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Fart Keyhole said:
I was just thinking about this.

It seems like a great way to beat double-teams. Putting your two most powerful pass-rushers on one side puts pressure on the OL to win one-on-one. If you try to double-team two adjacent rushers, the extreme imbalance leaves the backside wide open (opening space for a speed rusher like Lightfoot to disrupt).
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Based on everything I've read, don't want to leave your backside wide open when @StoneWallLoungeCane is nearby.
 
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Cribby said:
I did some serious glazing last week with these two with how well they set the edge in run game. This week it’s more how balanced they’re with their pass rush moves . Their tool box is as loaded as Lance Guidry on Cajuns drink free night. I’ve gotten used to watching these guys walking tackles back to the qb with pure power but tonight I noticed how much bend these big ******** have. So as an OL you have to prepare for the power so you have to concentrate hard on dropping your anchor. Well they have a change up, speed rush with a dip move or a rip. Both guys have really became very complete edge guys. Which is something you don’t see every day.

Seeing these two this year really chaps my *** how they were used last year. Stunting and twisting rather than just being let loose and being dudes. Stone Cold Hetherman has really simplified things for everyone and it’s showing.
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Yeah 12 is **** fast as well
 
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lfoliva9988 said:
He’s NEXT!!!

We all keep saying, he needs to put on weight, bla bla, maybe he does but at the same time, maybe he just plays a hybrid OLB/DE role and it’s the responsibility of our coaches to figure out a scheme to use his god given ability.
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Exactly! Physically he doesn't look a whole lot different than his HOF position coach. IMO he's developing perfectly and I love the fact that he's in the same room with Bain and Mesidor... We are blessed... GO CANES
 
Golsen82 said:
2025 offense good enough to win it all
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We will see how it plays out, but the thing I keep going back to is, who is the team that stands out this year above all? I dont really see one yet, so why not us? Every team seems flawed in their own way. We have a wide range of outcomes this year, where we could end up 9-3(doubtful but possible) or we could win the whole thing.
 
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caneworld said:
Sapp lined up all over the place because they were double and triple teaming him... wreaked havoc
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To date, i have never seen a D Lineman play/wreak havoc like Sapp did against Nebraska in the OB. Bain and Mesidor are incredible to watch and are slowly working hard to get to Sapp's level of disruption imo.
 
HEMICANE said:
To date, i have never seen a D Lineman play/wreak havoc like Sapp did against Nebraska in the OB. Bain and Mesidor are incredible to watch and are slowly working hard to get to Sapp's level of disruption imo.
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Interior guys just have a built-in advantage because of where they're aligned. If you have a Sapp, Aaron Donald, Suh, etc in the middle of your defense, there's nothing an offense can do. They just annihilate the middle of your offense every snap. Edge players can be somewhat mitigated...you can run away from them, you can run into the middle, you can step up in the pocket if the interior players aren't getting push, you can chip with backs and tight ends and slot players, etc. But when you have a guy who is just light-years better than anyone else playing the Nose or DT, they can just literally wreck an entire game.
 
bobbydigius said:
We will see how it plays out, but the thing I keep going back to is, who is the team that stands out this year above all? I dont really see one yet, so why not us? Every team seems flawed in their own way. We have a wide range of outcomes this year, where we could end up 9-3(doubtful but possible) or we could win the whole thing.
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It's wide open. The team with the horses to make the plays, that stays together, and wants it most will win it. We watched Notre Dame lose to NIU last year and make it to the Championship game. Ohio State lost to Oregon and Michigan and Struggled with Nebraska and Penn State, didn't play in the Big10 championship last year and won it all.
 
AtlAtty said:
Who were the elite players on Michigan’s offense in 2023? Better yet, name a player on their offense other than McCarthy
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Without cheating: RB Blake Corum, WR Roman Wilson, and TE Colston Loveland. Donovan Edwards was the backup RB who started in 2022 when Corum was hurt. I think all of those guys made the NFL, though we'll see who sticks around.

Cheating: WR Cornelius Johnson is in NFL but Id have never pulled that name. TE AJ Barner is TE starting ahead of Elijah Arroyo in SEA.

I take your point though, a handful of fringe NFL skill guys is pretty underwhelming for a national championship roster.
 
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