I hear you, but let me play devil's advocate...everyone said the Cowboys were dumb for drafting Zeke because they could plug ANY RB behind that oline and get a 1,000 yard rusher and what they really needed that high in the draft was defense. Jerry's response (he won't admit it was part luck) was that they were improving the defense by controlling the ball on offense. My point is, and only time will tell, the defensive line can improve without adding a player if the offense gets an extra 1-2 first downs per game.
RECRUITING: Khaliel Rodgers commits
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This is a great point. Sure, we need a functional defense but our offenses ability to sustain long scoring drives will be the recipe for success for our program or basically the K- State model. We don't play in the B1G, teams are going to score a lot of points, so a good offense is an absolute necessity in the Big 12.
Love the Dawson and Rodgers adds!!! With this in mind does everyone think we are out of running with Thayer Munford? I know the crystal balls are all pointing to OSU, but according to all the recruiting sites they have not even offered, is there anyway we sneak on in, or are we set with OL recruiting for '17 now?
He will definitely have a surplus of cardinal and gold gear available. He should have all the short sleeve and long sleeve undershirts already.
Even if he just provides depth it is a good thing because they need help on the oline next year.
Uh . . . why is it a defense vs. offense thing? We got two JC DTs, we got two OL grad transfers. Gotta be as good as we can be on both sides of the line.
The obverse of an OL sustaining drives and keeping the defense off the field is a DL stopping the foe's offense and handing the ball over to our offense to create time of possession advantage and scoring opportunities.
The obverse of an OL sustaining drives and keeping the defense off the field is a DL stopping the foe's offense and handing the ball over to our offense to create time of possession advantage and scoring opportunities.
There is something to be said about giving your defense breaks and good field position to work with no doubt...however, Baylor last year we had to watch a game winning 75ish yard game winning drive that was 95% runs up the middle. We only bring back the back ups from that game and didn't really have anything behind them.
Some of it might also be that I feel like we have some decent talent already on the O line. This really helps with the depth. Without these two transfers we would be similar to the past when we would have a decent starting 5, but the back ups were not big 12 ready. With this addition, I think we will have a back up that is big 12 ready at every position. a couple will be wait and see, but all signs are pointing towards them being ready. We would really only need 1 more guy to be ready (preferably a T) and we should feel pretty good about the depth
Tackle- Campos, Foster, JGJ
Guard- Dawson, Rodgers, Meeker, Oge
Center- Rodgers, JGJ
Dang...
I will say though that the fact you posted this on here before any Cyclone fans is pretty impressive. Scared maybe?
I could be wrong on this, but I think he announced his intention to transfer even though he still had to take classes at USC. He hasn't graduated yet. That's how most grad transfers work. They still need to finish the semester and graduate.
