Vols' DL still needs a lot of work

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#58 Owen Williams DL will be stud.
He's 6-2, 289, transfer from a Two-year starter at Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas. As a 3 star he was under-rated. Watch him!
 
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sjt18 said:
Nor did I. All 4 of the returning starters from last year have talent. Randolph is very good as is Sutton. If some combination of Foreman, Jones, Moseley, etc can play well then they could be very good.



I just think the front 4 are going to need help early. They'll be green for the most part.


Interesting thing I have noticed about this place since Jones arrived. You can diss players all you like and still be a Vol fan in good standing. But if you feel good about the available talent and question the coaches... then you are nothing but a negative hater that should go pull for another team. How is that?
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Time + Place + Situation tells us who's at blame. I really do expect 6-6 again this year because we are very young again. Our D-Line will be better because of fit. I like our guys potential, but they need time to grow.
Sutton and Randolph are great DBs, and other guys will step up. I don't think our D is going to be ranked in the 90s again at all.

The only reason I think we go 6-6 is because our opponents are very good.
 
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Burger said:
The only reason I think we go 6-6 is because our opponents are very good.
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I honestly feel better about the prospects for the season than I did. I have long been more positive about the OL than most here. I am bullish on the O generally and believe the talent is in place to take a major step forward.

I am still queezy about the DC... but hopefully he'll be more impressive this year.

But... I also feel better about the schedule than I did. I think OU is a tough draw right now. I think UT will put up more of a fight than they did vs Oregon but chances of a win are slim. The gap has closed with Bama a little but not enough IMO. But I personally do not see any other complete mismatches on the schedule. UGA is talented... but they always are and always underperform the potential. IMO Ole Miss and UF are the only other opponents with a clear roster advantage over UT. They along with UGA are having offseason coaching changes and/or turmoil.

Honestly I believe that USCe's roster is at best equal to UT's in combined experience, development, and talent. I believe Mizzou, Vandy, UK, and the other three OOC opponents are significantly less talented.... even though I don't consider UT likely to win the East.

Six wins would make a good season. Seven would be very good. Eight or more would be outstanding. Five would be disappointing. Four would be unacceptable.
 
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sjt18 said:
This group will have to be carried to some degree by the back 7 at least at the beginning of the season. I am not blaming Jones at all... but he needed a better class in '13 than he got and especially on the DL.
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I think Carr and Vereen have the potential to be elite.
 
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HuntlandVolinColo said:
Before too much DL panic sets in, just remember we still have several studs coming this fall to beef up DL. Between Derek Barnett, Dewayne Hendrix, Jashon Robertson and Michael Sawyers at least one or two will make their presence known. Also, Owen Williams, Joe Henderson and Dimaryra Mixon are getting the scheme, routine and fundamentals down now. In the fall they will be more ready to take that next step.

Also don't under sell Vereen, Carr, O'Brian, Saulsberry, Jordan Williams, etc. These guys are slowly getting better and all should be much improved from last year.

Development is like an earthquake, they get a lot of little improvement tremors and then boom those little tremors add up to a major shift in capabilities.
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Who do you think has the best chance of making the biggest impact on the DL this year out of the guys who haven't arrived yet?

Sawyers? Hendrix? Barnett? What about Mosley? IMO he's gonna play DL. In the NSD celebrations in Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, whoever was narrating his highlight film to the audience said they love him bc he "eats up running backs" or something to that effect. He is HUGE.

Also, I've read on a different forum that they could use Weatherd similarly to how they are using Maggitt. Thoughts?
 
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jimallvol said:
From the way they have talked about practice both sides of the line needs a lot of work.
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Well it is kind of early to be singing kuumbyah. CBJ and staff want to push them to their limits, even if they are really good.

Staff wants to raise the collective benchmark, and when they return this fall they want to raise it several more times. They want to clear up stupid mistakes now and hone the process this fall into a lean, mean, pancaking machine for Oline and greased, uncatchable pigs for the Dline.
 
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