Ranking Husker Position Groups

[MyBloodIsRed16]

1 - DBs - Even with a couple injuries, it's still our most experienced and proven group

2 - LBs - I think Gifford will surprise people and Young will be more comfortable. If we had a Boundary guy (move Newby there?) this might be our top group (with Jones out)

3 - QBs - Could be our #1 group but none of them has even taken a snap so I'll wait and see

4 - DL - In a 4-3 it might be at the bottom. But needed one fewer guy helps. Carlos is a beast. Mick is a huge effort guy. Freedom is the most proven. And Khalil will be a strong rotation guy.

5 - OL - Kind of a toss-up with the DL. The talent is there. Hopefully the scheme will let them show it.

6 - WR - Not very deep but I think the guys we put out there are plenty good.

7 - RB - Bad combination of no feature back and not as much chance to let them be in a position to succeed.

This is pretty close to where I'm at LBs and QBs are close then a little drop and OL and DL are tight then a little drop and I think the skill guys are pretty close to each other

are the TE's being lumped in with the WR or the OL? Either way I think the DL is the worst group. I think they are a group with potential but the light has to come on for some of them.

 

[Nebfanatic]

1 - DBs - Even with a couple injuries, it's still our most experienced and proven group

2 - LBs - I think Gifford will surprise people and Young will be more comfortable. If we had a Boundary guy (move Newby there?) this might be our top group (with Jones out)

3 - QBs - Could be our #1 group but none of them has even taken a snap so I'll wait and see

4 - DL - In a 4-3 it might be at the bottom. But needed one fewer guy helps. Carlos is a beast. Mick is a huge effort guy. Freedom is the most proven. And Khalil will be a strong rotation guy.

5 - OL - Kind of a toss-up with the DL. The talent is there. Hopefully the scheme will let them show it.

6 - WR - Not very deep but I think the guys we put out there are plenty good.

7 - RB - Bad combination of no feature back and not as much chance to let them be in a position to succeed.

This is pretty close to where I'm at LBs and QBs are close then a little drop and OL and DL are tight then a little drop and I think the skill guys are pretty close to each other

are the TE's being lumped in with the WR or the OL? Either way I think the DL is the worst group. I think they are a group with potential but the light has to come on for some of them.

in this offense TEs are with the WR though if I had to separate them the TEs would be near the bottom though I think they have potential.

 

[Mavric]

1 - DBs - Even with a couple injuries, it's still our most experienced and proven group

2 - LBs - I think Gifford will surprise people and Young will be more comfortable. If we had a Boundary guy (move Newby there?) this might be our top group (with Jones out)

3 - QBs - Could be our #1 group but none of them has even taken a snap so I'll wait and see

4 - DL - In a 4-3 it might be at the bottom. But needed one fewer guy helps. Carlos is a beast. Mick is a huge effort guy. Freedom is the most proven. And Khalil will be a strong rotation guy.

5 - OL - Kind of a toss-up with the DL. The talent is there. Hopefully the scheme will let them show it.

6 - WR - Not very deep but I think the guys we put out there are plenty good.

7 - RB - Bad combination of no feature back and not as much chance to let them be in a position to succeed.

This is pretty close to where I'm at LBs and QBs are close then a little drop and OL and DL are tight then a little drop and I think the skill guys are pretty close to each other

are the TE's being lumped in with the WR or the OL? Either way I think the DL is the worst group. I think they are a group with potential but the light has to come on for some of them.

My feeling is I feel generally good about our starting DL and one sub. I think Carlos is a stud. I think Mick will be above average and Khalil will continue to improve to help him out. I think Freedom is solid. After that, there isn't much but if they can stay healthy, I think we'll be fine. Not spectacular, but solid.

On the offensive side, I think we have three that will be pretty good - Gates, Farmer and Foster. I'm far from sold on Knevel but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on being injured last year (for now). Not sure if Conrad is the answer at center. So that's really only 3 out of 5 that I feel good about. And we are painfully thin at tackle if we get an injury. I think we have more possibilities on the interior but those guys still need some developing.

And I'm far from convinced that our scheme helps the OL out. We need to be more than a straight drop-back and run-up-the-middle team to give them a better chance to get things done.

 

[Enhance]

You guys really think that our WRs are going to be the second worst position group on the team?

Morgan = Proven he can play at a high level

Pierson El = Has proven he can be a play maker at return man, should be as healthy as he has been since his first injury Should show good things at WR

Reimers = Has shown he can make plays.

Spielman = Have heard good things about him.

Young = Walkon that has been talked about quite a bit

Lindsey = stud out of HS. I expect him to have at least as good of freshman year as Morgan did.

McQuitty = If needed, he could step in and have a decent Freshman year. Coming out of HS, he was rated higher than Morgan.

This is a very talented group with some new faces and some who have proven they can make plays. Now they have a QB that will be more accurate and hopefully make better decisions.

There shouldn't be a big drop off of talent. Production wise, it remains to be seen. I'm all for DPE having a good year, but being honest here, he hasn't done much the past few seasons. And I'm a big DPE fan

The other thing is that when the defense takes away your 1 and 2 guys on various plays in a game, where are you going with the ball? Maybe Hoppes will be that guy, and probably the rbs.

We have such a good coach at the position, and with this talent, I have a lot of hope that they will do well. Actually, I'm going to own it. I trust that they will be fine.

This if fairly in line with how feel. I would say I'm comfortable with this group, but not personally confident.

I also hope DPE has a good year, but truth is, he's statistically average to below average as a receiver. I'm hopeful more pieces align for him in 2017.