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FRCane

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QB: Williams vs. Olsen

Williams seems to have all but been announced this years starter. I'm hoping Olsen at least makes it a tough decision as it will speak a lot to our long term success at the position.

RB: Gus vs. Dallas

I love Dallas. For all the failures of our short yardage running game, I thought he successful in this role and proved it with his 12 touchdowns, many of which occurred within the 5. Still, I'm hoping Gus shows some development and can become the big bruising back this offense lacks. This may very well be the battle of 3rd string RB's with a healthy Duke and Yearby (I think Yearby will be held back quite a bit this year).

WR: Rashawn Scott vs. everyone else.

Position seems to be under control with Dorsett, Waters, and Coley getting most of the snaps this season. Berrios I imagine will be out for the spring. I would love to see the reemergence of Scott. I thought was on the verge of breaking out two seasons ago. Last year started with him seemingly in the dog house during camp and then ended with the collar bone injury. He seemed to be one of Williams favorite targets in camp ball and Golden recently commented on him having as good an off season as anybody. Could be the surprise player of 2014.

TE: Dobard vs Sandland

Obviously Walford is going to get the majority of the receptions out of the TE group, but we run a ton of double TE sets and will need one of these guys to emerge as a short yardage and red zone threat. Beau's last chance to show out so I like him to be the next guy up, with Standish getting a lot of snaps.

OL: KC, Darling, Isadora, Gadbois, Gall, Odogwu, Knighton, Wells

With the departures of Linder, Wheeler, Bunche and Seantrel we'll need a few of these guys to contribute a lot of snaps and we'll need two starters out of if this bunch. I think it makes the most sense to keep Feliciano inside and find a guard and a RT out of this bunch. I think KC will end our starting RT this coming season with Isadora and Darling fighting it out for the remaining Guard spot. As it has been with our OL though, I think we'll see a lot of shifting and rotations of players. Very interested in seeing the development of Odogwu. We'll need at least 4 to be ready for meaningful playing time - my bet is on Isadora, KC, Darling, and Gall.
 
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Good post.

I'm really interested to see how tho O-Line shuffle works out. 2 starting spots up for grabs.
 
FRCane said:
QB: Williams vs. Olsen

Williams seems to have all but been announced this years starter. I'm hoping Olsen at least makes it a tough decision as it will speak a lot to our long term success at the position.

RB: Gus vs. Dallas

I love Dallas. For all the failures of our short yardage running game, I thought he successful in this role and proved it with his 12 touchdowns, many of which occurred within the 5. Still, I'm hoping Gus shows some development and can become the big bruising back this offense lacks. This may very well be the battle of 3rd string RB's with a healthy Duke and Yearby (I think Yearby will be held back quite a bit this year).

WR: Rashawn Scott vs. everyone else.

Position seems to be under control with Dorsett, Waters, and Coley getting most of the snaps this season. Berrios I imagine will be out for the spring. I would love to see the reemergence of Scott. I thought was on the verge of breaking out two seasons ago. Last year started with him seemingly in the dog house during camp and then ended with the collar bone injury. He seemed to be one of Williams favorite targets in camp ball and Golden recently commented on him having as good an off season as anybody. Could be the surprise player of 2014.

TE: Dobard vs Sandland

Obviously Walford is going to get the majority of the receptions out of the TE group, but we run a ton of double TE sets and will need one of these guys to emerge as a short yardage and red zone threat. Beau's last chance to show out so I like him to be the next guy up, with Standish getting a lot of snaps.

OL: KC, Darling, Isadora, Gadbois, Gall, Odogwu, Knighton, Wells

With the departures of Linder, Wheeler, Bunche and Seantrel we'll need a few of these guys to contribute a lot of snaps and we'll need two starters out of if this bunch. I think it makes the most sense to keep Feliciano inside and find a guard and a RT out of this bunch. I think KC will end our starting RT this coming season with Isadora and Darling fighting it out for the remaining Guard spot. As it has been with our OL though, I think we'll see a lot of shifting and rotations of players. Very interested in seeing the development of Odogwu. We'll need at least 4 to be ready for meaningful playing time - my bet is on Isadora, KC, Darling, and Gall.
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Everything I agree with, but I dont think it will be that easy for the Freshman McDermott. I think Gadbois is going to be breaking out for the position. If you remember, during the bowl practices, golden said that he was noticing Gadbois the most in that limited time. I think he will only improve over the UTough and Spring Practices. Odogwu, im not sure about his development so far, but I think he will be right there after the summer is done. I think the 4 OL that will be involved the most will be Gadbois (Starting RT), Isadora (Starting RG), Gall (Backup LG or RG), Odogwu/McDermott (Fight for backup RT and LT). Darling could surprise though. I just think he needs a RS year to get his body together, but **** if he can play, he needs to be out there.
 
Gall starts over Isadora. Book it. Not saying Danny Isadora is a JaG I think he's gonna be a good one I just think Gall is a mauler animal who is gonna lock down a guard spot for the next few years.
 
GrozDozer said:
Gall starts over Isadora. Book it. Not saying Danny Isadora is a JaG I think he's gonna be a good one I just think Gall is a mauler animal who is gonna lock down a guard spot for the next few years.
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Completely agree. And I think overall the whole line will give us a formidable rushing attack over the next few years. McDermott and Darling are both road graders. Both get meaningful PT and KC starts.

