VolFromNashville
On a Hallowed Hill
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Height, listed 40 (SPARQ has it at 5.1 per his HUDL) and coverage could be the things holding him back (ratings wise). I dont care what the ratings say... this kid is a monster.
Cherry is a very good ILB. We like his ability to close and he does most of his damage in the short box on inside blitzes. He is not a top 100 player right now as we have some questions about his speed, but stay tuned for him over the coming days.
If our coaches took his commitment a year in advance after preaching all season that we have to increase our team speed, I'm not too worried about his speed.
Even if he isn't the fastest LB ever, he'll still be wrecking **** when you're LB stable is full of guys with great lateral quickness like Bates, Johnson, Bryant, and Weatherd by his sides. Add in a heatseeker like Gaulden or TK at S for run support, and some DE's that can set the edge like Hendrix. When you have guys that can play in space all over the field, Cecil will be free to come downhill and lay the wood.
Yeah, I doubt we'll need him to be able to go sideline to sideline as much as we've been asking AJ to do. There will be LOTS more speed around him.
Hopefully we'll be able to sub someone in for obvious passing situations too. There's no one behind AJ that has any business on an SEC field.
*This is assuming CC has speed issues, which I disagree with. Just learn how to run that 40 and hell get bumped, no worries.
JRM will be one. There will be plenty to choose from for the other spot in the nickel on passing downs.
I argued the same thing earlier this year and was told MLB don't come out on nickel packages? Bama does it, along with many other teams, and their D seams ok. So, I agree that JRM and others will be back there on nickel coverages. I'm really excited to see Justin King back there, and I hope he can play both MLB and SLB. I'd like to see a line up of this on nickel packages:
SDE: Hendrix/Vereen
DT: Owen
NT: Carr
WDE/LEO: Maggit- I want more standing up sets to keep teams guessing if we are blitzing Maggit or putting him back in coverage. I want some creativity.
OLB: JRM
OLB: King/Weatherd
CB: R. Jones/Foreman
CB: Sutton
FS: Randolph
SS: TKJR/L. Johnson
Nickel CB: Payne
