This is correct. He was basically an outside linebacker who played on the line of scrimmage. He’d be called an “Edge” in today’s parlance.
Like HawkRule73 said, Brashur and Fry liked to play that 5 man defensive front a lot with a nose tackle and two Dtackles and 2 quick DEnd/Lbkr types. In certain situations one of the DEnd would definitely be in a wide side Lbkr position and the 4 D linemen would lineup more like a standard 4 man front.
Jones is garbage? I guess he fooled a lot of big10 voters. Good thing we have an expert here to straighten them out. It takes years to develop on offensive line, you don't scrap all of them and start over. Ever.
With Craig graduating they will have bigger roles. Having Ethan back would be huge, he was probably our most consistent D-lineman this season.
So tell us why you are more qualified to evaluate offensive lineman than the Big Ten coaches who named Jones 2nd team All Big Ten ? Or the media who named him 1st team All Big Ten ?
You are either thinking of jones when he first switched sides of the line, are clueless or both.
Our near total lack of passing this year would make it hard for any 5 ol to protect the qb from an 8 man rush on virtually every play.
I’d sure like to see him increasing his draft day stock with another year of harassing QBS and RBS at IOWA.
JFC. I understand people not thrilled about DeJong returning this past season, but this is a 3-year starting C who has gotten better every season after changing from the DL and was 1st or 2nd team All-B1G in '24. I've been as frustrated with the OL as anyone, but complaining about having Logan coming back and suggesting that having an experienced OL is a bad thing is just silly.
Having someone recognized as "all B1G" can be deceiving. Hell, Richman was as well and he looked like a turnstyle at the airport in pass protection.
Dang. Not only are you smarter than Big Ten coaches and media who vote on these things, but also the PFF rankings, which put Jones at #9 OLineman in the Big Ten. OLinemen are usually only noticed by fans when bad things happen. What are your credentials other than sitting on the couch watching games and noticing mistakes the OLinemen make?
Seriously? Deceiving? All those writers and coaches voting for Logan are deceiving you?
Some of these awards look like "participation ribbons". Respecting upperclassmen.
You've already proven your idiocy regarding this subject, but there's no way you actually believe the bolded statement.
Babs was a FB when he got to Iowa but moved right away. King and Kroul were both LB's when they were recruited. Klug only weighed about 205lbs when he got to Iowa.
When I see OLinemen with their backs turned to the LOS watching a QB sack...I can surmise a missed block.
Not "defending" anything. Just ridiculing you and your genius idea that having a 1st team All-B1G C, who was objectively ranked 9th best OL in the B1G via PFF, returning to the team is a bad thing because you watched him miss some blocks during the season while sitting on your couch drinking beer. You need to drop your strawman arguments and take an L.
You don't have to be a coach. You have to have a brain to realize first team big players are a good thing.
Maybe we could ask all our injured QBs that spent the last few years running for their lives?
What the f are you talking about? Iowa's line literally gave up the fewest sacks, hurries, and pressures of any team in the Big Ten this season. I know it's popular amongst Iowa fans to shit on the OL (and I am guilty of doing so the past few seasons) but they were very good this year.
It’s hard to give up sacks, hurries, and pressures if you never throw the ball.
This argument doesn't hold water. If you adjust for the number of passing plays, Iowa's pass pro was still very efficient.
Run game yes.
You specifically mentioned the pass blocking being nothing short of dreadful.
Lowest total passing yards in the B1G...
What does that have to do with the offensive line's pass blocking efficiency? Do you think that might be a reflection of the piss poor play at QB and at receiver?
Wrong...the shitty performance of the QB can be directly attributed to an equally shitty OLine performance.
