Early 2025 starters? Several threads about next year's team

[uihawk82]

Offense WRs – Gill, Buie, Howard, Anderson
Offensive line - Dunker, Stephens,Logan Jones??/ Myslinski, Pieper and Lauck have been listed
TEnds – Ostrenga; Oertwerth; maybeLachey???
QB – Sullivan; Stratton; Lainez Running Backs – Moulton; Jazz P.

Defense Dline - Allen; Llewellyn; Pittman; isHurkett available Lbkr - Rexroth, Harrell, Sharar
Corners – Lee and Hall; transferring in Juco
Safeties and Cash – Nwankpa;Entringer; Lutmer; Nestor
Punter – Dakin Kicker - Stevens

Start off with an upgrade at QB, TEnds are pretty good; rebuild at OLine?; RBacks solid DLine not deep and maybe a rebuild; Lbkrs know the system; corners need to get stickier; safeties etc could be bigger and rangier; kickers are very good to great

Who might step up from the backups?

 

[MWardT]

Assuming the players currently on the roster:

QB - Sullivan, Stratton
RB - Moulton, Patterson
TE- Ostrenga, Ortwerth
LT - Lauck/Dotzler
LG - Stephens, Borud
C - Pieper, Leighton Jones
RG - Myslinski, Fox
RT - Dunker, Krogh
WR - Vander Zee, Anderson
WR - Gill, Buie

DE - Llewellyn, Crawford/Cheneke
DT - Pittman, Hubert
DT - Graves, Epenesa/Borchering-Johnson
DE - Allen, Merriweather
LB - Harrell, Buffington
LB - Sharar, Weisskopf
Cash - Nwankpa, Rexroth
CB - Hall, Nestor
CB - Lee, Watson
SS - Lutmer, Tate
FS - Entringer,

Based on this, OL and DL depth will need to be developed, and it will be interesting to see who emerges. Also, the numbers for defensive backs on the roster is low, and it doesn’t look like much help is on the way for incoming recruits. I would expect defensive back help through the portal.

 

[Heathen Raider]

Assuming the players currently on the roster:

QB - Sullivan, Stratton
RB - Moulton, Patterson
TE- Ostrenga, Ortwerth
LT - Lauck/Dotzler
LG - Stephens, Borud
C - Pieper, Leighton Jones
RG - Myslinski, Fox
RT - Dunker, Krogh
WR - Vander Zee, Anderson
WR - Gill, Buie

DE - Llewellyn, Crawford/Cheneke
DT - Pittman, Hubert
DT - Graves, Epenesa/Borchering-Johnson
DE - Allen, Merriweather
LB - Harrell, Buffington
LB - Sharar, Weisskopf
Cash - Nwankpa, Rexroth
CB - Hall, Nestor
CB - Lee, Watson
SS - Lutmer, Tate
FS - Entringer,

Based on this, OL and DL depth will need to be developed, and it will be interesting to see who emerges. Also, the numbers for defensive backs on the roster is low, and it doesn’t look like much help is on the way for incoming recruits. I would expect defensive back help through the portal.

Borud will be a starter on the IOL , watch.

 

[2D_]

I'm still predicting we'll go after a QB in the portal, I don't think Sully is the guy.

I wish Wetjen had another year. Can't imagine how good he would be in an offense that had a good passing QB.

 

[wilson reborn]

I'm still predicting we'll go after a QB in the portal, I don't think Sully is the guy.

I wish Wetjen had another year. Can't imagine how good he would be in an offense that had a good passing QB.

Sully was a big upgrade over what we’ve seen the last three years. But yeah let’s bring a QB in through the portal, competition is good.

 

[IChawkeye45]

Pain. Lots of pain next year.

 

[GunnerHawk]

Sully was a big upgrade over what we’ve seen the last three years. But yeah let’s bring a QB in through the portal, competition is good.

I think Lainez transfers.

 

[ItsAllBallBearingsNowadays]

Going to be a rough season next year I’m afraid.

 

[Auger]

Wouldn’t shock me if Graves goes pro. Depth has been thinning these past couple seasons on D. A lot of growing pains should be expected. Growth has been slow for a lot of these developmental guys.

 

[TXHCHawk]

Pain. Lots of pain next year.