We havent' talked about the defensive secondary much but I feel optimistic about the group. They're Dope (I've been told that's good). They're long and athletic and I think the only separating them from the FBS level is a little foot speed.
We're led by the veteran Brees at Saftey and he and Kirk are both active hitters. I thought Edwards would take the lead at CB and get the toughest assignments but I would be just as comfortable with Taylor covering an elite receiver.
Just don't come unglued every time we give up a completed pass - "we can't cover anybody". Our top corner got beat sometimes last year and he was drafted in the 5th round by the Cincinnati Bengals. We'll face lots of talented QB's and WR's. We'll complete passes and the other team will complete passes. Happens
The thing that absolutely amazes me about the secondary is the depth. I've never seen a Redbird team with so many good looking young DB's. It isn't just the starters. The backups are long and athletic and some of the true freshman have already bulked up for college ball. Kudos to the recruiting efforts at these positions. We're good this year and for the forseeable future.
While I'm on subject of depth I continue to be impressed by the depth and size of our offensive linemen. We're deep enough up front that Trey Georgie has been moved to the DL to replace an injured Podkulski* We had a couple of years where we didn't recruit enough O-Linemen and it hurt us last season but now we've recovered and the cupboard is full. Even after the position change of Georgie we show 18 O-Linemen on the roster. We've had some Redbird teams (thinking of Berry's first team - iirc) that didn't have 15 to start the season and it went down quickly from there with injuries. And injuries in those days were aways painful because you hit the trifecta. When your starter went out and had to go with a backup that was 1) less experienced 2) less athletic 3) and smaller. You might have a starter at 290lbs and then a backup at 255. Currently we have three O-Linemen at 6'7 315 and none of the three has cracked the 2-deep. They're young, they'll have their chances but it's encouraging to know we can drill that far down and still have reserves big enough to play in the NFL. Like I say, it wasn't always that way.
* The Georgie/Podkulski news comes from the Randy Reinhardt twitter acct. MUCH appreciated. It happens every year. I get hyped up by the practice reports on GoRedbirds and when camp ends so do the practice reports. That's a letdown going into the season. But it appears that Coach Spack is keeping Randy up on the happenings and it is being faithfully reported. Again- Appreciated
We're led by the veteran Brees at Saftey and he and Kirk are both active hitters. I thought Edwards would take the lead at CB and get the toughest assignments but I would be just as comfortable with Taylor covering an elite receiver.
Just don't come unglued every time we give up a completed pass - "we can't cover anybody". Our top corner got beat sometimes last year and he was drafted in the 5th round by the Cincinnati Bengals. We'll face lots of talented QB's and WR's. We'll complete passes and the other team will complete passes. Happens
The thing that absolutely amazes me about the secondary is the depth. I've never seen a Redbird team with so many good looking young DB's. It isn't just the starters. The backups are long and athletic and some of the true freshman have already bulked up for college ball. Kudos to the recruiting efforts at these positions. We're good this year and for the forseeable future.
While I'm on subject of depth I continue to be impressed by the depth and size of our offensive linemen. We're deep enough up front that Trey Georgie has been moved to the DL to replace an injured Podkulski* We had a couple of years where we didn't recruit enough O-Linemen and it hurt us last season but now we've recovered and the cupboard is full. Even after the position change of Georgie we show 18 O-Linemen on the roster. We've had some Redbird teams (thinking of Berry's first team - iirc) that didn't have 15 to start the season and it went down quickly from there with injuries. And injuries in those days were aways painful because you hit the trifecta. When your starter went out and had to go with a backup that was 1) less experienced 2) less athletic 3) and smaller. You might have a starter at 290lbs and then a backup at 255. Currently we have three O-Linemen at 6'7 315 and none of the three has cracked the 2-deep. They're young, they'll have their chances but it's encouraging to know we can drill that far down and still have reserves big enough to play in the NFL. Like I say, it wasn't always that way.
* The Georgie/Podkulski news comes from the Randy Reinhardt twitter acct. MUCH appreciated. It happens every year. I get hyped up by the practice reports on GoRedbirds and when camp ends so do the practice reports. That's a letdown going into the season. But it appears that Coach Spack is keeping Randy up on the happenings and it is being faithfully reported. Again- Appreciated
