So is the front 7 going to be:
DE: Mathis, A. Hudson, or Farria
NT: Shelton / Qualls (Lawrence Laga doesn't appear to be on the roster anymore).
DT: A. Hudson / Tani Tupou
Rush OLB: Kikaha / Littleton
OLB: Shaq
ILB: Timu
OLB: Feeney
So far all intents and purposes, they are taking Littleton (true JR) off the field in the base D and putting on Mathis (true soph), A. Hudson (RS-SR), or Farria (true soph). I haven't seen much of Mathis and Farria but have gotten the impression their ceilings are very high. Andrew Hudson was phased out by the old staff but I could see how the new staff would love his motor, experience, and lunch-pail attitude.
I'd still like to see Corey Littleton on the field a good amount, he was really coming on in the 2nd half of his true soph year.
Anyone want to weigh in?
Comments
As for the defense I think the defense was solid last year, returns front 7 and with a new scheme and a new attitude they should be ready in 2014.
I'm not as high on on Littleton as many are. He can always improve but him not being on the field I think can be a good thing.
As for the Defense the front 7 will be the closest think to Husky D we have seen in years...and the great part is we won't be having our head coach running a HUNH offense going 3 and out gassing the D without knowing the big picture as HC. As long as we get good QB play I think Jimmy Lake has enough to work with to be good enough to win 10-11 games. Outside Tui's senior season I haven't been this pumped since Lambo was fired and DJ was roaming the sidelines.
As for football, I love our front 7 depth and am looking forward to more impact plays from Shaq (exceeding his frosh year # of impact plays). Feeney should have a big year too.