Matt is solid I just wish he was more aggressive. Play with an attitude young man! Keep in mind he has 2 more full years to become even more entrenched on the d-line find his niche, hopefully have that aha moment and start tearing up offensive lines game in and game out.
It's interesting to think about "best" DE groups at Iowa. Oddly enough, it's not uncommon for us to have good talent on the edges ... just we don't always have much depth. Even among some of our best groups, I don't know if I recall many occasions when we had more than a reliable rotation of 3 really high caliber guys.
The problem with the DEs early in the season (of '16) was that Hesse was our most consistent DE ... however, he was dinged. The unit was so concerned with pass rush that they weren't disciplined enough as it related to maintaining contain and setting the edge. That's an understated contributor to why Iowa's run D was mediocre for more than half the season.
I think he'll certainly be in the rotation. Bazata is a given, but don't rule out Huellet. The coaches were high on him last year, and if he hadn't gotten injured, I think they would have redshirted Lattimore last season. Lattimore is an interested looking prospect though.
Good point. But I think Bortz played guard. I think Covert and Van Horne were at tackle. Some guy whose name starts with a "T" was at the other guard. Hilgy, of course, was the anchor!!
Tom Thayer. Can still name that entire starting line-up. Would struggle to name more than 5-6 off last year's team.
There is something critically wrong with my brain. I can essentially name the entire starting line-up from memory of every Hawk squad starting from the '04 season (potentially the '02 and '03 seasons too).
I thought Thayer was the TE? I was pretty young, so my memory is not to be trusted...I bet I'm thinking of Thornton, he may not have been playing yet.
"Either state an injury, or keep it to yourself." Is this a command? Guessing it's a suggestion.
Probably just an epic pedi
Well to keep that in prospective he is not the first one they told that to while recruiting them but it doesn't always work out that way, yes he is a stud in high school and I don't dispute that I think he is going to do great, this is a different stage period, so as good as AJ may be it's all about what happens in fall camp, how things go thereafter...it's a little different going from playing with seniors in high school and seniors in college! Whatever is best for the team I just hope that no one gets tunnel vision on one or 2 particular players... we definitely got other talent! I also think that we have different players that bring a different skill set at that position we should allow them to showcase those even if your starters can't do it I think they don't open good Oportinities for different plays for some of the younger guys because starters may not be able to do something but yeah
Lol you know what they say about opinions,.... im gonna keep it clean haha, we all have our own, we can't all think the same it would be a pretty boring world.
You did, I knew you were right and what happened but I think it was more interesting to see the responders. Never apologize until you are proven wrong !! You had it they just weren't releasing it yet and really havnt spoken on the depth of the injury.
The implication isn't that there is only one perspective. However, the merits of an opinion are ultimately judged by the coherence and cogency of the arguments supporting it.
Sounds like someone is looking for the FAIR. The FAIR comes once a year on the Eastside of Des Moines, after that don't look for FAIR. They "ALL" will not be getting "EQUAL" reps, BIG time college football doesn't work that way.
Once a year ... if that is all they look at all then that might be why we are not having a lot of seasons like 15/16 and missing opportunity , it's not about the FAIR it is about continuing to do what is best for the team period. These guys continually grow and change they don't all develop at the same time once a year, keeping eyes open and not getting tunnel vision can make a world of difference. But you honestly think they all get equal reps prior to then in any of he positions? interesting. What I like is when there is no tunnel vision and we see a non starter hit the field and make a big play and we are all like ....woahhh where did that come from?!! I will be FAIR and say 90% of The time they have the right person playing a position.
How do you figure ... do you not recall how productive he was for us in '16? Given what he did in '16 compared with what I saw from Epenesa ... I would say that there were trade-offs ... but that Matt still would have been our 3rd best DE. It's true that Epenesa still provided a more explosive option on pass-rushing situations ... but he was also a partial liability on running downs.
