From Chad Liestikow:
Can the D be better than last year?
Can the D be better than last year?
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Uhhhhhh huhThe best part...our offense has to practice against them. Steel sharpens steel.
More like, feather tickles steel, steel pulverizes feather.This defense is going to be scary. The best part...our offense has to practice against them. Steel sharpens steel.
Not this year. Long way to go.Aaron Graves may be the best of all the lineman.
That is more accurateMore like, feather tickles steel, steel pulverizes feather.
I'm efforting that as we speak.I demand more nuggets.
Thank you.
Aaron certainly will have some great raw tools. However, there's still going to be a learning curve for a guy playing in Iowa's 2-gap scheme. He's NOT going to be the best from day 1.Aaron Graves may be the best of all the lineman.
yeah ... need look no further than the Purdue game on that one. Got pretty manhandled in the Michigan game too.Biggest thing the D needs to improve on is a more consistent pass rush. Overall solid, but also disappeared at times.
Probably not start game 1 but this kid is, I think, on a different athletic plane than our other guys, and, as you aptly noted, pretty good themselves. Yes, we are deep on the line and talented.Aaron certainly will have some great raw tools. However, there's still going to be a learning curve for a guy playing in Iowa's 2-gap scheme. He's NOT going to be the best from day 1.
Besides, Iowa's DL-room has some dudes. It's exciting to think about how some of those guys will develop. Just look at Logan Lee ... this past season he was finally healthy ... and he ended up being every bit as promising as Coach Bell had been foreshadowing.
If you look at Yahya Black ... hearing Noah Shannon speak about the guy ... young man has impressive size and raw tools. For a guy like that ... a lot of deal is about learning how to properly wield your body as a weapon. The guy is long and young ... so not only does he have to be extra careful about fundamentals like pad-level ... but because the game is so much faster on the interior, it's that much more important to get down play-recognition so that you can play fast. But think about it ... if the guy is "thinking too much" as it relates to recognition ... then there might end up being lapses in leverage (pad-level). The flip-side is possible too ... if you cannot playing adequately fast with good pad-level ... then that will affect your timing as it relates to being where you need to be given how you read your keys. The exciting thing about Black will be the pay-off when he puts it all together.
What Van Ness pulled off last year ... out of almost nowhere!? He wasn't even a name on my radar going into last spring-camp. Because so many people were dinged ... he and Stec were reputed to be the "surprises" of last spring on the DL. However, it was hard to take that too seriously ... because they were almost like the last guys standing. Given that the coaches respected Stec enough to give him quality reps last season ... hindsight indicates that that praise was not vacuous.
So who might emerge this spring? We know that a healthy Hurkett can definitely play the game! Morgan Llewellyn was a dude who grew from having a WR body to a DL body ... but without losing the athleticism. Maybe he has the chops to the surprise?!
Should be fun to see how things unfold.
I agreeAaron Graves may be the best of all the lineman.
Holy...ellipsis!Logan Lee, Y. Black, Shannon, & Pittman in the middle. There are also a few other interior guys that could make waves too. When you are strong up the middle, including what could possibly be one of the top interior LB crews...you aren't running the ball on these guys. The Wisconsin match up is going to be epic.
If Van Ness, who I believe is going to stay outside most of the time...adds a few wrinkles to his rushing abilities...he's going to be a freak. You have Waggoner on first and second down...then add Craig, Hurkett, Evans...and a few others who could pop in there.
This defense is going to be scary. The best part...our offense has to practice against them. Steel sharpens steel.
Much tougher schedule...but no one is going to push these guys around. Everyone talks about Michigan...well...that game was 14-6 late in the third and their two TDs were big plays. Our offense kept putting them on the field in plus territory. I think this one is circled on the Calendar in Kinnick by many on this team.
Don’t forget about Mad Max at DE. His HS vids are impressive. He plays mean and I see he is in the early 2 deeps.
I saw Reams on campus last year when back in IC. He looked more like a BB player than a FB player, imo.This and Chris Reames has made strides. He's pretty big now.
