Sam Webb has a new "gut feeling" re: D-line starters

Submitted by SAMgO on

His ever-reliable "gut feeling" on Week 1 starters as it stands:

Ones: Gary - Wormley - Glasgow - Taco

Twos: Marshall - Hurst - Mone - Winovich

Bb011

June 15th, 2016 at 11:19 AM ^

I hope our depth will be solid enough that we can rotate 2 lines, and I think they will be. The elite defensive lines rotate often to keep everyone fresh, and if we can afford to do that I think we will see some great dividends especially towards the end of the game where the offensive line will start to be dragging.

LKLIII

June 15th, 2016 at 11:30 AM ^

This is kind of the reverse of having maulers on the O-Line against a team with a good but not deep D-Line.  Man, I loved those old Michigan games, where by the mid 3rd quarter we'd just start to grind people down on sustained drives.  People always hated the "3 yards and a cloud of dust" but honestly, if we are already up by 14 or 17 points, and if we can change that to "4-5 yards and a cloud of dust" it's a pretty damned valid strategy.

I guess the inverse of that is if we have an excellent D-Line that is fresh well into the 3rd/4th quarter, other teams won't be able to deploy that strategy at all.  If a team is ahead they won't be able to turtle-up and play it safe without immediately doing a 3-and-out.  It'll keep us in games alot longer even if we are down in the 3rd/4th quarter.

Even with an OK offense (new QB and an OK but not dominant line), with this defense we should have plenty of opportunities to put up a few touchdowns per game to get the job done.

 

Giddyup.

 

CorkyCole

June 15th, 2016 at 1:41 PM ^

Not really. And by "not really" I really mean "your assessment is incorrect."

He specifically mentioned on his show this morning that this "gut feeling" was the result of conversations he had with coaches/players at all the satellite camps he attended (which he attended probably 10 so far). He has excellent relationships with essentially the whole coaching staff and current/former players, and therefore has verifiably legit sources.

For those who don't know, whenever Sam mentions a "gut feeling," that means that he has received information first-hand from usually either the individuals themselves or other first-hand sources (i.e. coaches/players/parents/recruits). It's not actually a feeling based off personal observation but instead known facts through legit sources.

Obviously they haven't had fall camp yet, so no this isn't set in stone, but this is up-to-date current information.

LKLIII

June 15th, 2016 at 11:34 AM ^

Can you imagine the feeling some poor kid on an opposing o-line will get when--after he gets destroyed by our starting tackle or end--the "2nd string" rotates in & he realizes there is very little if any drop off?

Talk about demoralizing.....