Kongbo to LB?

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The ineptitude of our last staff has created SO many question marks with the players his season. We have no idea what we have.
 
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Vol865 said:
Kyle Phillips is an undersized DE in this system
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Even though Kongbo is a tad bigger than D Johnson. He's more athletic. He can play that standup LB/DE/DT...yes...that position is ALL 3 rolled into 1.

The OLB position is about setting the edge, collapsing the pocket and making it hard to throw 3 and short plays.

The 3-4 DE is DE/DT. They hold their gap AND push the pocket.
So you can have a guy like Phillips at 270 there...because of his agility quickness and length at 270. Preferably you want a 290 pounder there that is 6'4 that is strong and has a motor.

We have some talent. But or 3-4 is different than UGA and Bamas
 
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LittleVol said:
Even though Kongbo is a tad bigger than D Johnson. He's more athletic. He can play that standup LB/DE/DT...yes...that position is ALL 3 rolled into 1.

The OLB position is about setting the edge, collapsing the pocket and making it hard to throw 3 and short plays.

The 3-4 DE is DE/DT. They hold their gap AND push the pocket.
So you can have a guy like Phillips at 270 there...because of his agility quickness and length at 270. Preferably you want a 290 pounder there that is 6'4 that is strong and has a motor.

We have some talent. But or 3-4 is different than UGA and Bamas
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Our 3-4 is different because it has to be right now
 
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LittleVol said:
???

Well yeah.

But i mean...from a principle stand point. It is not the 3-4 run by Bama and UGA. Not exactly
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Nobody really knows this for sure, yet. We saw some vanilla defense during the O&W game because the coaches wanted to see who could line up and play football.

But we don't know exactly what our defense is gonna look like yet or how different it will look from what Pruitt would do if he had a roster full of his guys.
 
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I'm not expecting much from Kongbo, because I made that mistake the last couple of years:popcorn:
 
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I feel pretty confident that Phillips is one of our best 11 on D, and I expect him to be on the field more often than not, when we are on D.
 
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LittleVol said:
Even though Kongbo is a tad bigger than D Johnson. He's more athletic. He can play that standup LB/DE/DT...yes...that position is ALL 3 rolled into 1.

The OLB position is about setting the edge, collapsing the pocket and making it hard to throw 3 and short plays.

The 3-4 DE is DE/DT. They hold their gap AND push the pocket.
So you can have a guy like Phillips at 270 there...because of his agility quickness and length at 270. Preferably you want a 290 pounder there that is 6'4 that is strong and has a motor.

We have some talent. But or 3-4 is different than UGA and Bamas
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No it isn’t.... as far as it being different than bama... they will be different from a philosophical standpoint if when to call certain things but everything else is the exact thing.
 
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Caleb59seal said:
No it isn’t.... as far as it being different than bama... they will be different from a philosophical standpoint if when to call certain things but everything else is the exact thing.
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Philosophical?

As in "Philosophy".

Or thought-identity.

So you agree with me.
 
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LittleVol said:
Philosophical?

As in "Philosophy".

Or thought-identity.

So you agree with me.
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No I don’t agree with you... why they do certain things will change but what they do will be exactly the same.... it’s not different but their philosophy behind the “why” will be different.
 
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Caleb59seal said:
No I don’t agree with you... why they do certain things will change but what they do will be exactly the same.... it’s not different but their philosophy behind the “why” will be different.
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If it already is the same, then why would the "why" be different???
 
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KBVol said:
Imho, and it’s just my opinion, Kongbo gets more scrutiny because he was the #1 JUCO player in the country, came in with ridiculous hype and, quite honestly, just hasn’t done much of anything.

Phillips came in as a 5 star too, but was very quickly injured multiple times. I think he has gotten criticism as well, though I agree it hasn’t been to near the levels that Kongbo has gotten. I think part of it is because he’s missed so much time due to injury and because he’s so well liked as a young man....he’s always put a good face on, has always done what was asked of him with great effort, never threatened to leave program when moved inside to tackle like Kongbo did.

As for Taylor, he came here as a 225lb physical freak without a position. Again, expectations imo. He certainly didn’t live up to the ones we all hoped he would last year, but at least he did make a game-saving play vs GaTech and put up better numbers than Kongbo, the guy who some wondered if he’d play more than one year in Knoxville before heading off to the Nfl.

Quite honestly, as we all know, they all gotta play much better. I’m hoping you’re right about the improved culture and coaching making all the difference.
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My memory of Kongbo's recruitment was that he chose UT because he was told he would play DE here, and other schools wanted to move him to DT. I get the idea of being a team player, but if he came here based on promises that were broken, I would not blame him for leaving.
 
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USF grad in TN said:
My memory of Kongbo's recruitment was that he chose UT because he was told he would play DE here, and other schools wanted to move him to DT. I get the idea of being a team player, but if he came here based on promises that were broken, I would not blame him for leaving.
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He's not leaving.

This is his last year.
And he's about to become a solid player 👍
 
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LittleVol said:
Philosophical?

As in "Philosophy".

Or thought-identity.

So you agree with me.
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Caleb59seal said:
No I don’t agree with you... why they do certain things will change but what they do will be exactly the same.... it’s not different but their philosophy behind the “why” will be different.
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Seems like neither of you really knows for sure.
 
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