UCF was the first game this year I've seen live. Two things are painfully obvious:
-- We have only one defensive end (Weaver) who can contain the outside and turn a play inside and the LBs can clean it up. Hendrix is one of the biggest disappointments in recent years.
-- Maybe even more so than the DBs, this group of LBs is painfully deficient. Idowu seems like he's a man on an island, playing hard and getting some results. Wirginis is inconsistent at best. And Zeise ... isn't worth discussing. He's overwhelmed and late to every play.
-- How long has it been since we had a true "read and react" LB with ball skills like McKillop? Probably 10 years, because that's what we
-- Chase Pine has potential. What would we have to lose by moving him to first-team "money" linebacker and benching Zeise? Nothing.
-- We have only one defensive end (Weaver) who can contain the outside and turn a play inside and the LBs can clean it up. Hendrix is one of the biggest disappointments in recent years.
-- Maybe even more so than the DBs, this group of LBs is painfully deficient. Idowu seems like he's a man on an island, playing hard and getting some results. Wirginis is inconsistent at best. And Zeise ... isn't worth discussing. He's overwhelmed and late to every play.
-- How long has it been since we had a true "read and react" LB with ball skills like McKillop? Probably 10 years, because that's what we
-- Chase Pine has potential. What would we have to lose by moving him to first-team "money" linebacker and benching Zeise? Nothing.