What is the word on Rob Thompson?
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Why use him if they don't need him?
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Ron Thompson played almost every 3rd down in the first half. along with Raymon
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3. Thompson and Raymon see the field
Ron Thompson and John Raymon, two defensive linemen who were sidelined for a significant portion of Syracuse’s training camp, each played a handful of snaps. Thompson was working back from a lower-body injury that put a walking boot on his left foot, and Raymon from an upper-body injury that had a brace on his right arm.
Both came on the field in Syracuse’s “Okie” package, which the Orange uses in third-and-long situations. The package uses three defensive linemen and adds an extra safety. They only saw snaps in the Okie, with Raymon playing nose tackle and Thompson as one of the two defensive ends.
Playing Thompson and Raymon, albeit in scattered special situations, is a good sign for the Orange and its young defensive line. Thompson, a junior, has been touted as the team’s top pass rusher. Raymon, a fifth-year senior, has missed the better part of the last two seasons with various injuries, and is the only experienced upperclassman of SU’s interior defensive linemen.
As a whole, Syracuse’s defense swarmed the inferior Rhode Island offense throughout the game. At the start of the fourth quarter, the Rams had zero rushing yards and just two first downs. The Orange started sprinkling second- and third-team defensive players in the middle of the third quarter
Ron Thompson and John Raymon, two defensive linemen who were sidelined for a significant portion of Syracuse’s training camp, each played a handful of snaps. Thompson was working back from a lower-body injury that put a walking boot on his left foot, and Raymon from an upper-body injury that had a brace on his right arm.
Both came on the field in Syracuse’s “Okie” package, which the Orange uses in third-and-long situations. The package uses three defensive linemen and adds an extra safety. They only saw snaps in the Okie, with Raymon playing nose tackle and Thompson as one of the two defensive ends.
Playing Thompson and Raymon, albeit in scattered special situations, is a good sign for the Orange and its young defensive line. Thompson, a junior, has been touted as the team’s top pass rusher. Raymon, a fifth-year senior, has missed the better part of the last two seasons with various injuries, and is the only experienced upperclassman of SU’s interior defensive linemen.
As a whole, Syracuse’s defense swarmed the inferior Rhode Island offense throughout the game. At the start of the fourth quarter, the Rams had zero rushing yards and just two first downs. The Orange started sprinkling second- and third-team defensive players in the middle of the third quarter
