🏈 The 2-Deep

[JoshB]

Just for fun what does everybody think the two deep will look like this year? I know way too early but things are still so slow we gotta talk about something lol

OFFENSE
QB AJ McCarron (Sr.) * Blake Sims (Jr.)
RB TJ Yeldon (So.) * Derrick Henry (Fr.)
HB Jalston Fowler (Jr.) OJ Howard (Fr.)
OT Cyrus Kouandjio (Jr.) * Brandon Greene (Fr.)
OG Arie Kouandjio (Jr.) Alphonse Taylor (So.)
C Ryan Kelly (So.) Chad Lindsay (Jr.)
OG Anthony Steen (Sr.) * Issac Luatua (So.)
OT Austin Shepherd (Jr.) Leon Brown (Jr.)
WR Amari Cooper (So.) * Kevin Norwood (Sr.)
WR DeAndrew White (Jr.) Kenny Bell (Sr.)
TE Brian Vogler (Jr.) Malcolm Faciane (So.)

DEFENSE
DE Jeoffrey Pagan (Jr.) LaMichael Fanning (So.)
NT Brandon Ivory (Jr.) A'Shawn Robinson (Fr.)
DE Ed Stinson (Sr.) * Dalvin Tomlinson (So.)
SAM Adrian Hubbard (Jr.)* Ryan Anderson (So.)
JACK Xzavier Dickson (Jr.) Denzel Devall (So.)
WILL CJ Mosley (Sr.)* Tana Patrick (Sr.)
MIC Trey Depriest (Jr.)* Reggie Ragland (So.)
CB Geno Smith (So.) John Fulton (Sr.)
CB Deion Belue (Sr.)* Bradley Sylve (So.)
S HaHa Clinton-Dix (Jr.)* Landon Collins (So.)
S Vinnie Sunseri (Jr.)* Nick Perry (Sr.)

SPECIAL TEAMS
K Cade Foster (Sr.) Adam Griffith (Fr.)
P Cody Mandell (Sr.)
LS Cole Mazza (Fr.)
KR Christion Jones (Jr.) Cyrus Jones (So.)
PR Dee Hart (So.) Bradley Sylve (So.)

* = returning starter

 

[TerryP]

Well you're just wrong. :icon_twisted:

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We may end up with a 1, 1A, 1AA, and 1AAA with our receiver rotation. I hate using the word fair, but...it's probably not going to be fair to label one guy as a starter over another because I'm guessing that's going to change weekly...and it won't be due to a shuffle of the depth chart, just the play called.

Last season DeAndrew was recorded as a starter for the first five games. Norwood for the first three of those five, Bell for the fourth and fifth of those five. Then we see the injury shuffle and Coop starts the remaining eight games.

Norwood started every game, sans WCU, for the remainder of the season with Cooper.

So, who emerges as our actual starters? I don't even want to venture a guess. I can sit here and make an argument either way.

I believe we can say that's our first four rotation though.

We play so much nickel that's the grouping I'm looking forward to seeing. I am hoping Fulton is ready to carry this load.

In spring camp, when we were in two TE sets, OJ took quite a few reps as the back side TE. I'm not willing to put that position in the "done" category.

Amari has taken kicks in spring camp as well. Do we see that in the fall?

It's almost ridiculous to even say, but I'm stepping out on a limb. Don't sleep on Ragland.

 

[bamaraider]

Pretty good, except I have Dakota Ball over A'Shawn Robinson and Brian Volger over Howard at H-Back

Also, maybe just me, I think if AJ were to ever go down, Alec Morris would get the start over Blake. But in mop up duty, Blake Sims.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Pretty good, except I have Dakota Ball over A'Shawn Robinson and Brian Volger over Howard at H-Back

Also, maybe just me, I think if AJ were to ever go down, Alec Morris would get the start over Blake. But in mop up duty, Blake Sims.

Unless we have a "secret" backup being redshirted, don't you think we would have the number two getting mop up duty?

 

[JoshB]

Well you're just wrong. :icon_twisted:

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We may end up with a 1, 1A, 1AA, and 1AAA with our receiver rotation. I hate using the word fair, but...it's probably not going to be fair to label one guy as a starter over another because I'm guessing that's going to change weekly...and it won't be due to a shuffle of the depth chart, just the play called.

Last season DeAndrew was recorded as a starter for the first five games. Norwood for the first three of those five, Bell for the fourth and fifth of those five. Then we see the injury shuffle and Coop starts the remaining eight games.

Norwood started every game, sans WCU, for the remainder of the season with Cooper.

So, who emerges as our actual starters? I don't even want to venture a guess. I can sit here and make an argument either way.

I believe we can say that's our first four rotation though.

We play so much nickel that's the grouping I'm looking forward to seeing. I am hoping Fulton is ready to carry this load.

In spring camp, when we were in two TE sets, OJ took quite a few reps as the back side TE. I'm not willing to put that position in the "done" category.

Amari has taken kicks in spring camp as well. Do we see that in the fall?

It's almost ridiculous to even say, but I'm stepping out on a limb. Don't sleep on Ragland.

Well yeah I agree about the receiver rotation, same as last year. I just couldnt put 4 starting receivers lol Id love for Ragland to jump up and get alot of playing time, dude looks like a monster. Long ass arms.

 

[UAgrad93]

Starters will be more than likely determined by our playcall, 4 wide set as opposed to a 2 TE, 2 WR set and defensively, having our Base set as opposed to nickel or even dime. A couple of weeks before the A Day game, I attended a Friday practice. The offense came out in a 4 WR set with Cooper on the right side alone and Bell, Christion Jones, and Chris Black on the other. Then for fun, they placed DeAndrew White in there for C. Jones. 3 plays later, they come out 2 TE with Vogler and Faciane and Cooper and Bell as WR. Like Terry, I am looking forward to seeing how our secondary plays out. Cyrus Jones made some strides in the spring with his move over to DB. G. Smith, D. Belue, J. Fulton, and B. Sylve all look to play alot at CBs with a ton at the 2 safeties. The emergence of another 1 or 2 of our corners could make our nickel and dimes sets alot stronger by allowing us to remove a safety that got us burned a couple of different games.