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Justin Scott - not hurt

joeB954 said:
Other fans are saying our defense will take a major step back losing Bain and Mesidor. I think our d-line will be even better next year as a whole. There’s really no weak points. As long as we stay healthy it’s loaded with studs. Justin Scott and I think Lowe will turn heads this year.
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They have no clue. They think our entire D was Bain and Mesidor.

DT
How they missed Moten looking like a 1st round DT I have no idea. If Scott just sheds 15 lbs or so, tightens up, he'll become a consistently dominant player as well. So the starters are;

-Moten
-Scott
Depth
-Davis
-Carter
-Blount

DE/Edge
Damon Wilson should be one of if not the best edge rusher in CFB next season and then you have Lightfoot as at least an elite situational pass rusher, Blount will likely play some strong side DE on run downs, Hayden Lowe, Booker Pickett, Scroggins, and Asharri Charles as a situational pass rusher as well.

Starters
-Wilson
-Lightfoot? Lowe? Blount on run downs? I'm predicting Lowe to get the most reps.
Depth
-Lightfoot
-Pickett
-Blount
-Scroggins
-Charles

LB'er
-Toure should be even better next season and he was good this past year.
-Kellen Wiley has the physical skills to be a truly elite LB'er.
-Kamal Bonner knows Heatherman's system very well and is supposedly. Played pretty well as a RS Frosh at Rutgers in 2024.
-Chase Smith is a veteran who knows how to play. Provides a floor to our LB'er play.

Nickelback
-Omar Thornton- Was fantastic for BC last year. Think he'll do a lot of the same things Keionte did last season.

Secondary......will be one of the best in CFB
Safeties
-Poyser plays more of the SS role this year
-Fitzgerald, elite ball skills (6 INT's as a frosh), probably takes FS
-Dunnigan might get some PT with Fitzgerald sliding down to play dimeback? At minimum I think he's quality depth.
-Dylan Day- Quality depth. Might surprise in camp and push for a more significant role

Boundary CB's
-Xavier Lucas
-OJ Frederique
-Damari Brown- Please stay healthy
-Ethan O'Connor
-Ja'Boree Antoine
That's 5 deep with guys who would start for most teams. Lucas and Frederique would start for virtually everyone.

And oh yeah it's the DC's second season with the bulk of his players returning meaning we should see fewer mental mistakes. The only guys expected to play significant roles on the 2026 D who weren't part of the Canes last season are Damon Wilson, edge rusher is the easiest position to bring into a defense, Omar Thornton, and the depth DT's Davis and Carter. I'd put that D up against any in the country.
 
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bobbydigius said:
But lets limit his snaps because he isnt prototypically built to set the edge in the run game...
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lol exactly CIS is a funny place, a football board fully of posters who don’t know football
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bobbydigius said:
But lets limit his snaps because he isnt prototypically built to set the edge in the run game...
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Lightfoot is a pass rusher. Offense gets behind schedule Scott comes off the field, Blount bumps down from strong side Edge to DT, and Lightfoot is a the other edge rusher. This assumes Hayden Lowe doesn't just win the job opposite Damon WIlson.

Lightfoot's future is as the Jack linebacker for odd front teams. I just don't see his frame as being big enough to carry 260 lbs so he can play the C/D gap on run downs.
 
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I was worried that he wasn’t going to live up to the hype in the first few games of last year (ND forced fumble aside).

I love that I was wrong.

Not trying to take anything away from his work ethic and talent but it feels impossible to be bad at DT when you are that big and that athletic.
 
MikeyCanez said:
I was worried that he wasn’t going to live up to the hype in the first few games of last year (ND forced fumble aside).

I love that I was wrong.

Not trying to take anything away from his work ethic and talent but it feels impossible to be bad at DT when you are that big and that athletic.
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Same. I heard from a lot of local guys in Chicago he was soft and got bullied by well undersized OL during high school. I never saw him play live so I couldn’t verify those claims.
 
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Dhancock12 said:
Keeping Jason Taylor and bringing in Lewis were two great coaching moves by Mario. Excited to see how our DE's develop and step up next year with Bain and Mesidor headed to the league. As well as this playoff run and Bain and Mesidor's draft stock impact us bringing in more big time HS d-line recruits.
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I am absolutely not complaining but I'll never understand why JT is coaching our defensive line. Are there stories out there about why he grinds as a college position coaching despite being a freaking HOFer with $50 million plus in career earnings?

This dude could be on TV so easily. I guess I understand coaching at the high school level for the love of the game, but grinding out NIL recruitments when he could be collecting checks from NBC or CBS (or doing something else, or nothing at all) will always baffle me.

Makes me love him even more.
 
As great as Bain & Mesidor were, the DLine didn't become elite until Scott elevated his game to along with Moten at DT. The job that Coach Lewis has done with the DTs has been big time. Props to Scott as well for the working his a$$ off and developing into an elite player.
 
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