Projected commits

[karlhungis]

Lame? Having a TE that's what 6'4-6'5 and can run and jump like he does, he could be unstoppable in our offense. Besides that's what he wants to play, so lame is telling him "nope your playing D" and watching him sign with SC or OU.

Yes, lame. We got a 5* TE last recruiting class and still have Paulsen and Williams. Sorry, but DL and LB are going to be a little more bare than TE after this season.

but then after next year we will have one 5 star and tight end and what else. I do however want colt to play D, but then on the other side of that i think it is easier to just ball on offense and i think our D might have a lil bit to much of the mental aspect for him.

Is it really that complicated to be a DE on our team?

[mdm0302]

Lame? Having a TE that's what 6'4-6'5 and can run and jump like he does, he could be unstoppable in our offense. Besides that's what he wants to play, so lame is telling him "nope your playing D" and watching him sign with SC or OU.

Yes, lame. We got a 5* TE last recruiting class and still have Paulsen and Williams. Sorry, but DL and LB are going to be a little more bare than TE after this season.

but then after next year we will have one 5 star and tight end and what else. I do however want colt to play D, but then on the other side of that i think it is easier to just ball on offense and i think our D might have a lil bit to much of the mental aspect for him.

Is it really that complicated to be a DE on our team?

lol alot more than any other CFB team

[thegreenstain]

Learning all the aspects of being a tight end in the Oregon offense is more taxing mentally than playing defensive end, as Dion Jordan can attest to.

[karlhungis]

Lame? Having a TE that's what 6'4-6'5 and can run and jump like he does, he could be unstoppable in our offense. Besides that's what he wants to play, so lame is telling him "nope your playing D" and watching him sign with SC or OU.

Yes, lame. We got a 5* TE last recruiting class and still have Paulsen and Williams. Sorry, but DL and LB are going to be a little more bare than TE after this season.

but then after next year we will have one 5 star and tight end and what else. I do however want colt to play D, but then on the other side of that i think it is easier to just ball on offense and i think our D might have a lil bit to much of the mental aspect for him.

Is it really that complicated to be a DE on our team?

lol alot more than any other CFB team

Care to substantiate that?

[mdm0302]

Learning all the aspects of being a tight end in the Oregon offense is more taxing mentally than playing defensive end, as Dion Jordan can attest to.

that's a good point but i still think its debatable. Kenny Rowe also has a much larger responsibility than the other DE's on the team (much for than Jordan) since hes playing a hybrid DE/LB position, the same spot colt would play on D.

[mdm0302]

Lame? Having a TE that's what 6'4-6'5 and can run and jump like he does, he could be unstoppable in our offense. Besides that's what he wants to play, so lame is telling him "nope your playing D" and watching him sign with SC or OU.

Yes, lame. We got a 5* TE last recruiting class and still have Paulsen and Williams. Sorry, but DL and LB are going to be a little more bare than TE after this season.

but then after next year we will have one 5 star and tight end and what else. I do however want colt to play D, but then on the other side of that i think it is easier to just ball on offense and i think our D might have a lil bit to much of the mental aspect for him.

Is it really that complicated to be a DE on our team?

lol alot more than any other CFB team

Care to substantiate that?

Colt would play the same spot that kenny rowe does if he came here. The hybrid DE/LB spot. that takes more mentally, IMO, than playing just DE or just LB. The person who plays that spot has to know everything a D-lineman knows plus coverage plays

[karlhungis]

Yes, lame. We got a 5* TE last recruiting class and still have Paulsen and Williams. Sorry, but DL and LB are going to be a little more bare than TE after this season.

but then after next year we will have one 5 star and tight end and what else. I do however want colt to play D, but then on the other side of that i think it is easier to just ball on offense and i think our D might have a lil bit to much of the mental aspect for him.

Is it really that complicated to be a DE on our team?

lol alot more than any other CFB team

Care to substantiate that?

Colt would play the same spot that kenny rowe does if he came here. The hybrid DE/LB spot. that takes more mentally, IMO, than playing just DE or just LB. The person who plays that spot has to know everything a D-lineman knows plus coverage plays

If he can't mentally handle the Rowe role, why wouldn't they just make him a standard DE?

[mdm0302]

they definitely could and i think he would be a badass Standard DE. i think that lyerla is much like cliff in terms of how coach-able he is. Sometimes those players work out, certainly in cliffs case it is. I think players in our system have to be fairly coach-able to play any position on D, (obviously some more than others) but i think that the TE position in any system is a more instinctive position to play and that he might have a better chance to excel there, although like i said before i would rather him play D because he could be a defensive weapon (just like cliff) and we will always have multiple weapons on offense.

[greenyellow]

they definitely could and i think he would be a badass Standard DE. i think that lyerla is much like cliff in terms of how coach-able he is. Sometimes those players work out, certainly in cliffs case it is. I think players in our system have to be fairly coach-able to play any position on D, (obviously some more than others) but i think that the TE position in any system is a more instinctive position to play and that he might have a better chance to excel there, although like i said before i would rather him play D because he could be a defensive weapon (just like cliff) and we will always have multiple weapons on offense.

I would also favor Lyerla playing on D since we've got enough offensive weapons; we need more on defense.

[PDXShogun]

Where Lyerla ends up playing (IF he ends up at Oregon, still no sure thing) will probably depend on two things: 1) who else we recruit. If we end up with Jason Gibson he'll likely be slotted for that Kenny Rowe role. He's a little undersized but the scouting reports I've read indicate that he's better with his hand on the ground than standing up. That would push Lyerla to TE and considering we only have 1 scholarship player there two seasons from now, this is a need that no one is talking about. And 2) where he wants to play. Don't underestimate this; 5* recruits tend to have a say in these things.

[greenyellow]

Where Lyerla ends up playing (IF he ends up at Oregon, still no sure thing) will probably depend on two things: 1) who else we recruit. If we end up with Jason Gibson he'll likely be slotted for that Kenny Rowe role. He's a little undersized but the scouting reports I've read indicate that he's better with his hand on the ground than standing up. That would push Lyerla to TE and considering we only have 1 scholarship player there two seasons from now, this is a need that no one is talking about. And 2) where he wants to play. Don't underestimate this; 5* recruits tend to have a say in these things.

I would also bet that Chip and the coaches already know where they would put a player like Lyerla. They wouldn't recruit him if they didn't have an idea of where he's going to play.