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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1982597, member: 40"]
Obviously, that's TBD.  But I don't see a Freeney / Sharpe / LaCasse type amongst the guys who played last year.  Maybe Nelson will be that type of player.

But what I DO think we can see happen with Black, Coleman, and Pickard is that they follow in the footsteps of recent DEs Welsh / Robinson who didn't have the most natural ability, but got themselves into peak shape and were solid playmakers as upperclassmen against both the run and pass.  Not anywhere close to Freeney's league, by any means, but relentless guys who played hard every snap and squeezed every drop of productivity out of themselves they could to get the job done.

IMO, that would be best case scenario for this group--in year 2, go from being a liability [due to the difficulty for true frosh having to compete against older, stronger, more experienced players] to a dependable group, and then mix in more pass rush over the next three seasons via recruiting.  Maybe there's a JUCO out there who could bolster this group more than Wilson.

I have a feeling that in a year or two, we're going to look at DE as a positional unit of relative strength, versus the problem area it was this year.  Thank god Black / Coleman were able to contribute as true frosh.
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