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damon wilson earned his check tonight

I mean, calling it his best game so far isn't exactly a flex. He was buns for 1.5 quarters and lightly toasted buns for the rest. He benefitted from the saftey blitzes we rand all second half.
 
canadianhurricane said:
Ive watched Wilson for a few years now. I even remember us recruiting him out of HS, before he signed with UGA. At UGA, I was interested in how he would develop with Trey Scott. UGA really emphasizes DL getting their hands on OL and being physical, which wasnt Wilson's game out of HS. I think part of the issue at UGA was that he wasnt particularly physical at the LOS.

At Mizzou, @ the Edge, he was asked to get the passer and nothing more. It played well into his strengths but hurt his development.

And here at UM, after 3 games, I see a DL who has no counters and doesn't set up his pass rush at all. He tries to peak over OL and once he's engaged, he doesn't seem interested in disengaging. WF was his best game but I dont think thats saying much

I think he needs some time with JT to really work on his craft. For what I have seen from Lightfoot this season, Im surprised 8 isn't on the field more.
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Great post and agree. His pass rush ****nal is truly anemic.
 
He’s clearly still getting acclimated to the brutal grind of an ACC schedule. I need to remind myself to be patient with him since he came from a cupcake conference,
 
canadianhurricane said:
Ive watched Wilson for a few years now. I even remember us recruiting him out of HS, before he signed with UGA. At UGA, I was interested in how he would develop with Trey Scott. UGA really emphasizes DL getting their hands on OL and being physical, which wasnt Wilson's game out of HS. I think part of the issue at UGA was that he wasnt particularly physical at the LOS.

At Mizzou, @ the Edge, he was asked to get the passer and nothing more. It played well into his strengths but hurt his development.

And here at UM, after 3 games, I see a DL who has no counters and doesn't set up his pass rush at all. He tries to peak over OL and once he's engaged, he doesn't seem interested in disengaging. WF was his best game but I dont think thats saying much

I think he needs some time with JT to really work on his craft. For what I have seen from Lightfoot this season, Im surprised 8 isn't on the field more.
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This is why i was worried after two games about the dline. I know these guys are talented and the sacks would come but im not seeing guys win reps consistently enough

Thats the thing with mesi and bain these guys had years stacked of trial and error, they were assassins. Our guys have the talent but don’t have the tools and/or don’t know how to use the tools yet in real games

I think all 3 edges should probably comeback another year
 
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