omemorialhigh;848306 wrote:im going to play devils advocate...probs with this team. Defensively were not aggressive and weak in the secondary. LB are young and inexperienced. Offensively Reyes has problems taking the reins and does not have the big play ability Lester had. Our receiving core also doesnt have that big play ability. Jales is only real star on offense. We dont have multiple threats on offense. Special teams we dont cover well and we dont have Skevo to hide our mistakes on returns.
I see someone shares my concerns. On offense, we may have some weapons though. Ja'les, Patton, Rushton, and Wigfall all have good speed. Ja'les has a brother, a sophomore, who is a good athlete. I believe any of these are capable of lining up at fullback: Charles Smith, Horvath, and Carey Clindscale . Shawndale Rey will see some time in the backfield too. Reyes has never taken a snap in a varsity game. I heard good things about him following the passing scrimmages. But one can only read so much into those. Let's see what happens when Reyes faces a pass rush and a blitz.
We lost four solid offensive linemen in Martinez, Pagan, Guidos, and Benedis. Sean Burnett will fill one of those holes on the offensive line as he played some there last season. Big Shaq McWilson is also back. My guess is Sean and Shaq may line up on the same side more often than not. We may have a couple of sophomores starting on the offensive line. Both are 240 plus pounds. The secondary really concerns me. We had good athletes at those positions last season and they were really burned by the Akron Manchester QB, who was then just a sophomore. I hear Charles Smith is doing a good job at LB so far. The strength of the defense is supposed to the the defensive line. The kicking game should be a plus. Sudakov is one of the best in the area. Kick coverage has to improve over last season. I have not seen that aggressive, physical, and intimidating defense in many, many years. reddevil90, I will be going to the intrasquad thing on Saturday provided I can find out what time it takes place.