the scrimmage and Spring Game (we still having these?). But the talent and depth of talent has me worried about DT.

I agree with you here. I feel much better about our situation than I did last year but we still need more depth to at least insure us against injuries. Blay, Scott, Moten and Horton(his development is critical) could be a good to very good top 4. Now if we can get anything from Jones and Simpson then we are in a good place compared to last year. That top 4 has a very good ceiling in terms of potential productivity but we would need Moten to take the next step and for Horton to show he is who we thought he could be. Obviously Blay would need to have a great year and Scott would need to have a breakout type year.

We need to go get at least 1 in the portal and not a warm body but a player. Generally speaking, our DT recruiting really needs to improve drastically. We can't just sign a pair like Scott and Jones then take the next two years off. We need to pull DTs every cycle! It's thr only way to get to where we want to go.

 

[AUcane]

I've heard Jones's name come up plenty.

You have? I haven't. In fact, I keep waiting to hear his name, hoping that he's that guy as far being that 4th DT, but hasn't seemed that way. Maybe I missed it.

If Scott is the goods, then I'm feeling ok about our Scott/Moten/Blay rotation. But, I'd be lying to you if I told you that our DT rotation is ready for ND. I kept hoping it would be Horton but I don't see that ever happening. I'd feel a lot better with one DT from the portal as a rotational guy to be that 4th or 5th DT.