I thought this would be an interesting exercise to do.. sort of, as a mechanism for coping with the season seemingly in the crapper (I think we’d all agree that it’s there until further notice. Not saying Brohm can’t pull off a miracle)
The idea is to start with a depth chart that’s mostly empty, and then to fill in players as they serve notice that they could hold down x spot on a team that can go 7-5 next year.
WR David Bell
Jared Sparks
WR Rondale Moore
Jackson Anthrop
WR Amad Anderson
______________
QB Jack Plummer
_______________
LT Grant Hermanns
______________
LG ______________
Mark Stickford
C ______________
______________
RG _____________
DJ Washington
RT _____________
______________
TE _____________
Payne Durham
RB King Doerue
___________
DE George Karlaftis
Branson Deen
DT Lawrence Johnson
Jack Sullivan
DT Anthony Watts
______________
Leo Derrick Barnes
_____________
LB Cornel Jones
______________
LB ______________
______________
LB Jaylan Alexander
________________
NB Simeon Smiley
Jalen Graham
CB Cory Trice
___________
FS ____________
____________
SS ____________
Brennan Thienemann
CB ___________
____________
I think this looks right. I feel comfortable that I could answer any “but why is/isn’t x here??”
Here is where I think this gets interesting to me. The only current seniors to me that fill in blanks are McCann and Hopkins as starters, Holt as a starter, and Mosley perhaps as a starter if a defense was good enough that FS is not one of your stronger positions.
So, if you have a player like Higgins. Someone may say “but freshmen are too weak to play DT in the Big Ten.” Isn’t Higgins 250ish lbs and not an explosive threat at DE? Could Faucheux be weaker than that?
Cam Allen. I wouldn’t be shocked if they are thinking safety with him. He’s fast, big and seems to have a knack for being in the right place.
“But what about Mackey and major??” Dudes got benched. Maybe the defensive changes will bring in them back into good graces.
So many changes on offense, I’ll be burning on who makes any kind of presence known.
Thoughts?
The idea is to start with a depth chart that’s mostly empty, and then to fill in players as they serve notice that they could hold down x spot on a team that can go 7-5 next year.
WR David Bell
Jared Sparks
WR Rondale Moore
Jackson Anthrop
WR Amad Anderson
______________
QB Jack Plummer
_______________
LT Grant Hermanns
______________
LG ______________
Mark Stickford
C ______________
______________
RG _____________
DJ Washington
RT _____________
______________
TE _____________
Payne Durham
RB King Doerue
___________
DE George Karlaftis
Branson Deen
DT Lawrence Johnson
Jack Sullivan
DT Anthony Watts
______________
Leo Derrick Barnes
_____________
LB Cornel Jones
______________
LB ______________
______________
LB Jaylan Alexander
________________
NB Simeon Smiley
Jalen Graham
CB Cory Trice
___________
FS ____________
____________
SS ____________
Brennan Thienemann
CB ___________
____________
I think this looks right. I feel comfortable that I could answer any “but why is/isn’t x here??”
Here is where I think this gets interesting to me. The only current seniors to me that fill in blanks are McCann and Hopkins as starters, Holt as a starter, and Mosley perhaps as a starter if a defense was good enough that FS is not one of your stronger positions.
So, if you have a player like Higgins. Someone may say “but freshmen are too weak to play DT in the Big Ten.” Isn’t Higgins 250ish lbs and not an explosive threat at DE? Could Faucheux be weaker than that?
Cam Allen. I wouldn’t be shocked if they are thinking safety with him. He’s fast, big and seems to have a knack for being in the right place.
“But what about Mackey and major??” Dudes got benched. Maybe the defensive changes will bring in them back into good graces.
So many changes on offense, I’ll be burning on who makes any kind of presence known.
Thoughts?