Starting Defense for 2014

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TNrockytop4ever said:
Just out of curiosity, who do y'all think will be our starting defense for next year?
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I don't know but it would be nice to have Leonard Little, Al Wilson, Eric Berry, Reggie White, Al Haynesworth, and some of those fellows from the past back with us.
 
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Wildly speculative but here's my shot at it:

RDE: Vereen
DT: Saulsberry
DT: O'Brien
LDE: Lambert (JUCO)

WLB: Maggitt
MLB: AJ
SLB: Weatherd

CB: Sutton
SS: McNeil
FS: Randolph
CB: Coleman/Jones/Williams

All have seen good amounts of playing time. I think we'll miss Walls/Smith at DE but Vereen has played very well in his limited time in and Lambert is a highly rated JUCO. Saulsberry was playing very well before his injury and O'Brien/Carr should provide good starter/rotation opposite Saulsberry. Hard to project. O'Brien has played this year... Carr hasn't. Have to project O'Brien.

I don't think AJ will go pro quite yet. He might. If so, Christian Harris might slide over. A FR like Bryant/Mouhan or Garrett (should he commit) could start. Hard to tell.
 
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TNrockytop4ever said:
Just out of curiosity, who do y'all think will be our starting defense for next year?
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We will lose B. Moore, B. Brewer, Crump, Sapp, Couch, Smith, Walls, Miller, Hood & McCullers.

That is alot of starters & contributers to replace on "D".
 
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DC Vol said:
Wildly speculative but here's my shot at it:

RDE: Vereen
DT: Saulsberry
DT: O'Brien
LDE: Lambert (JUCO)

WLB: Maggitt
MLB: AJ
SLB: Weatherd

CB: Sutton
SS: McNeil
FS: Randolph
CB: Coleman/Jones/Williams

All have seen good amounts of playing time. I think we'll miss Walls/Smith at DE but Vereen has played very well in his limited time in and Lambert is a highly rated JUCO. Saulsberry was playing very well before his injury and O'Brien/Carr should provide good starter/rotation opposite Saulsberry. Hard to project. O'Brien has played this year... Carr hasn't. Have to project O'Brien.

I don't think AJ will go pro quite yet. He might. If so, Christian Harris might slide over. A FR like Bryant/Mouhan or Garrett (should he commit) could start. Hard to tell.
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That looks pretty solid. Weatherd is a JUCO as well
 
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Safeties: McNeil and Randolph

CBs: Coleman and Sutton

Nickel: up for grabs. Could be Toney again, could be Foreman/R Jones/Gaulden/E Mosley/one of the Berrys

OLBs: Maggit and Weatherd/JRM. Could see some Bates. Maybe a little J King.

MLB: I think AJ comes back. If not him, then the spot is up for grabs for Bynum/Bates/Mouhon/Bryant/J King.

Leo: Vereen/Lewis/Henderson

DT: Saulsberry/Lambert/Carr (not sure if Lambert plays DE or DT though)

NG: O'brien/Clark/Possible future JUCO commit

DE: Jordan Smith/Lambert/J Miller

Am I leaving anybody out? If AJ comes back, then our only real question marks should be at Nickel and the DL (because there's a possibility a future starter hasn't commited yet and we're still unsure where Lambert lines up when it's all said and done).
 
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DC Vol said:
Wildly speculative but here's my shot at it:

RDE: Vereen
DT: Saulsberry
DT: O'Brien
LDE: Lambert (JUCO)

WLB: Maggitt
MLB: AJ
SLB: Weatherd

CB: Sutton
SS: McNeil
FS: Randolph
CB: Coleman/Jones/Williams

All have seen good amounts of playing time. I think we'll miss Walls/Smith at DE but Vereen has played very well in his limited time in and Lambert is a highly rated JUCO. Saulsberry was playing very well before his injury and O'Brien/Carr should provide good starter/rotation opposite Saulsberry. Hard to project. O'Brien has played this year... Carr hasn't. Have to project O'Brien.

I don't think AJ will go pro quite yet. He might. If so, Christian Harris might slide over. A FR like Bryant/Mouhan or Garrett (should he commit) could start. Hard to tell.
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Yea i can dig this. Won't be a significant drop off at all. Hope we can get some leadership out of Maggit being on the field with Sapp gone...
 
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Gaulden will be the starting nickel the day he steps foot on campus, per Buck Fitzgerald.
 
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Leo/WDE: Vereen
DT: Lambert/Carr
NG: D obrien/Saulsberry
DE/SDE: Jwilliams

WLB: Weatherd/Maggitt
MLB: AJ/KMouhon
SLB: JRM/Dbates

CB1: Sutton
CB2: Coleman
nickel CB: Payne/Gaulden
SS: mcneil
FS: randolph

I tossed in some of the 2 deep to
 
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What do y'all think the Offense will look like in 2014? If I were CBJ I would make the quarterback position wide open to competition.
 
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WoodstockVol said:
What do y'all think the Offense will look like in 2014? If I were CBJ I would make the quarterback position wide open to competition.
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I'm pretty sure that has been the case all season, but we obviously saw how well it worked out when the 2nd best QB, according to the coaches evaluation, got his opportunity to start.

