Thought this board could use a Rutgers football-related thread, so here's my crack at the 2-deep, as well as some of my thoughts. Would love to hear yours.
QB: Vedral, Sitkowski
RB: Pacheco, Young OR Adams
WR1: Melton, Jones
WR2: Washington, King
Slot: Cruikshank, Dremel
TE: Haskins OR Alaimo, Lewis OR Meyer
LT: O'Neal, Oskarrson
LG: Lonsdorf, Vretman
C: Hanson, Bowles
RG: Krimin, Cooper OR Rosso
RT: Paillant, Sutton
At QB, from what I've seen, I think Vedral gets the nod fairly easily (though if Sit improves as much as I believe he can, maybe he can make it interesting).
At TE, I think we will have four surprisingly serviceable guys in Haskins, Alaimo, Lewis, and Meyer. This will give us some good competition for reps. Meyer isn't very tall or fast, but he is an excellent blocker and catches everything thrown his way.
On the OL, I believe Lonsdorf would shift to LT if O'Neal goes down. Vretman is the 6th best guy, but after that, it is slimmmmm pickings. Hanson I believe will be very good down the line, not so sure about this year. And Paillant is my wild card. If he can be a serviceable RT, we'll have a chance. But right now, this group is BY FAR the biggest question mark on the team.
DE: Tverdov, Kromah OR Jutwreten
DT: Barrow, Burke OR Ahanotu
DT: Dwumfour, Turner
DE: Onyechi, Mason OR Anderson
SAM: Jennings OR Maddox-Williams
MIKE: Fogg, Battle
WILL: Singleton OR Fatukasi
CB: Young, Abraham
FS: White, Jones OR Paul
SS: Izien, Barrow
CB: Avery, Gooden OR Williams
Loveeee all the OR's on the DLine. Schiano is a magician snagging those transfers. Let's see if Panagos, Vallone, Noonan, Westerman and co. can coach these guys up to be more than just serviceable. Because right now that's what this group is - solid not spectacular with great depth.
Same at LB. Fogg is the best of the bunch, and I think Singleton breaks through and lives up to his potential. Six extremely solid guys. Note that 4 are seniors, though, so look out for Toure, Igwenawu, and Ugwu....one of them will likely be starting the following year.
DB's are decent but unproven. I think both safety and corner have the worst starter talent and worst depth of any units on the defense, though to be fair the other units are all solid. We need Fran to do a good job coaching up these these young guys, but the cupboards aren't completely bare. Ash was best with the DB's, so Greg and Fran have a little something to work with.
K: Davidovicz
P: Korsak
LS: Taylor
Don't look now but all of our specialists are graduating. Enjoy them while we've got them...
That's my take, OL (and obviously QB) is my biggest concern on offense (and on the entire team), while DB is my biggest question mark on defense. Specialists should be excellent, and hopefully with Greg back, we'll get back to our kick-blocking roots!
QB: Vedral, Sitkowski
RB: Pacheco, Young OR Adams
WR1: Melton, Jones
WR2: Washington, King
Slot: Cruikshank, Dremel
TE: Haskins OR Alaimo, Lewis OR Meyer
LT: O'Neal, Oskarrson
LG: Lonsdorf, Vretman
C: Hanson, Bowles
RG: Krimin, Cooper OR Rosso
RT: Paillant, Sutton
At QB, from what I've seen, I think Vedral gets the nod fairly easily (though if Sit improves as much as I believe he can, maybe he can make it interesting).
At TE, I think we will have four surprisingly serviceable guys in Haskins, Alaimo, Lewis, and Meyer. This will give us some good competition for reps. Meyer isn't very tall or fast, but he is an excellent blocker and catches everything thrown his way.
On the OL, I believe Lonsdorf would shift to LT if O'Neal goes down. Vretman is the 6th best guy, but after that, it is slimmmmm pickings. Hanson I believe will be very good down the line, not so sure about this year. And Paillant is my wild card. If he can be a serviceable RT, we'll have a chance. But right now, this group is BY FAR the biggest question mark on the team.
DE: Tverdov, Kromah OR Jutwreten
DT: Barrow, Burke OR Ahanotu
DT: Dwumfour, Turner
DE: Onyechi, Mason OR Anderson
SAM: Jennings OR Maddox-Williams
MIKE: Fogg, Battle
WILL: Singleton OR Fatukasi
CB: Young, Abraham
FS: White, Jones OR Paul
SS: Izien, Barrow
CB: Avery, Gooden OR Williams
Loveeee all the OR's on the DLine. Schiano is a magician snagging those transfers. Let's see if Panagos, Vallone, Noonan, Westerman and co. can coach these guys up to be more than just serviceable. Because right now that's what this group is - solid not spectacular with great depth.
Same at LB. Fogg is the best of the bunch, and I think Singleton breaks through and lives up to his potential. Six extremely solid guys. Note that 4 are seniors, though, so look out for Toure, Igwenawu, and Ugwu....one of them will likely be starting the following year.
DB's are decent but unproven. I think both safety and corner have the worst starter talent and worst depth of any units on the defense, though to be fair the other units are all solid. We need Fran to do a good job coaching up these these young guys, but the cupboards aren't completely bare. Ash was best with the DB's, so Greg and Fran have a little something to work with.
K: Davidovicz
P: Korsak
LS: Taylor
Don't look now but all of our specialists are graduating. Enjoy them while we've got them...
That's my take, OL (and obviously QB) is my biggest concern on offense (and on the entire team), while DB is my biggest question mark on defense. Specialists should be excellent, and hopefully with Greg back, we'll get back to our kick-blocking roots!
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