With the talent and depth on the DL, he might want to consider a path similar to Matt NelsonI saw Reams on campus last year when back in IC. He looked more like a BB player than a FB player, imo.
I do have a good practice source but haven't heard much lately, I'll check again.I'm efforting that as we speak.
I feel like that should have happened a year or two ago. Probably too late now. Hoping he can at same point he can be a Sam Brincks level player.With the talent and depth on the DL, he might want to consider a path similar to Matt Nelson
this has me pumped and frothing already. keep posting like this and i'll have nothing left in the tank at kickoff which is 5 months away. please pace yourself.Logan Lee, Y. Black, Shannon, & Pittman in the middle. There are also a few other interior guys that could make waves too. When you are strong up the middle, including what could possibly be one of the top interior LB crews...you aren't running the ball on these guys. The Wisconsin match up is going to be epic.
If Van Ness, who I believe is going to stay outside most of the time...adds a few wrinkles to his rushing abilities...he's going to be a freak. You have Waggoner on first and second down...then add Craig, Hurkett, Evans...and a few others who could pop in there.
This defense is going to be scary. The best part...our offense has to practice against them. Steel sharpens steel.
Much tougher schedule...but no one is going to push these guys around. Everyone talks about Michigan...well...that game was 14-6 late in the third and their two TDs were big plays. Our offense kept putting them on the field in plus territory. I think this one is circled on the Calendar in Kinnick by many on this team.
i would have to add they need to identify the WR that torches our DBs and ensure that 1 guy never does that again.Biggest thing the D needs to improve on is a more consistent pass rush. Overall solid, but also disappeared at times.
Leather sharpens steel. Aluminum oxide bonded in resin sharpens steel.Logan Lee, Y. Black, Shannon, & Pittman in the middle. There are also a few other interior guys that could make waves too. When you are strong up the middle, including what could possibly be one of the top interior LB crews...you aren't running the ball on these guys. The Wisconsin match up is going to be epic.
If Van Ness, who I believe is going to stay outside most of the time...adds a few wrinkles to his rushing abilities...he's going to be a freak. You have Waggoner on first and second down...then add Craig, Hurkett, Evans...and a few others who could pop in there.
This defense is going to be scary. The best part...our offense has to practice against them. Steel sharpens steel.
Much tougher schedule...but no one is going to push these guys around. Everyone talks about Michigan...well...that game was 14-6 late in the third and their two TDs were big plays. Our offense kept putting them on the field in plus territory. I think this one is circled on the Calendar in Kinnick by many on this team.
Someone give Kelvin Bell a raise!Logan Lee, Y. Black, Shannon, & Pittman in the middle. There are also a few other interior guys that could make waves too. When you are strong up the middle, including what could possibly be one of the top interior LB crews...you aren't running the ball on these guys. The Wisconsin match up is going to be epic.
If Van Ness, who I believe is going to stay outside most of the time...adds a few wrinkles to his rushing abilities...he's going to be a freak. You have Waggoner on first and second down...then add Craig, Hurkett, Evans...and a few others who could pop in there.
This defense is going to be scary. The best part...our offense has to practice against them. Steel sharpens steel.
Much tougher schedule...but no one is going to push these guys around. Everyone talks about Michigan...well...that game was 14-6 late in the third and their two TDs were big plays. Our offense kept putting them on the field in plus territory. I think this one is circled on the Calendar in Kinnick by many on this team.
No doubt that is part of it and agree.I feel like that should have happened a year or two ago. Probably too late now. Hoping he can at same point he can be a Sam Brincks level player.
i would have to add they need to identify the WR that torches our DBs and ensure that 1 guy never does that again.
? He redshirted his first year, and was injured all year the year after that. So last year was the first year he could play. A little early to write off a kid that could potentially play 3 more years.I feel like that should have happened a year or two ago. Probably too late now. Hoping he can at same point he can be a Sam Brincks level player.