[Husker] Depth Chart

[Mike Jaixen]

After last season on defense, I'm not sure any experience was valuable.  (Kansas just scored again!)

The sad fact is that this season, we are REALLY thin at linebacker.  Dillard has good experience, but that's it.  Wortmann has worked his way through the program and done his time.  Blake Lawrence and LaTravis Washington didn't get much playing time last season.  So Glenn is probably as ready as any of those guys.  Pelini stresses that effort is more important than scheme; Glenn will be the acid test on that.  Glenn will probably be limited in what he can do, but when he does it, look out.

We'll have a similar problem on the D-line next year, so developing depth will be important this season.

I'm surprised more people aren't talking about Roy Helu being "co-#1 I-Back".  Marlon Lucky does a few things really, really well, but he's never been a complete back IMHO.  Helu might be that complete back, and I wouldn't be surprised if Helu doesn't end up playing more snaps at I-back this fall than Lucky.  (Lucky may see more total snaps, because you can line him up in the slot as well and really wreak some havoc with opposing defenses.)

Mike Jaixen
Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com


--- On Tue, 7/22/08, Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com> wrote:

> From: Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Depth Chart
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 12:30 PM
> Depth on the DL is going ot be critical. If the front 4 stay
> healthy then this should be a solid D. Cody Glenn will be
> interesting. A rocket up the depth chart is either a great
> talent or really weak depth. Or both. The good news is that
> WIL is the easiest LD spot to pick up (no direct OL or TE
> blockers), that is likely why the coaches moved Glenn to
> WIL.
> 
> OL needs to be good and should be fairly solid. There is
> depth, so that is promising. TE is a Q esp with Teafatiller
> status unknown. 2 DUI and off the team was TO/FS policy, it
> will be interesting to see how BP punishes Teafatiller. BC
> did not punish Purify as hard as IHMO he should have, so we
> will see if BP does.
> 
> Andy