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[QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 1606938, member: 297"]
Hi sports fans,

I think we're all aware that a lot is about to change in the football program - conditioning, mentality, objectives for the offense and defense, etc. That's all fine and good and there's a certain amount of unpredictability to each of these things.

There's one thing I've seen a few people worry about in some posts that isn't actually cause for concern though, and I'd like to make the case for why it isn't a big deal.

See, the Express back was a one year creation. Not a single player on our roster played the position in highschool. They were either running backs or wideouts that then became Express backs. Now that the position is dissolved, they'll go back to being wideouts and running backs. This transition should actually be pretty natural.

Now, we do have a numbers problem at those more traditional positions, so we might see some weird looking receivers (could Dunkelberger end up there, maybe?). But we'll be fine there. We'll be asking the guys to learn to do some creative things, but they aren't foreign concepts. At least as it relates to the Express backs, we're going to do just fine.

My guess is Phillips, Lewis and Strickland all get long looks as WRs and contribute in a big way there next season. I'm very optimistic about this transition and think this will allow us to have our 5 most dynamic skill players on the field at once in a very natural way.
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