Joseph Anderson is a Freak Athlete
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BirdistheWord
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We should put him at WR. Megatron Jr.
No need to throw, stack the oline and hand off, everybody push, lol.
BirdistheWord
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With 4* surprised this kid didn't have more offers. What an athlete!
We want this guy at DE. Phil's defenses are always solid, but when we have someone who can get double digit sacks it makes life easier for the DBs
Those are really great track results for a guy with that height and weight, dare I say freakish.
Exactly this. When they have true studs at DE the defense goes from really good to elite. DE production is probably my biggest concern heading into this year.
Super excited for this kid to be in the black and gold.
I want him at DE too, but that's like saying Dallas Clark would have helped the defense.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
I don’t know, they’ve been stacking athletes on the defensive line for sometime, and we still haven’t seen our best yet out of Black, Craig, or Graves and they are already studs.
Not to mention, Brian Allen, Max, Llewellyn and Ethan Hurkett have all created plenty of buzz and made some big plays
Clark? I don’t recall that. Are you thinking of Raj Clark. I don’t believe Dallas was played much at LB thus switching to TE.
I think he meant started out as a LB. I don’t think he played at LB but he walked on as an LB.
I was expecting more from Craig and Llewellyn last. Maybe they’ll take it up a couple notches this year. Llewelyn has great burst and a motor, thought he deserved more snaps.
BirdistheWord
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AJ and Hercules for sure but we cannot have enough tall, fast and athletic DE’s.
Dallas Clark joined the Iowa football team as a walk-on linebacker. He completed his Hawkeye career as an All-American tight end
Why? With Craig, Hurkett, Allen Jr, and Llwelyan we should be as good as anyone in the league at DE...
Yes but did he actually play as a LB? I don’t recall him playing any meaningful minutes.Dallas Clark joined the Iowa football team as a walk-on linebacker. He completed his Hawkeye career as an All-American tight end
BirdistheWord
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Idk, it doesn't look like it based on internet stats. I was merely stating he did in fact begin on the defensive side.
Impressive. But why put him at d-end where he’ll leave for the pros after two seasons. Put him on offense as a Wide Blocker where he can enjoy Iowa City and pancake DBs for four years.
A lot of potential there but I don’t see any alpha’s there. I.e, Clayborn’s, LVN’s, Epenesa’s… I see a lot of really good complimentary pass rushers though. Hopefully that’s offset by having to 2 stud DT’s that can force alot of action to the edges.
Holy 💩, 6’6” 220 and has some serious giddy-up. He’s gonna be fun to watch blow up pass plays for a few years.
Craig and Hurkett were VERY solid last year. There's been quite a bit of buzz about both Llwelyn and Allen who looks like a star on the rise to me.....
Very solid is an over statement imo. Hurkett didn’t have a single sack. Craig took a step back as well. Both have an opportunity to step up but I’m looking more for Allen and Llewelyn to take bigger leaps.
171 ... that's the number of tackles Higgins had last year. He doesn't do that if those guys aren't doing their jobs.
You're right that we weren't getting quite as much pressure on the QB as is ideal. However, part of that is also attributable to the fact that our front-7 had some significant losses from the prior season ... and it can be a transition to get the pieces to fit together right the subsequent season. At the very base-level, guys are expected to do their jobs and do them consistently. The guys did just that! Now they have to take the next step since there is so much personnel continuity going from last season to this season.
Hurkett may not have had a sack ... but he went from seeing far fewer snaps and getting 15 tackles ... to being our top back-up DE and having 52 tackles and 6 TFLs (along with 1 INT).
I wouldn't say that Craig took a step back. It's just a different challenge when the OL is preparing for you ... rather than having them worry more about a guy like Van Ness. It was Craig's first year as a true starter at DE. He was the top backup the before ... and acquitted himself quite well.
If you look at Adrian Clayborn, he showed some really nice flash in '07 as a top backup at DE. Then, in '08, it was his first year starting ... and he was really a really strong contributor (and consistent) ... but the "flashy" numbers just weren't there that season. However, in '09 ... that's when things really seemed to "pop" and "click."
I frankly think that the absence of Noah Shannon on the interior was felt more (last season) than folks recognize. Without a productive veteran like Shannon to force extra double-teams ... that made it so that more attention could get paid to the DEs.
Anyhow, given that we "lost" so many quality guys from the '22 squad ... Waggoner, Van Ness, Shannon (due to the gambling thang), Benson, Jacobs, and Campbell ... that's a lot of experience and fire-power that we didn't have returning. What's more ... that's a lot of experience and fire-power that didn't return ... many of whom still had eligibility.
Some comps are obviously Clayborn, Ballard and maybe even Babs but none of the aforementioned had that type of track career to my knowledge, a good problem to have! I did think Ballard ran track, no? Will be fun to watch him develop, will be a beast.
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