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So, the first half of the book is done. 3-3 and more questions now then before he season started I think.
Personally I expect us to improve on offense because simply there’s no getting worse. But, I do not know if it will be enough.
On defense, I am not sure what to think. There definitely can not be anymore MD type games and I don’t expect that either.
1. Obviously our OL is a train wreck. Dino, how are you going to take this weakness head on? We need to see what Dino is made of second half of the season as this is the unit that’s pulling the whole team down. I hope that Dino tweaks play calls and the line finds some sort of grove that works. I don’t expect good line play at all this year, but if Dino is what we think he is - he needs to work some magic and find a way to make sure other teams don’t put salt in the already opened wound. This is going to tell me what coach has in him. This is the toughest challenge he has had to date at Syracuse.
2. QB play from Devito. We need him healthy. We need him to watch WMU tape and say “I’m the man” and I am not playing scared anymore. I hope he gets more of a gun slinging attitude. I want him to be moving this offense in tempo and working through his reads better. Also, an improvement of his internal clock. He needs to keep running like he has and slide/get out of bounds. I know Tommy’s arm is the real deal, he just needs to get better at when the play breaks down. I hope and expect these to get better. Will it get better enough to outscore teams? We have to see.
3. WRs. We know TJ is a beast. Kids going to make plays. We know taj is a solid wide out too (he needs to grow up as a team player). Now, what I REALLY want to see is cam Jordan. Kid is big and physical and looks he wants the dang ball! Also he has to be a better blocking option. I hope we see some youth to push the older guys if they are not getting it done.
4. DEs. I want them to be as dominant as we know they are. Some games I would have expected more. I want them to light it up this second half of the year and make the opposing QBs not themselves.
5. LBs. Richards should be playing more here. He plays downhill and plays hard. I want him
On the field a lot personally and hope he is.
6. Our DBs. We just need iffy and Cisco back. If and when we do then we have such a solidified group here. I expect them to play well.
Overall, it begins and ends with our line. This is the challenge that coach has and this is why he is making the big bucks. He is expected to make the wound better. He is expected to play to the teams STRENGTHS (getting the ball into our skilled players and quickly) rather then our WEAKNESS (running the ball off guard and tackle 75% of first downs). I hope coach doesn’t act too meathead here. We are dog gone awful on the line and I hope we realize this. If we keep trying to shove a square peg through a round hole like we have been, then I expect we win 2 more games max. If we put it together and become serviceable on offense I expect we can win up to 4 of the last 6. This is going to be interesting to see and as a fan all we can hope is that things go in a positive trend. Go orange!
Personally I expect us to improve on offense because simply there’s no getting worse. But, I do not know if it will be enough.
On defense, I am not sure what to think. There definitely can not be anymore MD type games and I don’t expect that either.
1. Obviously our OL is a train wreck. Dino, how are you going to take this weakness head on? We need to see what Dino is made of second half of the season as this is the unit that’s pulling the whole team down. I hope that Dino tweaks play calls and the line finds some sort of grove that works. I don’t expect good line play at all this year, but if Dino is what we think he is - he needs to work some magic and find a way to make sure other teams don’t put salt in the already opened wound. This is going to tell me what coach has in him. This is the toughest challenge he has had to date at Syracuse.
2. QB play from Devito. We need him healthy. We need him to watch WMU tape and say “I’m the man” and I am not playing scared anymore. I hope he gets more of a gun slinging attitude. I want him to be moving this offense in tempo and working through his reads better. Also, an improvement of his internal clock. He needs to keep running like he has and slide/get out of bounds. I know Tommy’s arm is the real deal, he just needs to get better at when the play breaks down. I hope and expect these to get better. Will it get better enough to outscore teams? We have to see.
3. WRs. We know TJ is a beast. Kids going to make plays. We know taj is a solid wide out too (he needs to grow up as a team player). Now, what I REALLY want to see is cam Jordan. Kid is big and physical and looks he wants the dang ball! Also he has to be a better blocking option. I hope we see some youth to push the older guys if they are not getting it done.
4. DEs. I want them to be as dominant as we know they are. Some games I would have expected more. I want them to light it up this second half of the year and make the opposing QBs not themselves.
5. LBs. Richards should be playing more here. He plays downhill and plays hard. I want him
On the field a lot personally and hope he is.
6. Our DBs. We just need iffy and Cisco back. If and when we do then we have such a solidified group here. I expect them to play well.
Overall, it begins and ends with our line. This is the challenge that coach has and this is why he is making the big bucks. He is expected to make the wound better. He is expected to play to the teams STRENGTHS (getting the ball into our skilled players and quickly) rather then our WEAKNESS (running the ball off guard and tackle 75% of first downs). I hope coach doesn’t act too meathead here. We are dog gone awful on the line and I hope we realize this. If we keep trying to shove a square peg through a round hole like we have been, then I expect we win 2 more games max. If we put it together and become serviceable on offense I expect we can win up to 4 of the last 6. This is going to be interesting to see and as a fan all we can hope is that things go in a positive trend. Go orange!
