Smith72 Moderator No. 1 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Be sure to keep scrolling down after the ads. Author's opinion only. What Oregon's opening day defensive two-deep might look like 247SPORTS.COM No, it's not just your brain imagining the smell of leather and fresh cut grass, the sound a football makes when spiraling past your head, or the... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazeNconfused No. 2 Share Posted July 29, 2022 (edited) I can't argue either way with how he sees #1 Taki and #2 Popo. It's a close call and I think you split snaps to keep them fresh late in the game. Swinson #1 over Funa is ridiculous in my book. Does this guy watch the games? Funa is a great edge setter in our run game defense, it's his strong point. Funa is average as a pash rusher. Swinson was a huge drop off from Funa setting the edge in the run game. He's smaller, not as strong and his technique wasn't good. To many times I saw Swinny come inside and shallow, the completely wrong way you set a run edge. Swinson needs to improve on getting straight across the line of scrimmage one yard to set that edge and keep outside leverage> Trevon Mae struggled in this as well last year. I have Funa as the 1st and second down guy, with Swinson as the guy who comes in as the pass rush specialist. Funa will get the most snaps this year, but Swinson in the fewer snaps he gets will make more game changing impact plays. Swinny probably will have the highest ratio of impact plays to snaps on the team. Lastly, I don't' see Jamall Hill as the #1 at the Star over Bennett Williams. I've seen Hill get way too many times in coverage and he doesn't possess the run game support skills Willimas does. Edited July 29, 2022 by DazeNconfused 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smith72 Author Moderator No. 3 Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 7/29/2022 at 7:50 AM, DazeNconfused said: I can't argue either way with how he sees #1 Taki and #2 Popo. It's a close call and I think you split snaps to keep them fresh late in the game. Excellent point about sharing snaps! Fresh legs is so important later in the game. Giving talented backups game experience is valuable for the team and player development. It also builds buy in from all the players who work extremely hard in practice! Team morale is boosted! The Oregon roster is loaded with lots of blue chip athletes. Maybe some will not be lost to the Transfer Portal if playing time occurred. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnski No. 4 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Funa, while having a bit of an off year last, is my guy for having a huge money year. His first year he had a bunch of sacks as a Frosh, and I predict he'll return to that form. Popo was All-Conference? So it's his to lose. Bennett will start somewhere and rarely leave to field, bank on that. And I just gotta believe Bassa plays a whole bunch too. The interesting part is what DLs defense looks like? More LBs on running downs, with more Safeties on passing downs? Barring injury, I can't wait Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
