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This Defense could be dominant

Trav said:
Will be a good barometer on how much a DC matters. I think we're loaded at DE and CB and okay at DT, LB, and S. Certainly enough to put together a very good defense. To be "dominant" you will need several guys to emerge in ways they haven't yet.
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meh I dont think it will tell us much due to personell. The entire secondary is new minus OJ, perhaps Markeith or Day snags that other S spot but they will still be "new" in terms of starter snaps, no more Harris and Powel, , lost our captain and MLB, lost our top DT (barrow) and backup (Clark) and lost Baron and Alston at DE. That is like judging a two chefs when one has completely different ingredients.

Bain, Wes, OJ and Messidor is all we really have returning and likely starters maybe moten.
 
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While I'd drop trou violently if the defense was truly dominant, we don't even need it to be in order to win the league.

The offense will take a step back, we know that. But I genuinely don't see a single scenario where it falls off a cliff entirely. Obviously, health permitting. But Beck is, at his worst, a good QB. The OL is, at its total floor, a very good OL. The backs are, at worst, good. I guess I can see a scenario where Daniels is totally cooked from the foot injury and absolutely none of the young kids step up and the passing game falters. But ****, that's certainly an outlier outcome, IMO.

So all that to say, if the offense can go from 1st in the country to ~30th (and I think this is being almost mopey)....the defense just has to be around the same for this to be one of the 10 best teams in the country. "Just has to be" is definitely scary with what we saw. I don't think the defense was one of the best 30 in Dade last year, nevermind the country. But this dude seems like he can coach, maybe he gets that Year 1 bump where the OCs we face need some time to figure him out (hey, didn't this board scream at me that Guidry was better than Dawson after 2023??), and maybe this abundance of newness in the secondary can actually gel.

There's plenty of talent on that side, make no mistake about it. Outside of Barrow, we didn't really lose a single kid on defense that I think we'll miss very much.
 
What's wild is that we only needed a few series stops a game (in critical possessions) to win almost every game. I'm starting to come around on the offense, I think we have some ballers at the skill position, enough atleast to keep a good offensive pace. CIS docs have convinced me Beck's arm will be a rocket launcher post surgery and dude is athletic enough to run when needed....Dude has a chip, I think some of the defense does too. Overcome the tough early season match ups and we gucci. Go Canes.
 
Hstokes1447 said:
I keep watching Minnesota vs Penn State and imagining Miami players in those same roles. I know we are all suffering from PTSD of 20 years of being trash, but this Miami talent in Hetherman’s scheme could be scary.

Minnesota vs Penn State


Minnesota vs USC


If we had one 6-4 325 DT in the rotation and I would be shouting lies. At worst we should expect a 2017 Danny Miaz type turn of around, and a defense like that with this offense puts this team in the playoffs.
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My biggest concern is the type of offense run in the Big 10 are different from the ACC.

The ACC has QB driven offenses, with the QB relatively mobile (i.e., CJ Bailey, Cade Clubnik, Haynes King, Derian Mensah, etc.). Typically, Big Ten offense are more pro-style driven offense (outside of OSU, and new friends at Oregon and USC), just under center more often. When Wisconsin tried it recently bringing in an ACC QB and OC it didn't jive well.

I think Heathermen (being a former QB) is much more apt to being able to understand what is being taught and how an offense is trying to manipulate a defnese certainly helps and he'll have the IQ to be able to work with it.

At the end of the football is football and you gotta beat the man in front of you.
 
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I could also date a Latina with a fat *** soon, you know. Maybe a bit more unrealistic, but who knows?

On a serious note, let's not get ahead of ourselves. We're unproven and that can be good, but it can also be really bad.
 
Minnesota 2024 two deep, featured only 2 top 150 players, two more low 4 stars and the rest were low 3 stars or unranked. Hetherman is clearly walking into a defense with substantially more talent at Miami than he had a Minnesota.

DE
Jah Joyner 6-5 265 3 star #536 overall #23 WDE
Lucas Finnessy 6-3 240 3 star #882 overall #56 OLB

NT
Deven Eastern 6-6 310 4 star #385 overall #45 DL
Jalen Logan-Redding 6-4 290 3 star #714 overall #33 WDE

DT
Anthony Smith 6-6 285 4 star #326 overall #41 DL
Darnell Jefferies 6-3 285 3 star #560 overall #42 DL

RUSH
Danny Striggow 6-5 255 3 star #714 overall #33 WDE
Jaxon Howard 6-4 245 4 star #133 overall #41 DL

MLB
Maverick Baranowski 6-2 230 3 star #1573 overall #165 LB
Devon Williams 6-1 230 3 star #593 overall #64 LB

WLB
Cody Lindenberg 6-3 240 3 star #1131 overall #73 LB
Joey Gerlach 6-3 225 3 star #1322 overall #140 LB

LCB
Justin Walley 5-11 195 3 star #707 overall #57 CB
Evan Redding 5-10 185 0 star #NA overall #NA WR

SS
Kerry Brown 5-10 190 3 star #927 overall #79 S
Coleman Bryson 6-2 215 3 star #1191 overall #90 S

FS
Koi Perich 6-1 200 4 star #70 overall #5 S
Aidan Gousby 6-0 190 3 star #948 overall #68 ATH

RCB
Ethan Robinson 6-0 190 0 star #NA overall #NA CB
Rhyland Kelly 6-1 200 3 star #1083 overall #99 CB

NB
Jack Henderson 6-2 215 0 star #NA overall #NA S
Jai'Onte' McMillan 5-10 190 0 star #NA overall #NA CB
 
JHallCanes said:
@Cribby coined the term “Hurry Up Defense” and the accuracy was incredible
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There was a point last year when I was just like “onside kick it every time”. They’re going to score no matter what, why let them take a bunch of time off the clock while doing so. At least if we kicked it onsides every time, we’d get an occasional extra possession.
 
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