OT: Jermaine Edmondson Leaving MSU

Submitted by Eskimoan on
Jermaine Edmondson is apparently leaving MSU after he asked for a release requesting more playing time. (For those who don't know, he's the guy that got into a fight with Draymon Green)  photo Screenshot_2016-07-14-14-47-11-1.png

Space Coyote

July 14th, 2016 at 3:04 PM ^

He played on and off throughout the season, but was third on the depth chart in spring. There really isn't a large impact on MSU from this, and in some ways may be addition by subtraction (based on his former teammates reaction to the Green v Edmondson thing, they weren't exactly on his side, making me believe he didn't really get along with them too well).

ijohnb

July 14th, 2016 at 3:13 PM ^

was seriously thinking that same thing.  I actually can't believe there isn't one already.  It was pretty explicit.  Bordering on porographic.

Eskimoan

July 14th, 2016 at 3:00 PM ^

Don't know how bow much the dude played, just thought it was interesting he gets into a fight with Green then a week later he's leaving the team

M-Dog

July 14th, 2016 at 3:14 PM ^

Nah, it will never amount to anything.  I shorted all my Nintendo stock as soon as they announced it.  

Who's the Wolf of Wall Street, baby?  Huh?  Go ahead, say my name.

Wait . . . what?

 

Space Coyote

July 14th, 2016 at 3:08 PM ^

Their depth is a big fat question mark.

Nicholson finally started playing like a guy that could take a decent enough angle and have the desire to tackle to take advantage of his admittedly good athleticism in the last couple games.

I liked what I saw from Copeland the first couple games of the season, at least compared to the other CBs on their roster. I don't think he's a world beater yet, but he was back for spring which was big for his development and showed some promise. He's at worst solid this year and average B1G CB.

Both Cox and Hicks are essentially as average as they come. Both are actually decent athletes for safeties, but of course, Hicks is playing CB (not his natural position) and Cox can be picked on a bit due to the scheme of their defense.

So they should actually be solid this year, but not like the DBs of some of their great defenses. It's not nearly the tire fire it was at points last year though.

evenyoubrutus

July 14th, 2016 at 5:46 PM ^

Everyone keeps bringing up how terrible their secondary was last year, like it was historically bad. But if that's true then why did we and OSU have such a difficult time throwing against them? I feel like the whole "worst game plan ever" thing for OSU doesn't make a ton of sense. If they were that transparently terrible I just don't see how they could really come up with a game plan that is that bad, unless there's more to the story. And Harbaugh didn't seem too interested in attacking down field or mid field either.

bronxblue

July 14th, 2016 at 9:24 PM ^

Yeah, they won't be terrible by any means, but the depth really seems to be lacking.  And that seems have been an issue for them for a couple of years now.  Didn't Lippett play both ways for a bit because their other corner opposite Dennard?  It seems like they'll be fine this year, but if one of those guys goes down I'm not sure who steps up.

What will also be interesting is seeing how good the secondary holds up without a dominant pass rush.  McDowell is a beast, but do they have someone else who can consistently generate pressure?  

Bodogblog

July 14th, 2016 at 3:03 PM ^

Didn't he play quite a bit last year?  I watched the Sparty/Nebraska game last night and he seemed to be the starter.  Maybe another guy was hurt, I know they had some injuries last season.  This can't be great if only for depth purposes.  

I guess Draymon won that one. 

readyourguard

July 14th, 2016 at 3:05 PM ^

Yes, he has seen the field.  Rewatch the disastrous punt against State last year and Edmundson laid a key block on the return.  F.  F'ity F F F.

Anyway, nothing to see here, I'm sure.  He and Dantonio have been discussing this for weeks probably.  It just so happens the announcement of his departure coincides with Draymond not wanting to "pay fo that ****** scholarship" anymore.

Fuck State.