Pretty pumped to see A Jackson in the 2 deeps at left tackle. Hoping he'll progress to where he can take that spot and keep it sometime next season. At 6'7" and 320, thats one big dude!
I'm going to be positive and say that there will be plenty of catches by MVB, Fant, Wadley and....wait for it.....Brandon Smith.
I don't know. I doubt the system will be all that different. Hopefully some nice tweeks to the passing game, but the premise of the offense will be the same. Also not sure we lost "a lot of key players", either. On defense we lost Jaleel, and King. Still think the defense will be very solid. Young corners showed promise last year. I'm confident we'll figure out the D line in the first couple of games. On offense we lost CJ, Kittle, and L Daniels. CJ and Kittle were hurt quite a bit last year, and under performed. Excited to see what Stanley's got. I think we'll be better at tight end with Fant, Hock, Beyer, and Pekar, Wisneiski.. We'll be fine at running back. Offensive line should be at least as good hopefully better. Think Ike is ready to step forward at one tackle if he can stay on the field. Hopefully A Jackson pushes Meyer to step up or step out of the way at left tackle. Damn solid up the middle on offensive line. I would think we lost fewer key players than most of the teams in the BIG. Looking forward to this season.
Maybe Bower will learn how to tackle something besides air by next season.And, a TON of experience and also depth at LB.
GO HAWKS
I am not hating, just disconcerting to see Bower at the top of the WLB food chain.
He seemed to show good progress throughout the year but then crapped the bed in the OB. Hopefully that was a fluke and he'll look better with another year under his belt
Whatever makes the Hawks better. The coaches say Boone is an excellent athlete, but he doesn't seem to have the quickness to keep end rushers from going right around him. The competition at guard will be fierce. Very solid in the middle with Daniels and Welch. Render, Reynolds, Paulsen, and Legrand have all looked good in their appearences last season so, may the best men win.
I'm sure we put a premium on WR recruiting. It's just that with our WR track record mediocre passing game......we're not exactly on a lot of WR's wish list.
I know right? It's almost comical that people say the coaches are not trying to recruit high level players at every position. Their success rate at some positions may not be what anyone would like, for a number of reasons, but its not because their not going after players. They just spent a year chasing Oliver Miller around, only to have him jump in a pool with Harbough.
I get that hex, I'm sure there are many examples of players going to other schools, and we can't understand why not Iowa. There are many reasons. Heck look at the linebacker we were after that went to UAB instead of Iowa and they haven't even had a football team for awhile, until next year I believe. My point is with posters who constantly say the staff doesn't put a premium, or put real effort into recruiting this position of need. How many receivers did we offer last year? We didn't get some for sure. We did bring in four or five, I think. Lets not throw all these new faces out with the wash, until we see what they've got. Hell I'm pretty excited to see what Devonte Young has playing across from MVB. The eternal optimist I guess.
