Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="reedny, post: 3099568, member: 1423"]
Not to critique you, but you missed the overall point of his post - which was that something has to give with our LB personnel. I don't qualify as a FB expert, but to my eye, no way we make it though the season without 2 or 3 functioning backers that can run and hit. LW just started his second game and he's the leading LB tackler. He's going to be good but right now, he's GREEN. Unfortunately, I can't say either about Armstrong, who has experience but is consistently behind plays. So I don't think it's ludicrous to suggest that an upgrade is in order if we want to compete against P5 teams.

But as this thread asks- who else can we put in there? Jones, et al, are even less experienced than LW. In fairness, once Maryland's athletes got past the LOS they would have been a tough matchup for anyone, including TR, who HCDB said is athletic enough to play safety. They were 'in space' because our DL got epically abused on the ground, allowing UM RB's to waltz into the secondary for 350 yards and numerous chunk plays and scores.

Hopefully the DL bleeding will slow down, taking some of the pressure off our LB corps. But to dismiss Richards - a gifted athlete on a different speed planet than Armstrong - as a coverage risk ignores the current deficiencies at the position, overstates the coverage responsibilities in the middle (my understanding is that it's mostly TE's) and undervalues Richard's abilities. Should he, or one of the younger guys, take over at MLB? I can't say. What I do know is that, given what I saw yesterday from Armstrong and what I've seen from Richards, it's not a dumb question.
[/QUOTE]

Verification

What is a Syracuse fan's favorite color?