Time to get super high on defense
I listened to Mattison's interview on BIG network last night. When he was asked what are the weaknesses of the defense, Mattison paused for a moment and then basically said none. Then he went to praise every unit and say that we are going to be very aggressive because the DL will put pressure of QBs. This morning, there is additional information on MLive with Mattison defending Hoke, but also sounding really high on the defense. I think we are going to have a really good defense this year -- May be the best in BIG. http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2014/08/greg_mattison_defends…
Edit: sorry for the typo in the title: "Heigh"
August 12th, 2014 at 10:43 AM ^
August 12th, 2014 at 11:05 AM ^
and hear your prediction for the number of them who would be drafted.
August 12th, 2014 at 12:09 PM ^
Right but a year ago MSU had in retrospect 1 "draft eligible" player. I get your point - they have some good NFL talent that can leave in a year (in fact Waynes and Calhoun could come back for 2 years - so that's impressive) but it is pretty limiting to just say the draft eligible players. For better or worse outside of Jake Ryan most of our NFL talent (whatever there is) is JR or younger. Clark probably gets a sniff late in the draft I presume, maybe not. Now the open question is how many of these guys will develop into NFL type talent and when. I don't know - but I think there are a lot more NFL type bodies out there now than 3-4 years ago - if the skill develops.
Gun to head (again I have no idea, just projecting) all these could ne NFL talent someday but none are "draft eligible":
- Wormley
- Henry
- Pipkins
- Gedeon
- Countess
- Peppers
Maybe in October we add guys like Lewis, or Charlton or a Hurst. Don't have a clue - it's still a relatively young group in the 2 deep.
But you can have a very good defense without a lot of 'draft eligible' talent - see MSU last year in fact.
August 12th, 2014 at 10:56 AM ^
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August 12th, 2014 at 11:24 AM ^
Is this where I put the "right to rush 4" bumper sticker?
Boom!
I expect a defense that returns to 2011-2012 form. Need to see a better pash rush, and the safety issue continues to worry me. Content with the rest of the group.
August 12th, 2014 at 11:39 AM ^
Ohio's D line has more talent than ours, but perhaps all the other units can compensate to give us the better overall D, but who cares. I could not give two hoots about preseason, projected D rankings. All I care about is:
Can Nuss solve MSU's D?
Can Mattison bounce back from the molestation he endured courtesy of Urbz's offense last year to somehow control Miller, Wilson and Smith?
Can Funk, like show something? Anything? Like just get the offensive line be even just average?
Can we beat ND in the "fuck you for ninja quitting the series so as to tactically give yourselves the last home field game" last game of the series?
Can we effing beat mediocre PSU, i.e., Evil Incorporated, once and for all after owning them for the prior two decades and get back to enjoying "WE OWN PENN STATE!" chants like we should be?
Can we effing beat NW in a resounding manner like we should, instead of scraping by on miracles time and again?
Can we stop making mid-tier non-conference opponents play out of their minds against us?
CAN WE MAKE IT THROUGH A FALL CAMP WITHOUT A SERIOUS INJURY TO A KEY PLAYER FOR ONCE?
These are all I care about.
August 12th, 2014 at 12:29 PM ^
August 12th, 2014 at 12:34 PM ^
I like getting super high. Like the moon man
August 12th, 2014 at 2:32 PM ^
August 12th, 2014 at 6:02 PM ^