Ducks Attack Message Board Forum

Remember Isaac Remington was our scout player for Nick Fairley, and Tetz
out of Gresham has one year left and reportedly is the strongest lineman
we have ever had. In addition to Ebert we should be fine. We don't know
how these lineman are progressing, or haven't heard. Bair was a converted
tight -end. We might be pleasantly surprised next year...However I still
want Simmons. Just not convinced we are desperate at this point.

There are a few of ways to look at this

1) We should be OK for next year. Our 2 deep has a couple of JC guys (Ebert, Isaac) and three good looking Sophs (RS or otherwise) in Wade, Taylor, and Ricky
Thats 7 guys that should be filling in well for the next 2 years. We do rotate a lot, so that it would be nice to have a couple of more guys in the works when injuries inevitably happen. Also realize though that we don't play a standard 4-3 defense, and we switch it up a lot. We don't need two big DT's in on every play or that can get to the QB every play. We need guys that won't get pushed around in the middle.

2) Two years from now our depth goes away. Hopefully Byers grows a bit and we steal someone this year. This will be when the recruiting misses hurt.

3) The JC ranks always, always have top notch DT's that can step in right away. We get a couple of these guys in the next recruiting class, mixed in with some youth and all will be fine

We are not out of it for Simmons

Brandon Tett, regardless of strength, is just not a football player - he's a power lifter trying to play football. We've seen several threads talk about DL depth/talent for next year and as it is now, we're fine but we all want to be better than just "fine."

Euscher might also be a D-Tackle this year right? Or have we heard he is for sure on Offense? There's another potential
D tackle. Just Sayin'

Duck07 wrote:Brandon Tett, regardless of strength, is just not a football player - he's a power lifter trying to play football. We've seen several threads talk about DL depth/talent for next year and as it is now, we're fine but we all want to be better than just "fine."

Agreed, you got to love his strength BUT he looks like a scout team guy but would love to be proved wrong.