The Bank (Defensive Edition) 1/12

DMoney

Today at 8:30 AM 2 min read

I know everybody is asking about quarterback and the offense, but I'll post that breakown later today when the dust settles a bit. Let's start with our Portal efforts the defensive side of the ball.

- The key name to know on defense is Missouri DE Damon Wilson. The former five star from Venice, Florida is the best defensive player in the Portal, and Miami is zeroing in on him. They are looking for bigger defensive ends to replace Rueben Bain and Akheem Mesidor.

- The Canes are also looking for a young defensive tackle to replace Donta Simpson. One name to keep an eye on: Ohio State transfer Jarquez Carter. He is a former teammate of Miami freshman DT Mykah Newton. The pair is from Newberry, Florida. Ahmad Moten, Justin Scott an Armondo Blount are expected to return and anchor our defense.

- Linebacker received a big boost with the expected return of Mo Toure, who is playing his best football in the playoffs. He continues to get healthier and faster. They are continuing to look for linebackers, but my sense is that they will look to their existing roster for most of the production. Don't sleep on Kamal Bonner, who fell behind due to injury but has been coming on in practice.

- Boston College transfer Omar Thornton is committed and will play both nickel and safety. We are not pursuing Koi Perich and I don't expect further action at safety. We are evaluating corners, as we have four starting caliber veterans and it is unclear how that will play out after the championship.

- I like Miami for Kicker Jack Olsen. He is highly accurate from within 50 yards. I expect Miami to pursue a kickoff and long FG specialist. Keep an eye on FSU kicker Jake Weinberg.

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Supacane954

Today at 8:36 PM

FinsFishandCaneS said:
@DMoney Happened to see the Minn bowl game by chance. Perich is an Absolute Beast...any idea why we're not interested?

Being reported he is seeking 2 million for an average athlete at safety that would be rotational.

Supacane954

Today at 8:37 PM

Do not be surprised if Damari Brown is at Ohio state next year! Bags will be dropped after title game

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Meast21

Today at 8:55 PM

Baffled if we dont go after an LB considering the number of studs in the portal and relative cost of LBs being less. Get the Cal dude please

3rd-43

Today at 8:56 PM

Supacane954 said:
Do not be surprised if Damari Brown is at Ohio state next year! Bags will be dropped after title game

Is that why he isn’t playing?

ZeroBeachCane3

Today at 8:57 PM

Supacane954 said:
Do not be surprised if Damari Brown is at Ohio state next year! Bags will be dropped after title game

Lol you are adamant about a corner hitting the portal…I know we have a crowded and talented room but **** you don’t have to keep putting it in the air like that lol

Supacane954

Today at 9:04 PM

ZeroBeachCane3 said:
Lol you are adamant about a corner hitting the portal…I know we have a crowded and talented room but **** you don’t have to keep putting it in the air like that lol

It’s written brother lol

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caneworld

Today at 9:05 PM

We will lose at least one of our backup QBs to FCS ...

.. Not long before redshirt freshman/ sophomore QBs realize that it is better to play and run up gaudy stats at the FCS level than ride the bench at some Top 25 Div 1 school

F-MarioCristobal

Today at 9:07 PM

Supacane954 said:
Do not be surprised if Damari Brown is at Ohio state next year! Bags will be dropped after title game

If we’re losing one of the 4, glad it’s Damari.

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Asa0909

Today at 9:12 PM

Supacane954 said:
Do not be surprised if Damari Brown is at Ohio state next year! Bags will be dropped after title game

Why would he head to osu? Especially after we landed his former heritage teammate in Thornton?

Alex_Dynamix

Today at 9:15 PM

Adding Damon Wilson would be monumental after losing Bain n Mesidor

BALLHAWKU

Today at 9:19 PM

3rd-43 said:
Is that why he isn’t playing?

My guess his x d cord system made that kid . Notice our safeties this year compared to last year

grover

Today at 9:22 PM

252cane said:
We don’t need another DT. No proven guy is coming here to be 4th or 5th DT. We will be fine with what we have

Need to plan for a 16 game season. When Moten went down don’t tell me you didn’t wish we had more depth?

BALLHAWKU

Today at 9:22 PM

Alex_Dynamix said:
Adding Damon Wilson would be monumental after losing Bain n Mesidor

this def would be big pickup with Lowe

Alex_Dynamix said:
Adding Damon Wilson would be monumental after losing Bain n Mesidor

him , Lowe Lightfoot , picket , Blount , and new freshman coming in

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bornagaincane

Today at 9:28 PM

We don’t need a superstar, gunslinger QB to win a championship. All we need is a cerebral game manager. Spend money heavily on both sides of trenches and DBs. That’s where championships are won.

Luke Caneswalker

Today at 9:32 PM

chrisRMNU said:
I don't get the obsession with Koi Perich. He had a great freshman year with 5 picks, but we have Fitzgerald returning who had 6 picks while playing part-time. For the amount he is going to cost, I don't think he provides that much of a boost in production. The staff has a strategy and a type of player they want to plug into to spots and play certain roles. Nobody expected Jakobe and Keonte to play like they did when we went after them.

Staff has earned my trust with evals.

BALLHAWKU

23 minutes ago

bornagaincane said:
We don’t need a superstar, gunslinger QB to win a championship. All we need is a cerebral game manager. Spend money heavily on both sides of trenches and DBs. That’s where championships are won.

But we def need one who can throw a forward pass