With KC coming in early, having huge size already and his brother to talk to, he's going to be WAAAY ahead of your typical freshman. He's the most likely guy in the class to make freshman all-america.

In his interviews Al has repeatedly mentioned time of possession and third down conversions as being a big emphasis going forward. I'm hoping we see a 60/40 run-pass split.
 
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FRCane said:
QB: Williams vs. Olsen

Williams seems to have all but been announced this years starter. I'm hoping Olsen at least makes it a tough decision as it will speak a lot to our long term success at the position.

RB: Gus vs. Dallas

I love Dallas. For all the failures of our short yardage running game, I thought he successful in this role and proved it with his 12 touchdowns, many of which occurred within the 5. Still, I'm hoping Gus shows some development and can become the big bruising back this offense lacks. This may very well be the battle of 3rd string RB's with a healthy Duke and Yearby (I think Yearby will be held back quite a bit this year).

WR: Rashawn Scott vs. everyone else.

Position seems to be under control with Dorsett, Waters, and Coley getting most of the snaps this season. Berrios I imagine will be out for the spring. I would love to see the reemergence of Scott. I thought was on the verge of breaking out two seasons ago. Last year started with him seemingly in the dog house during camp and then ended with the collar bone injury. He seemed to be one of Williams favorite targets in camp ball and Golden recently commented on him having as good an off season as anybody. Could be the surprise player of 2014.

TE: Dobard vs Sandland

Obviously Walford is going to get the majority of the receptions out of the TE group, but we run a ton of double TE sets and will need one of these guys to emerge as a short yardage and red zone threat. Beau's last chance to show out so I like him to be the next guy up, with Standish getting a lot of snaps.

OL: KC, Darling, Isadora, Gadbois, Gall, Odogwu, Knighton, Wells

With the departures of Linder, Wheeler, Bunche and Seantrel we'll need a few of these guys to contribute a lot of snaps and we'll need two starters out of if this bunch. I think it makes the most sense to keep Feliciano inside and find a guard and a RT out of this bunch. I think KC will end our starting RT this coming season with Isadora and Darling fighting it out for the remaining Guard spot. As it has been with our OL though, I think we'll see a lot of shifting and rotations of players. Very interested in seeing the development of Odogwu. We'll need at least 4 to be ready for meaningful playing time - my bet is on Isadora, KC, Darling, and Gall.
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I am looking forward to the competition you have noted, should be a great spring, I do believe that Crawford and Gus are fighting for the second most carries.

would the qb competition should be a good one. Let's hope Scott step back up! We need him to return to his ways of two years ago.

I'm looking forward to the game in April!!!
 
Braxton is out for the year. Takes a year or more to recover from a torn ACL.
 
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Bunche leaving will make an impact. I think they're going to feel most comfortable with Feliciano out there. Hopefully, someone can step up, but in the end I suspect Feliciano will get the strongest look at RT. Gadbois and another may be able to change that, I hope, because Feliciano is a potential NFL player at G.
 
I'm intrigued by Scott and Sandland. Two seniors who have flashed talent but have yet to put it all together.

Tackles:

Flowers
Gadbois
Odogwu
McDermott
Darling

Guard/center

Feliciano
McDermott
Isidora
Gall
Wells
Knighton
Linder
 
i think isidora will have a break out year on the line

the WR core is really solid this coming year

the QB will probably be williams, but i am hoping for olsen or kaaya to step up (kaaya probably going to red shirt)

RBs im really hoping for gus to step up, the kid has the tools now lets see how he does his sophomore year

very good post OP
 
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berrios was only a slight tear.

Coaches love isodora. Gadbois went to a year of prep so he is older and physically more mature than the other guys in his class. Sonny is a monster but might be coming along slow.

Gus didn't has bad stats and considering he literally didnt practice until days before our opener, there might be room to hope he improves. The coaches speak of him a lot.
 
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I really hope Scott steps up after injury as well. This is his money year.

I want to see M. Lewis get back to full speed as well. He definitely wasn't the same guy last season and I'd hate to see him get lost in the shuffle.
 
The best thing about all this O-line talk is that we're discussing excellent prospects battling each other for playing time.

How things have changed since Shannon.
 
WR: Rashawn Scott vs. everyone else.

Position seems to be under control with Dorsett, Waters, and Coley getting most of the snaps this season. Berrios I imagine will be out for the spring. I would love to see the reemergence of Scott. I thought was on the verge of breaking out two seasons ago. Last year started with him seemingly in the dog house during camp and then ended with the collar bone injury. He seemed to be one of Williams favorite targets in camp ball and Golden recently commented on him having as good an off season as anybody. Could be the surprise player of 2014.

Not under control at all

We really need 1 of the new guys to step up this year. Dorsett is strickly a speedy long ball threat, his route running is average at best, Waters seemed to get a little better but not someone that's scares defenses a third option at best, Coley was really the only true receiving threat that teams had to account for so if Scott can step up and replace Hurns it would help. We still need a red zone threat and one of the new tall receivers would sure help with jump balls. If Berrios can recover in time it would be huge, he is the ultimate slot receiver that we have not had in years.
 
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