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<blockquote data-quote="Boomergump" data-source="post: 336603" data-attributes="member: 639"><p>I am not sure how much I agree with the notion that we have been strong enough on the interior of our defense as evidenced by the movement of a few of our players into the NFL. Gotsis was probably the most successful and recent player to do so. However, we have to realize that he was a project when he got here and slowly developed to the point of making a sizable contribution. When he did reach his pinnacle as a college DL, he was the only guy we had at that level. Then he proceeded to get chucked from a game (we went on to lose a big lead) because of a targeting call and then later blew out his knee. The point I am trying to make is that we really didn't reap all the rewards possible from having an NFL type player.</p><p></p><p>For the most part, the interior of our DL has gotten handled physically for some years running now. It is really hard to build a solid defense in that scenario. If you gave me two picks to have whoever I wanted to start my defense, my first pick would be the 1 tech and the second would be the 3 tech. From there, I figure I can find people who will give me enough at the rest of the positions. When you own that 12 foot wide piece of turf centered on the football it is like controlling the center of the chessboard. </p><p></p><p>Having said all that, I think we have a chance to be more physical and quick this year on the DL. I will stop short of predicting such and prefer to see tonights game and watch the recording later. Hopefully Adams is ready to play more downs because he is a player that gets honest to goodness "push" if nothing else and he has the body you want to start with if you want to be tough to block. Branch might be more of a force in passing downs from the inside. That would be a huge help. You will be surprised how much better DEs look when OLs have to respect the interior as well in pass pro. I am encouraged by CPJ's comments regarding Frenchy. If that is true, we could be looking at a much improved situation. This needs to be the year that KCH makes a jump. I'll just leave it at that. </p><p></p><p>I expect UT to run right at us and makes us prove we can stop them without adding numbers. We should know rather quickly whether it will be more of the same this year or we have grown into a disruptive unit. If UT cannot sustain drives with the run (without us adding numbers to the box) it has the chance to be a good year on defense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boomergump, post: 336603, member: 639"] I am not sure how much I agree with the notion that we have been strong enough on the interior of our defense as evidenced by the movement of a few of our players into the NFL. Gotsis was probably the most successful and recent player to do so. However, we have to realize that he was a project when he got here and slowly developed to the point of making a sizable contribution. When he did reach his pinnacle as a college DL, he was the only guy we had at that level. Then he proceeded to get chucked from a game (we went on to lose a big lead) because of a targeting call and then later blew out his knee. The point I am trying to make is that we really didn't reap all the rewards possible from having an NFL type player. For the most part, the interior of our DL has gotten handled physically for some years running now. It is really hard to build a solid defense in that scenario. If you gave me two picks to have whoever I wanted to start my defense, my first pick would be the 1 tech and the second would be the 3 tech. From there, I figure I can find people who will give me enough at the rest of the positions. When you own that 12 foot wide piece of turf centered on the football it is like controlling the center of the chessboard. Having said all that, I think we have a chance to be more physical and quick this year on the DL. I will stop short of predicting such and prefer to see tonights game and watch the recording later. Hopefully Adams is ready to play more downs because he is a player that gets honest to goodness "push" if nothing else and he has the body you want to start with if you want to be tough to block. Branch might be more of a force in passing downs from the inside. That would be a huge help. You will be surprised how much better DEs look when OLs have to respect the interior as well in pass pro. I am encouraged by CPJ's comments regarding Frenchy. If that is true, we could be looking at a much improved situation. This needs to be the year that KCH makes a jump. I'll just leave it at that. I expect UT to run right at us and makes us prove we can stop them without adding numbers. We should know rather quickly whether it will be more of the same this year or we have grown into a disruptive unit. If UT cannot sustain drives with the run (without us adding numbers to the box) it has the chance to be a good year on defense. [/QUOTE]
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