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re: What cheers me up in dark times - looking ahead, defense 2012 vs 2013
Posted on 1/8/13 at 1:47 pm to bojabu
Posted on 1/8/13 at 1:47 pm to bojabu
Good write up but I think you're wrong on all three levels.
Line
We will be significantly weaker on the line mainly because of the tackle depth. I think Mingo won't be a huge loss because he was only moderately effective playing out of position.
LBs
We'll be far stronger in 2013. We were good at the end of 2012, but we were very weak at times due to inexperience. 2013 LBs will be friggin loaded and deep. No doubt we'll be a little weaker at MLB, but we'll have several great athletes competing there.
DBs
I'm not the least bit concerned. Tiger fans don't yet appreciate how good Mills is. He was our best DB this year and one of the top corners in the country. He'll be even better next year. Likewise Collins is under appreciated. He had a great year. He's an aggressive, talented corner. Simon was better than most realize, but Mills/Collins/White of 2013 will be better than Mills/Collins/Simon of 2012 mainly because of improvement of JM and JC. The safeties will be considerably better in 2013 because Reid was rendered less effective due to injury. Loston will be a year better and Martin and Eugene will be better than an injured Reid.
Line
We will be significantly weaker on the line mainly because of the tackle depth. I think Mingo won't be a huge loss because he was only moderately effective playing out of position.
LBs
We'll be far stronger in 2013. We were good at the end of 2012, but we were very weak at times due to inexperience. 2013 LBs will be friggin loaded and deep. No doubt we'll be a little weaker at MLB, but we'll have several great athletes competing there.
DBs
I'm not the least bit concerned. Tiger fans don't yet appreciate how good Mills is. He was our best DB this year and one of the top corners in the country. He'll be even better next year. Likewise Collins is under appreciated. He had a great year. He's an aggressive, talented corner. Simon was better than most realize, but Mills/Collins/White of 2013 will be better than Mills/Collins/Simon of 2012 mainly because of improvement of JM and JC. The safeties will be considerably better in 2013 because Reid was rendered less effective due to injury. Loston will be a year better and Martin and Eugene will be better than an injured Reid.
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Posted on 1/8/13 at 1:49 pm to Penrod
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Penrod
We agree on everything lol
I forgot about Eugene. Thompson just gets me excited because he is such a physical specimen and in that regard reminds me of PP.
Posted on 1/8/13 at 2:13 pm to Penrod
Pen, I tried to stay away from depth concerns (you mentioned the dline) because it's hard enough to say who'll actually be starting, vs. who is #2. If you would have told me the Honeybadger wasn't going to be starting this past year, I'da called you a F'ing moron, but that's the way things go sometimes.
LBs, I touched on increased depth, and on that we agree there. To say far stronger than last year is a stretch with the loss of an all-american, but I mean, if we are lucky in the injury department (I shudder to think back to FL), yeah, we could see something really special.
LBs, I touched on increased depth, and on that we agree there. To say far stronger than last year is a stretch with the loss of an all-american, but I mean, if we are lucky in the injury department (I shudder to think back to FL), yeah, we could see something really special.
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