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  1. 3 hours ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:

    One of the safety depth you have listed must develop into starter quality, imo. The db room has a lot of "versatile athletes" that need permanent positions. 

    MM may not be a corner. I think it was Charles Power who said his best fit after watching all star game week might be nickel or safety long term. Putting depth at star is a good idea, especially long depth with situational coverage skills. 

    Brooks was considered the highest upside db in our last class because of his length and youth. I think we need him to stick at corner, but he can still play nickel or field safety. 

    Ideally, Crawford turns the corner. He's athlete enough to be all conference, but he needs a Jaylon Ford level jump to get there. Still can't see the field. Taaffe is physically limited, LTG still may be a linebacker (give me he and McDonald in the hybrid role they pitched to Harold Perkins), and I don't think we've seen Allen in a practice report since the fall when we heard he needs time. 

    Thankfully, Spring will tell us a lot. Hopefully there's less fucking around with cross training and more focus on positional nuance. If GP bolts, I'm not super confident that Gideon and Joseph are capable of that. 

    Brooks and MM are corners until i see them line up somewhere else in a game. Maybe if injuries occur they can play other positions. 
    i too hope Crawford turns the corner but im not counting in it. LGT isn't likely get on the field at LB at Texas. Allen needs a strong spring to least be a true backup.

    can Allen or Brice become the true backup field Safety in 2023? Need 1 to really step up. 

    I agree, i want McDonald to be a Star/boundary S unless he grows out of it. I think 2023 is a pure redshirt for JM bc he played more QB than DB, even though he had a good all star practice. It takes times to learn so we dont have the breakdowns we had vs IowaSt, Tcu, Baylor. I think D Williams is a boundary S, not a field S but can do some things there, much better at downhill. But again counting on a True Fr (DWilliams and JMcDonald) that aren’t EE(i know Banks proved me wrong) is not something i like and sustainable. 

     

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  2. Let’s look at depth bc we need to be 2 deep everywhere. 


    CB - Watts/Holmes/Jordan

    CB - Brooks/Muhammad

    S - Thompson

    S - Catalon

    NB - Barron/Guilbeau

    Safety Depth: Crawford, Taffe, Allen, Williams, LTG

    CB Depth: Brice (maybe a S) 

    we have guys that can play multiple positions. Decent depth, a lot of unknowns. Williams is talented but isn’t an early enrollee and that will lead to a breakdown so imo he can’t be relied on early. Need to play him when we have a 3+ TD lead. Manny is an EE and will be counted on for depth early. 

    If Catalon/Thompson gets hurt, I don’t trust Crawford. Someone else needs to step in. Spring ball will tell us more about depth. Barron and Guilbeau could play CB if needed but we have more numbers at Safety than CB but more experience at CB than S. 

  3. Texas will get 2 of the new teams and Ou will get 2. All likely on the road. my guess is UT will go to Houston and UCF and OU will go to Byu and Cincy. We will get TT for sure and probably Bu. Ok will get Ok St for sure. 

    Texas: @UH, @Ucf TT, @Bu

    Ou: @Byu, @Cincy, @Ok St

    remaining: Ksu, Ku, Iowa St, WV, Tcu

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