Way too early look at next years defense
Assuming the worst. A lot of inexperience. Well Mr Brown, time to work your magic.
NT: Jeter-So/ Smith-Fr/Paea?
DT-Kemp-Jr or Dwumfour-Jr/Hinton-Fr
WDE-Hutchinson-So/Uche-Jr/Villain-So/
SDE-Paye-Jr/Welschoff-Rfr/Upshaw-Rfr
LB-Gill-Sr/Anthony-So/Thomas-Fr
LB- Ross-Jr/McGrone-Rfr/Velazquez or Barrett? Walk on?
Viper-Hudson-Sr/Glasgow-Sr/Solomon-Fr
CB-Sims-Rfr/Green-Rfr/Turner-Fr
CB-Thomas-Jr/St Juste-Jr/Gray-Rfr
FS-Hawkins-Jr/Kelly-Powell-Jr/Faustin-Rfr
SS-Metellus-Sr/Woods-Jr/Johnson-Fr
December 18th, 2018 at 3:05 PM ^
Actually, worst case scenario includes Metellus going pro too. Glad we don't play ND week one next year.
December 18th, 2018 at 3:06 PM ^
Shut your whore mouth.
Yeah. I guess i should be careful saying worst case.
December 18th, 2018 at 3:14 PM ^
Yeah I was confused why you had him there in a "worst case" scenario.
December 18th, 2018 at 3:17 PM ^
Why are you here?
Aren’t you due for another report back to the RCMB? You guys have a Family Video bowl to prepare for don’t you?
December 18th, 2018 at 3:15 PM ^
Technically worst case scenario is AI takes over the earth and we are all slaves to a new robot overlord race by the time the next season rolls around.
December 18th, 2018 at 3:22 PM ^
Fingers crossed.
December 18th, 2018 at 3:34 PM ^
At this point, it's looking far more likely that our new overloads are mutant chinese roaches...
https://www.designboom.com/design/china-waste-problem-super-cockroach-12-18-2018/
December 18th, 2018 at 3:57 PM ^
After the last ten years of Michigan football that may be an improvement.
December 18th, 2018 at 6:28 PM ^
What could go wrong?
December 18th, 2018 at 8:19 PM ^
Don Brown will defeat AI.
December 18th, 2018 at 9:21 PM ^
They will gain power from the sun's energy. Then we'll scorch the sky.
December 18th, 2018 at 6:05 PM ^
Has Khaleke Hudson announced that he'll return? I thought he was a possibility to leave as well.
December 18th, 2018 at 6:43 PM ^
After OSU game I can't imagine Metullus going pro.
December 18th, 2018 at 7:02 PM ^
Glad we don't play ND week one next year.
They do play Army in week 2. Which...isn't ideal.
December 18th, 2018 at 3:06 PM ^
Is this a Hello: Bpone post?
December 18th, 2018 at 3:07 PM ^
Kind of!
December 18th, 2018 at 3:15 PM ^
This is what we were saying about the 2017 defense, FWIW.
December 18th, 2018 at 5:56 PM ^
I would be okay with 8 or 9 wins next year.
December 18th, 2018 at 4:46 PM ^
Just when I thought that I wouldn't have to re-post my "Sound of BPONE" lyrics, they pull me back in.
Until three weeks ago, because apparently I'd missed the lecture on acronyms, I didn't know that "BPONE" is the MGoBlog acronym for "Black Pit of Negative Expectations". I took the challenge and tried to follow the rhyme scheme and the rhythm of the original. With apologies to Simon & Garfunkel and all the MGoBloggers who must be sick of wallowing in reminders of "The Crushing in Columbus", and lately, other things like de-commitments, non-commitments, bowl-game desertions, early departures and negative tweets from ex-players and their relatives and friends:
BPONE’s now a hated “friend”
Until these losses finally end.
Thinking victory was deceiving.
All that’s left are months of sad grieving
While they wonder if there’s anything to gain
From the pain
Within the bounds of BPONE
Poor Brandon Watson left alone
In man-to-man instead of zone.
Had they practiced zone since training camp?
They might’ve needed it to be the champ
And surprise OSU with some flash and a tougher fight.
Were they uptight
Within the bounds of BPONE?
Trailed at halftime by one score.
By some luck it wasn’t more.
Defense needed lots of smart tweaking.
Where was the pressure that they’d need to bring?
Thomas, Hill and Long couldn’t stop them through the air.
Were they scared
Within the bounds of BPONE.
Will Hart’s punt went off too slow.
The Buckeyes’ lead began to grow.
Then Shea hurled a pass that seemed untrue.
In just five minutes they’d become unglued.
Forty-one Nineteen, the scoreboard had to tell.
It told them of the hell of BPONE.
Wolverines are now dismayed
‘Bout the way “The Game” was played,
‘Cause they couldn’t stop the scoring
From increasing ‘til it was soaring.
And so the song of the Muppets
Won’t be played at their locker stalls
Or Schembechler Hall.
Slipped up in the bounds of BPONE.
