Bo Pelini Dream Team

Haspula

Haspula

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Who do you got? (2008-present)

QB: Taylor Martinez

RB: Roy Helu

FB: Tyler Legate

LT: Jeremiah Sirles

LG: Ricky Henery

C: Mike Caputo

RG: Matt Slauson

RT: Marcel Jones

WR: Enunwa (blocking), Kenny Bell, Jamal Turner

TE: Kyler Reed

DE: Eric Martin

DT: Jared Crick

DT: Ndamukong Suh

DE: Barry Turner

LB: Phillip Dillard

LB: Lavonte David

LB: Will Compton

Nickel: Eric Hagg

CB: Prince Amukamara

CB: Alfonzo Dennard

S: Larry Asante

S: DeJon Gomes

Kicker and Punter: Alex Henery

Kickoff: Brett Maher

LS: P.J. Mangieri

Holder: Brett Maher

KR: Niles Paul

PR: Jamal Turner

Thinking about switching enunwa for Nate Swift but Enunwa is a great blocker at WR

 
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I agree with most of your team...

Burkhead over Helu

Swift over Turner (How can Swift not be on the team?)

O'Hanlan(?) over Asante

Kunalic over Maher

Cassidy over Dean (Just to be different)

 
Jackson over Caputo.

Long over Slauson

Qvale over Sirles

Sirles over Jones.

Glenn over Compton

Swift over Enunwa

McNeil over Reed

 
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saunders45 said:
Rollin said:
I agree with most of your team...

Burkhead over Helu
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Huh? Roy was the best back we've had in a decade.
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Maybe, we didn't really get to see Rex's senior year...but what we did see makes me think he would have surpassed Helu had he been healthy all season. This one is a toss-up for me, maybe clouded by Rex off the field, versus solely on what he did on the field. I'd take either any day of the week though.

(Burkhead average 6.9 YPC last year, Helu 5.2 his senior year)

 
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Haspula said:
Who do you got? (2008-present)

QB: Taylor Martinez

RB: Roy Helu Rex Burkhead

FB: Tyler Legate

LT: Jeremiah Sirles

LG: Ricky Henry OR Seung Hoon Choi

C: Mike Caputo Justin Jackson

RG: Matt Slauson Spencer Long

RT: Marcel Jones

WR: Enunwa (blocking), Kenny Bell, Jamal Turner Nate Swift

TE: Kyler Reed Mike McNeill

DE: Eric Martin

DT: Jared Crick

DT: Ndamukong Suh

DE: Barry Turner Zach Potter

LB: Phillip Dillard

LB: Lavonte David

LB: Will Compton Cody Glenn

Nickel: Eric Hagg OR Ciante Evans

CB: Prince Amukamara

CB: Alfonzo Dennard

S: Larry Asante

S: DeJon Gomes OR Matt O'Hanlon

Kicker and Punter: Alex Henery

Kickoff: Brett Maher Adi Kunalic

LS: P.J. Mangieri

Holder: Jase Dean

KR: Niles Paul Ameer Abdullah

PR: Jamal Turner Nate Swift

Thinking about switching enunwa for Nate Swift but Enunwa is a great blocker at WR
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The bolded are the changes that I would make. JMO.

 
kchusker_chris said:
saunders45 said:
Rollin said:
I agree with most of your team...

Burkhead over Helu
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Huh? Roy was the best back we've had in a decade.
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Maybe, we didn't really get to see Rex's senior year...but what we did see makes me think he would have surpassed Helu had he been healthy all season. This one is a toss-up for me, maybe clouded by Rex off the field, versus solely on what he did on the field. I'd take either any day of the week though.

(Burkhead average 6.9 YPC last year, Helu 5.2 his senior year)
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Roy averaged 6.6 his Senior year (on double the carries). IMO, while Rex was good between the tackles, he wasn't the breakaway threat that Roy was (part of the reason Taylor had such great rushing numbers in 2010).

 
saunders45 said:
Huh? Roy was the best back we've had in a decade.
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Maybe as far as career production, but I'll take Rex. He brings a bigger package to the team. Almost entirely fumble-proof, can run wildcat (he was essentially our 2nd string qb in 2010), etc.

saunders45 said:
Roy averaged 6.6 his Senior year (on double the carries). IMO, while Rex was good between the tackles, he wasn't the breakaway threat that Roy was (part of the reason Taylor had such great rushing numbers in 2010).
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The thing is that we don't really need the breakaway threat - we have that in Taylor. I don't think Roy's ability is a huge reason for Taylor's rushing numbers in 2010...how would you argue that? If anything, I would say Roy's big numbers were in very large part due to good playcalling and Taylor's running threat. He had at least four long runs where he wasn't touched by a single defender, not because he made them miss, but because we set up the play so well that all he did was just run to the endzone.

 
Ahhhhhh another argument where statistics are the only thing that a person looks at. Roy was a really good back for us, and there's definitely an argument to be made for him, but I'll take Rex. There's just something extra that's special about the way that Rex plays. You can always count on him to pick up the extra 2 yards.

 
Give me the entire 2009 or 2010 defense and pair it with the entire 2012 offense and we are going to be dynamite. Throw in a couple of players on the offense from the first couple years.... like Helu or Rex or Nate Swift, or MCNeil, or Todd Peterson. Got to have Alex doing all of the kicking.

 
Landlord of Memorial Stadium said:
saunders45 said:
Huh? Roy was the best back we've had in a decade.
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Maybe as far as career production, but I'll take Rex. He brings a bigger package to the team. Almost entirely fumble-proof, can run wildcat (he was essentially our 2nd string qb in 2010), etc.

saunders45 said:
Roy averaged 6.6 his Senior year (on double the carries). IMO, while Rex was good between the tackles, he wasn't the breakaway threat that Roy was (part of the reason Taylor had such great rushing numbers in 2010).
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The thing is that we don't really need the breakaway threat - we have that in Taylor. I don't think Roy's ability is a huge reason for Taylor's rushing numbers in 2010...how would you argue that? If anything, I would say Roy's big numbers were in very large part due to good playcalling and Taylor's running threat. He had at least four long runs where he wasn't touched by a single defender, not because he made them miss, but because we set up the play so well that all he did was just run to the endzone.
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You just made my point. When defenses keyed on Taylor, they got burned by Roy. When they keyed on Roy, the got burned by Taylor.

 
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