SU Earns 11 Phil Steele Preseason Honors

[Orangeyes]

SU Earns 11 Phil Steele Preseason Honors

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

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[rrlbees]

ok, i think a lot of us feel the weak link on the team was the ol. how do all 3 of our returnees make an all big east team and the 2 that graduated get drafted or signed as a FA. why weren't they much better last year?

 

[orange79]

ok, i think a lot of us feel the weak link on the team was the ol. how do all 3 of our returnees make an all big east team and the 2 that graduated get drafted or signed as a FA. why weren't they much better last year?

A very good, and troubling, question

 

[Etancuse]

A very good, and troubling, question

well for one thing the big east has like 3 teams and they are all garbage.

 

[OrangePA]

ok, i think a lot of us feel the weak link on the team was the ol. how do all 3 of our returnees make an all big east team and the 2 that graduated get drafted or signed as a FA. why weren't they much better last year?

Not enough play makers at RB, QB or WR.

I think most teams put a lot of players in the box and played press coverage.

I think much of that placed a great deal of pressure on the OL.

At least that's my sense.

 

[dasher]

tiller was also first team.

 

[upperdeck]

how many oline dudes got signed so far this year?

 

[CIL]

ok, i think a lot of us feel the weak link on the team was the ol. how do all 3 of our returnees make an all big east team and the 2 that graduated get drafted or signed as a FA. why weren't they much better last year?

Im not sure if this is a legit question or a dig at Adkins and Marrone. I am going to answer this question in two parts. First, about 50 percent of all college contributors get a fa tryout after school. Tiller was a late sixth rounder.

Secondly, as to Steele's preseason honors, it's like the special olympics where everyone gets a medal. If there are four teams, and five lineman per team, then there are 20 slots for a preseason honor. Since there are only what, 8 teams in the BE, then essentially half win an award. Actually, it's probably much more than that considering of a good twenty to thirty percent of last year's starting 40 OL in the big east were lost to graduation. Basically if you played a snap at any OL position, you're getting on Steele's list.

 

[44PRIDE]

They can only block for so long. Eventually a receiver has to get open...or a QB needs to get that open receiver the ball.

I've said it before that Nassib's completion percentage would have gone up 10 percentage points if he just took a bit of juice off the ball. Not every pass needs to be shot out of a cannon. Give the receivers a chance to catch the damn ball.

 

[rrlbees]

Im not sure if this is a legit question or a dig at Adkins and Marrone. I am going to answer this question in two parts. First, about 50 percent of all college contributors get a fa tryout after school. Tiller was a late sixth rounder.

Secondly, as to Steele's preseason honors, it's like the special olympics where everyone gets a medal. If there are four teams, and five lineman per team, then there are 20 slots for a preseason honor. Since there are only what, 8 teams in the BE, then essentially half win an award. Actually, it's probably much more than that considering of a good twenty to thirty percent of last year's starting 40 OL in the big east were lost to graduation. Basically if you played a snap at any OL position, you're getting on Steele's list.

Legit question although I do not think a great job has been done considering the OL experience we have with 3 guys on the staff. I buy your explanation however that same explanation can be used every year and we do not get all returnees on the list and all graduates a shot at the pro's. This is the first time I can remember that. I almost think the pieces are better individually than the whole and maybe they don't work together as well which to me could be schemes.

 

[rrlbees]

They can only block for so long. Eventually a receiver has to get open...or a QB needs to get that open receiver the ball.

I've said it before that Nassib's completion percentage would have gone up 10 percentage points if he just took a bit of juice off the ball. Not every pass needs to be shot out of a cannon. Give the receivers a chance to catch the damn ball.

Some think the WR's are the weak link, some think the QB, but a lot of people think it is the OL and has been that way for awhile.