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[QUOTE="CIL, post: 1883043, member: 22"]
I understand your position.  I'm not sure it's a lack of talent thing - it's a lack of ideal athlete for scheme and extreme youth.

Sure, we have some players that could play in any scheme like Steven and Slayton...But there are a few others that aren't the best fit for what we are trying to do here.

It is evident on other teams' ability to get to the edge...our DE's are really struggling at the point of attack and our lb's are struggling getting off of blocks right now.

In theory the DE and CB hold their edge and funnel the play back into pursuit.  Problem is the pursuit is either a tad late right now or the edge isn't being held.

I think it is a combo of age and size.  208 pound lbs aren't big enough to shed blocks and they probably need another 15 pounds or so...does that come with age or do they not have he frame to do so?  I don't know yet

That being said, I can see the light bulb going off a tad in these kids' heads.  They are starting to understand positioning a bit better and will recognize things the more they see them.

I think UCONN is exactly what these kids need right now.  We've chased around hyper mobile QBs the last two weeks...finally a boring Rushing team that will give them looks I think they can handle.
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