Yeah King has looked pretty good as well
If you want to start Carter you have to move Jacobs to Mike. You cannot ask a true freshman to play Mike, especially when you have a 4th year man playing the will who is capable of coming in and playing the Mike. Unless...you put Sutherland at the Mike.
I'll let you in on a secret right now: I'd rather play against McCarthy than the guy they benched him for.
That’s interesting. I think Michigan looks better when McCarthy is under center. Only time will tell I suppose.
Michigan has played 3 of the absolute worst teams in D1. My German Shepard would look good under center against them.
They did play crap teams which is why it surprised me how Cade looked so sloppy and uncomfortable. Like I said only time will tell.
If Carter would start at Will, where he is now practicing and playing, Jacobs could move pretty easily back to Sam (replacing Sutherland, who would then back him up there, along with DeLuca) where he started and played very well last season. King would hopefully/likely start at Mike with Elsdon backing him up as Elsdon looks too slow to me to be an impact LB for PSU.
Which is fine, except I'm seeing a lot more 2lb sets than 3 LB sets right NOW...looking ahead to Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, all run heavy teams...yes indeed Good Sir, you just might be on to something...but for now do you do this now? Or spring it later?
He looked damn good throwing those 3 touchdown passes against us last year. I'm praying they play McCarthy against us, not McNamara...this is just me but I go by what a certain strength is vs our defense rather than measurables.
Exactly. That's actually the best thing about that game against Auburn...now we finally at least have a template. These next 2 games....please Lord just give us every body healthy. It would not hurt to let Izzard out of the doghouse either.
That Auburn quarterback who he shot in and just obliterated, actually moving faster than, is probably the fastest quarterback in the nation. This kid is the real deal. He has to play. Period.
The timing of any changes should be something to watch for. On the one hand why should PSU show any changes on film to Michigan during the 2 games before Michigan. But on the other hand with a young crew of LB's dramatic changes would be great to experiment with against the weaker opponents to get players comfortable with their responsibilities.
Agreed 100%. This is the way to go. Having Jacobs, Carter and King on the field simultaneously is the goal and your suggestion seems the best way to get there.
Michigan's strength of schedule is #126 out of 131 , PSU is # 10
Spot on. Watching Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota having their way against us was disgusting to watch.
No. The post stands for exactly what it means. If you support Pry then feel free to head over to the VT board. Manny Diaz is an inspiration
Manny Diaz is a far better defensive coordinator than Brent Pry. There you go.
I would go the other way and show them multiple sets, player groups, blitzes and formations over the next two weeks so that there are so many variations that it makes it extremely difficult to scheme. Then I'd throw something totally different at them. Diaz is certainly not constrained by anything. I heard that they played 27 different defensive players for over 10 snaps each against Auburn. That is 2.5 full teams which is an insane number against a "good" opponent and with an away travel squad.
It is amazing that PSU could play so many players and seem to play well with all the combinations.
And that was posted at me, why?
