If you look through Davis' thread, osugrad21 and others have said they think Davis is better suited on the defensive side of the ball.
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wadc45;705868; said:If you look through Davis' thread, osugrad21 and others have said they think Davis is better suited on the defensive side of the ball.
redskinbucksfan;705909; said:I know, I was surprised no one interjected that into this thread. It seems to make sense based on our recruiting/ depth chart situation. If Davis comes in as an OT and is a stud, sweet. If he struggles, try him on the other side of the ball to make room for the '08 OL.
RB07OSU;705848; said:Well I agree that freshman aren't going to make an immediate impact at DT...perhaps get some PT and hold up alright, but not make a huge splash. With that analogy, you would agree that we won't want freshman playing DT or starting at DT down the road correct? So with only Larimore in '06 and '07, if we don't get at least 1 DT this year, then that pretty much forces whoever we get in '08 or '09 to play right away at DT. Yes there are other possibilities but it's also a matter of depth. What if Larimore gets injured or Denlinger? Then we have all those young guys going in and as I said earlier, the transition from DE to DT isn't guranteed...it is very possible yes(as we have withnessed here at OSU) but you can't always bank on it. All I'm saying is that there is call for some concern...bucknuts freeboard doomsday concern? Not hardly. I do think however that to say we have done what we wanted with our interior DL recruiting in these last 2 classes wouldn't be accurate. This won't effect OSU this year or maybe even the next, but what about after Worthington and Barrow are gone? We have Larimore and Denlinger as sure bets at DT as upperclassmen and hopefully they stay healthy...not to mention that hopefully they don't turn out to be busts. Plus we have our rotation and we will need other DT's to be rotating in. Rose is the only younger player that has the possibility of sliding down and I've already voiced my opinion on that. Hopefully we can get Still or Heyward (I see both ending up at DT) or I really see a depth problem down the road.
osugrad21;705913; said:Are you missing the point where we agreed DTs can be built from DEs? Anyway, agree to disagree I guess...we are talking two different philosophies here.
RB07OSU;705935; said:No I agree that DT's can certainly be built from DE's...however I don't see any DE's we are getting/got in '06 and '07 sliding down to DT from Dublin, Martin, Thomas, and likely not Rose(just my opinion). The DE's we have turned into DT's have came in as combo DE's/DT's, thus making the transition less difficult. Patterson was 6'3 260 and Barrow(possible convert) was 6'4 250...in most cases the DE's that convert are guys like Devon Still and Cameron Heyward, not guys like Thomas, Martin, Dublin, and in this case Rose. I am also saying that it isn't a gurantee that DE's will always make that transition to DT. .
cbrian815;705959; said:We will not have one proven DT next year and it is easy to explain. We have not recruited to our fullest potential at that spot and the OT spot.
The DE's we have turned into DT's have came in as combo DE's/DT's, thus making the transition less difficult.
No, it's easy to throw out there as impending doom... but not easily accepted as such. To add to grad's point about LB play, we had 1 CB with some experience heading into this year, yet had nice production from 3.We will not have one proven DT next year and it is easy to explain.
If Maupin & Cotton had put in the effort on/off the field, we'd be sitting pretty at DT without sliding anyone down.We have not recruited to our fullest potential at that spot and the OT spot.
Well I guess the sky is indeed falling then...We lost a big 10 championship because of the OT dept last year at penn state. Even the experts have to agree that we can only have so many 200lb athletes on the field at the same time. I for one am crossing my fingers for a few big fellas and no injuries for the next two years. Go Bucks.
sure was lucky and all without those senior DTs :pBuckeyeTillIDie;705991; said:we won the Big Ten championship last year :p