December 18th, 2018 at 8:42 PM ^
Ten thousand years and maybe more before we beat OSU
December 18th, 2018 at 3:06 PM ^
Someone already started a thread last week with predictions for the entire season so, why not!
December 18th, 2018 at 3:09 PM ^
I have a 10-yr projection that I'm assembling which includes a current 3rd grader as our starting NT and, this is where it gets dicey, a 4th grader playing Mike LB. I know, controversy. But that's how I live. On the edge, baby.
December 18th, 2018 at 4:04 PM ^
Underrated af
December 18th, 2018 at 3:07 PM ^
Isn’t JKP gone?
December 18th, 2018 at 3:48 PM ^
Not as of yet.
December 18th, 2018 at 3:07 PM ^
I'm excited about kemp. He had one play last year I remember him pursuing the qb out of bounds at impressive speed. You're also missing Hill at safety.
December 18th, 2018 at 3:08 PM ^
Ha, good one!
December 18th, 2018 at 6:19 PM ^
+1 on Kemp.
Also, didn't Haskins move to defense?
December 18th, 2018 at 3:09 PM ^
Good guess. Not sure why you are listing Velazques as an LB though. So Daxton doesn't make the three-deep??? :)
December 18th, 2018 at 3:10 PM ^
It's good to be back, stripped of my MGo street cred...
December 18th, 2018 at 3:14 PM ^
What'd you do?
December 18th, 2018 at 3:55 PM ^
After a couple drams, some of Kentucky's finest corn & rye distillate, I posted what I thought was a generous offer.... Only to find out it completely crossed the line and infringed on paying advertisers space. I take my whuppin' like a man & carry on.
December 19th, 2018 at 7:24 AM ^
And apparently you created a new username...
December 18th, 2018 at 3:10 PM ^
That could still be a top 10 defense. Lots of Don Brown recruited dudes in there. Not sure why everyone is freaking out. Look at the defenses he had at BC with a bunch of nobodies.
December 18th, 2018 at 3:25 PM ^
Losing the top 6 players on defense along with 2-3 of the most promising underclassmen it seems reasonable to project that the defense could definitely take a step back next year. How much of a step back remains to be seen.
December 18th, 2018 at 3:28 PM ^
Yeah I agree.
December 18th, 2018 at 3:29 PM ^
2-3? Solomon and....?
December 18th, 2018 at 3:34 PM ^
Drew Singleton I guess?
December 18th, 2018 at 4:51 PM ^
Maybe if the defense takes a step back, they can finally cover the cross routes!?
December 18th, 2018 at 4:55 PM ^
Top 10'ish defense is probably good for another 10-3 type season though. Good enough against the iffy teams, but not good enough against the good ones. At Wisconsin in week 4 feels awfully tricky now, at PSU, ND at home is a tricky back-to-back, and they still have MSU and OSU on the schedule.
I mean shit...Army is on the schedule in week 2. That's not a team you want to play when you're still working out the kinks with a young and undersized DL.
December 18th, 2018 at 5:56 PM ^
A lot of ifs will play a roll. IF Patterson comes back, we could have an elite offense. Heck, even with McCaffrey we should have an elite offense. 4/5 offensive linemen coming back means a lot. And besides, how many games did we win this year purely due to our defense? People were bitching about the defense after the ND game, if you recall. I could see us being undefeated heading into Ryan Day's first game against Michigan in Ann Arbor and it's not even a stretch at all.
December 18th, 2018 at 6:22 PM ^
Top 10 is probably on the optimistic side, but I could see it. Definite downgrade from the last couple years but still a lot of talent on the field. Just inexperienced.
December 18th, 2018 at 11:10 PM ^
Why is everyone freaking out?
Because that's what we do, we drink and we freak out.
December 18th, 2018 at 3:10 PM ^
Looking at this, I would say the early prognostications would have us being thrilled by only giving up 62 next year.
December 18th, 2018 at 3:12 PM ^
Pretty obvious that there are going to be way more 3-man fronts.
December 18th, 2018 at 4:02 PM ^
That would certainly seem to fit the personnel better. We seem to have a wealth of LB and S talent and are thinner on the DL.
December 18th, 2018 at 4:46 PM ^
Don Brown isn't changing his defense.
December 18th, 2018 at 5:26 PM ^
He’s run a 4-3, 4-2-5 and 3-3-5... he doesn’t need to change. The only change would be if he rolled out a 3-4 which I don’t see happening.
December 18th, 2018 at 5:27 PM ^
It’s not actually changing the defense. He has consistently used 3-man fronts in the when he’s more confident in linebackers.
The only bad thing is I’m not so sure the linebackers are all that great. Gil needs to take a major step forward to go along with Ross and McGrone.
December 18th, 2018 at 5:31 PM ^
Hopefully not against Army.
I’m grateful for the bye between Army and Wisconsin if for no other reason that there’s going to have to be a lot of unlearning in that week, not to mention healing up for the DLs legs from cut blocks.