New Depth Chart (8/29)

[cyhiphopp]

Parker & Lyle started a game or 2 together before Parker's knee injury put him out the rest of the year. Last year's starters really were Lyle & Neal. I think Parker can be just as good, if not better, then Lyle was last year and I fully expect Neal to be better then he was last year too (has put on 15lbs of muscle).

As far as our interior DL, the coaches have been raving about how much Rump has progressed and how dominating he has been in practice. Same thing has been said about Bailey Johnson the past week of practice. At 6'5 & 290, Jake M is a beast of a man in the middle. We are looking to have a solid rotation in the middle of the DL.

I think the potential is there to have a better DL then we did last year. Let's see if they can put it all together on the field.

Nope, they are the same guys, so they can't be any better than they were last year.

I also think that Maggit, Moore, and Lattimer have improved and will give us more/better depth than we had last year. When Parker went down last year, Neal had a hard time filling in right away at his pervious weight.

Overall I think the whole DL has improved top to bottom and CPR himself has said that they can go 9-10 deep. I like hearing that.

 

[woodie]

texas will pound the ball up the gut-their starting running back is 250 lbs.

 

[ajk4st8]

At 6 feet each, we might have the shortest defensive ends in all of D1 football. I checked all the Big 12 depth charts and it's not even close.

How can anyone say that our DL is improved this year when last year's starters at DE were Lyle and Parker and this year's starters are Neal and Parker? That sounds like wishful thinking to me.

The 2-deeps on the interior is the same as last year except for McDonough. It will take a minor miracle for ISU to win 6 games this year. I'm willing to give Rhoads a pass as it takes more than two recruiting classes to build a team, but he absolutely must find some big bodies to fill out his 3rd recruiting class. Doing a quick sort on the "weight" column in our roster shows me that ISU has 85 players < 250 lbs and only 29 players > 250 lbs. By comparison, Nebraska has 106 players < 250 lbs and 47 players > 250 lbs. None of ISU's commitments for 2011 are greater than 250 lbs.

I think its more that the DT position is MUCH improved.

 

[RustShack]

Does this tool really think players wont be better their second year in the same scheme with more size, better conditioning, and more experience? Our DT position will be a lot better than last years.

 

[Cyclone27inQC]

I think we'll be surprised how much better we are at with the DL positions. IMO, I believe the LB maybe short on peronnel and experience but they will light it up at game time and have a solid year.
I have more concerns for the kicking positions and we'll know a lot more that evening. Go Cyclones!

 

[CyCloned]

I think that the defensive line play will improve. Parker is not an all-american, but he was the best DE on the team last year before he was hurt, so if he is back at full strength that will be a boost. The coaches have been much more positive about the play of the interior line in practice, so I am going to have a leap of faith on that, at least until the DL proves otherwise.