Duce Chestnut returning

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[JRHEETER]

Nice piece to have back.

Hopeful to see him develop a bit more and make a run at a land round draft pick

 

[Sdot]

Hopefully there’s talks about bringing him back as a corner. I thought his best skills were his playmaking and was a good zone corner.

 

[cusefan88]

Nice piece to have back.

Hopeful to see him develop a bit more and make a run at a land round draft pick

If he can figure out how to get a few tenths faster in his speed and agility, he will have a great year.

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

Hopefully there’s talks about bringing him back as a corner. I thought his best skills were his playmaking and was a good zone corner.

Agreed. Some of the angles he took from the safety spot were rough. CB seems like a better spot.

 

[PAcuse]

Good experienced leader for the defense. Let's hope he gets his pursuit angles figured out.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Welcome, Duce.

Work on your geometry, and with the proper dedication to S&C, the sky's the limit.

 

[SmilinBob]

Welcome, Duce.

Work on your geometry, and with the proper dedication to S&C, the sky's the limit.

Agree and would like to add to not fall for trapezoids, play fakes.

 

[Yeti]

Welcome, Duce.

Work on your geometry, and with the proper dedication to S&C, the sky's the limit.

So… nose tackle?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

So… nose tackle?

Anything's possible.

 

[Newhouser]

Decent player. Always overrated by the fan base and going forward we need to upgrade from these type of players.

 

[721Comstock]

Decent player. Always overrated by the fan base and going forward we need to upgrade from these type of players.

Uh, Duce was our highest rated croot in a decade coming in.

And was a Frosh AA player, per ESPN.

AND led the team w 3 INTs that season.

Yeah, we totally need to upgrade from these sorta players.

Now, it’s fair to say he hasn’t improved since then, or perhaps even regressed.

He was prone to getting beat, badly, on double-moves.

And while he’s generally a good tackler, his angles this year were turrible.

Fran is in of the best DB coaches in the country.
Let’s hope he can get Duce back to being the player we all hoped he would be by now.

 

[Goin' Deep]

Duce is good athletically...straightline speed and size.
But his DB techniques are brutally bad. Yup, his tackling angles
leave much to be desired. But on TD passes over the middle, you
would also see the "0" trailing the play or out of position.
He needs discipline and the ability to diagnose what is happening on
each play and not get "looked off" by the QB.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Decent player. Always overrated by the fan base and going forward we need to upgrade from these type of players.

Overrated? I guess you haven’t seen the game threads.

My biggest gripe was Fran publicly saying we’re moving him to safety because that’s his best path to the pros. He has no future in the NFL - just the cold truth here - so put him in the best position to help this team. Playing corner takes geometry out of the equation.

 

[DomeHolmes]

Duce is good athletically...straightline speed and size.
But his DB techniques are brutally bad. Yup, his tackling angles
leave much to be desired. But on TD passes over the middle, you
would also see the "0" trailing the play or out of position.
He needs discipline and the ability to diagnose what is happening on
each play and not get "looked off" by the QB.

This is true. What he is best at is reading “likely” running plays and getting to the ball. Above average there. Reading and reacting on pass plays and tackling in the secondary are weaknesses. His skill set might be best used at the star position. A “down hill” player for sure.

 

[Cusester]

One of my favorite plays.

 

[Archimedes]

Welcome back, Duce. Always nice to see some familiar names stick around a little longer.

 

[kcsu]

Great News. Great leader. Great to have you back!

 

[smartman]

This is a net good thing. Has he hit all the hype since his freshman AA days? Maybe not but he is a solid, known quantity, seems to bleed Orange in a depleted secondary. Sign me up…welcome back Duece!

 

[Nahson]

Did he mean to come back or did he take a bad angle heading to the draft and ended up back on campus?










…I kid…

 

[SouthernCuse]

I thought he was our best secondary tackler in the last 2 games.

 

[Jake]

He has a knack for making big plays. That’s really important.

He was a good tackling corner, but bit too much trying to make big plays. It’s why he’s better suited at safety. If we’re better up front, he’ll be more effective.

 

[anomander]

Decent player. Always overrated by the fan base and going forward we need to upgrade from these type of players.

Duce had one of the better true freshman seasons in recent memory. I recall him being an excellent open field tackler, but it wasn’t the proper technique. I felt once they started to mess with that he became less sure of a tackler.

 

[OrangePA]

Excellent!!!

 

[USMCSnyper]

Let’s hope he learns how to tackle this offseason