My comment was alluding to freshman year Wolford running for his life behind a very inexperienced offense line. Wake is putting some new guys into the 2023 O-line. Beef boys 3.0? How will they do when the opponent is serious? Left tackle is the spot that worries me the most.
Claw has spoken highly of the OL depth. Most importantly, our OL will never be as bad as it was in Wolf’s first year
Yeah if the O-line gets that bad again then its time to show clawson the door. That O-line was worse than some high schools
Interesting take given that WF highest NFL draft pick each of the last 3 years has been a lineman. Boogie, Zach Tom and Kobie Turner.
These guys have been one at a time. Wake needs 5 O-line guys and at least 4 D-line guys every year.
DE Jacory Johns is in an NFL camp. Rondell Bothroyd is playing for Oklahoma next year. DE Jaseen Davis is projected to be an NFL draft pick. The 2022 DL was solid. Last year, WF had the best rush defense of the Clawson era, and was able to disrupt opposing offenses. The problem for the defense was that the secondary gave up too many big plays.
And Bergen. 3 departures from DT and we've had early attrition from that position recently (Gooden, Ash). It's why we've been relying on grad transfers for a few years.
This is correct.
I like this thinking. I also wouldn't short change Bothroyd. Dude was a menace. Would not surprise me to see him make some noise in Venables's system at ou and rise on some draft boards.
I would love to see our hypothetical path without that happening. Defensive depth remains one of our biggest issues in the Clawson era. Seems like we have some fantastic starters then the sheer face of El Capitan to the next guy on the depth chart. Felt that way when Greer went down last year too.