5 Yards passing and 3 INT in a half.
 
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DC Vol said:
Wildly speculative but here's my shot at it:

RDE: Vereen
DT: Saulsberry
DT: O'Brien
LDE: Lambert (JUCO)

WLB: Maggitt
MLB: AJ
SLB: Weatherd

CB: Sutton
SS: McNeil
FS: Randolph
CB: Coleman/Jones/Williams

All have seen good amounts of playing time. I think we'll miss Walls/Smith at DE but Vereen has played very well in his limited time in and Lambert is a highly rated JUCO. Saulsberry was playing very well before his injury and O'Brien/Carr should provide good starter/rotation opposite Saulsberry. Hard to project. O'Brien has played this year... Carr hasn't. Have to project O'Brien.

I don't think AJ will go pro quite yet. He might. If so, Christian Harris might slide over. A FR like Bryant/Mouhan or Garrett (should he commit) could start. Hard to tell.
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We need to find a spot for #34. He looks awesome on special teams.
 
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jkleno said:
We need to find a spot for #34. He looks awesome on special teams.
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yeah he looks too good to keep off the field - unless CM can gain some weight he and weatherd play the same position so JRM will likely be the guy at SLB with CM and weatherd splitting time at WLB
 
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WoodstockVol said:
What do y'all think the Offense will look like in 2014? If I were CBJ I would make the quarterback position wide open to competition.
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Mostly skilled positions will be the same.

TB: Lane, but depth becomes an issue there, probably a true freshman backing him up(Hurd?,Paulk).

WR: North, Howard, Pearson, Croom/Smith

QB: Worley's to lose.

TE Downs/Quinn/Branisel

The OL will be 4 or 5 new starters. I'm guessing but something like this.

LT Richardson/Blair
G Jackson
C Crowder
G Pair/Sanders?
T Blair/Kerbyson

I think you shy away from playing a true freshman on the line if you can help it
 
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MSCE09 said:
Mostly skilled positions will be the same.

TB: Lane, but depth becomes an issue there, probably a true freshman backing him up(Hurd?,Paulk).

WR: North, Howard, Pearson, Croom/Smith

QB: Worley's to lose.

TE Downs/Quinn/Branisel

The OL will be 4 or 5 new starters. I'm guessing but something like this.

LT Richardson/Blair
G Jackson
C Crowder
G Pair/Sanders?
T Blair/Kerbyson

I think you shy away from playing a true freshman on the line if you can help it
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If Tiny stays:

LT Tiny
LG Jackson
C Crowder
RG Weisman
RT Blair

If Tiny leaves and UT gets Gennesy:

LT Blair
LG Jackson
C Crowder
RG Weisman
RT Gennesy
 
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SCvol333 said:
Leo/WDE: Vereen
DT: Lambert/Carr
NG: D obrien/Saulsberry
DE/SDE: Jwilliams

WLB: Weatherd/Maggitt
MLB: AJ/KMouhon
SLB: JRM/Dbates

CB1: Sutton
CB2: Coleman
nickel CB: Payne/Gaulden
SS: mcneil
FS: randolph

I tossed in some of the 2 deep to
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I'm worried about the Offensive and Defensive lines going into 2014. I think Tennessee will be 8-4 in 2014 but the lines still make Me nervous.
 
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And if Tiny stays and UT gets both Blair and Gennesy, I think Gennesy moves inside to Guard. Though, I doubt UT gets Gennesy if Tiny stays.

I think, based on what Gennesy has said, that that is what he is postponing his decision on. Tiny leaves... UT gets him. Tiny stays and Gennesy goes to aTm.

That would potentially give UT 2 natural JUCO bookend OTs. Jackson/Crowder/Weisman don't have the starts at GCG but they will have had a full year in the ZBS going into 2014. That is a significant advantage that this OL didn't have as they're all career man-blocking guys that were forced into a ZBS.
 
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The future looks optimistic even when you don't include the incoming players.....

DE: Vereen
DT: Saulsberry
DT: O'Brien
DE: Carr

OLB: Maggitt
MLB: AJ
OLB: Reeves-Maybin

CB: Sutton
SS: McNeil
FS: Randolph
CB: Coleman
 
#23
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DC Vol said:
If Tiny stays:

LT Tiny
LG Jackson
C Crowder
RG Weisman
RT Blair

If Tiny leaves and UT gets Gennesy:

LT Blair
LG Jackson
C Crowder
RG Weisman
RT Gennesy
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My bad, forgot Weisman. If we don't get Gennesy and Tiny leaves what then? Kerbyson at RT? Or is he going to be the backup on the right side for another 2 years?
 
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SycloneJoe said:
The future looks optimistic even when you don't include the incoming players.....

DE: Vereen
DT: Saulsberry
DT: O'Brien
DE: Carr

OLB: Maggitt
MLB: AJ
OLB: Reeves-Maybin

CB: Sutton
SS: McNeil
FS: Randolph
CB: Coleman
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we play nickel a lot so I think it makes sense to put that nickel corner as a starter - the newcomers will provide a huge upgrade there next year imo
 
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