Sous Chef said:

I thought our Strength coach was supposed to be awesome. But in three years we have yet to see any of the young linemen actually improve from their freshman seasons. Keona looked better last year. Certainly showed more flashes. #11 same deal. Van Poople like you said looks weak AF...also see Jeudy. And same deal with the younger OL. Where is Grant Brix? I thought we got two studs from Hawaii but never a mention of them. Gottula went from decent as a freshman to a tub of goo. Seriously where are the gains?

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Sous Chef said:

I thought our Strength coach was supposed to be awesome. But in three years we have yet to see any of the young linemen actually improve from their freshman seasons. Keona looked better last year. Certainly showed more flashes. #11 same deal. Van Poople like you said looks weak AF...also see Jeudy. And same deal with the younger OL. Where is Grant Brix? I thought we got two studs from Hawaii but never a mention of them. Gottula went from decent as a freshman to a tub of goo. Seriously where are the gains?

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djw004 said:

Finally watching the game right now.

Can we please significantly increase our number of RPOs we run. I think it’s what Dylan does best

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Sous Chef said:

I thought our Strength coach was supposed to be awesome. But in three years we have yet to see any of the young linemen actually improve from their freshman seasons. Keona looked better last year. Certainly showed more flashes. #11 same deal. Van Poople like you said looks weak AF...also see Jeudy. And same deal with the younger OL. Where is Grant Brix? I thought we got two studs from Hawaii but never a mention of them. Gottula went from decent as a freshman to a tub of goo. Seriously where are the gains?

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Sous Chef said:

I thought our Strength coach was supposed to be awesome. But in three years we have yet to see any of the young linemen actually improve from their freshman seasons. Keona looked better last year. Certainly showed more flashes. #11 same deal. Van Poople like you said looks weak AF...also see Jeudy. And same deal with the younger OL. Where is Grant Brix? I thought we got two studs from Hawaii but never a mention of them. Gottula went from decent as a freshman to a tub of goo. Seriously where are the gains?

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Pepe Silvia said:

I've been saying this for years, across multiple head coaches and strength coaches. Our lines are just not as strong and explosive as most of the rest of the Big 10. We'll have a few guys here and there that develop, but for the most part the players plateau at about year 2.

outside of the last 2 years with TRob and Nash our DL has been abused in short yardage for 15 years

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Seaofred92 said:

Pretty crazy all of these guys played today

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1HuskerDad said:

Hoffken caught my eye. He is like Lurch in the middle of the D and jammed up the middle.

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Grug said:

Ekeler is so worth the money

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1HuskerDad said:

Hoffken caught my eye. He is like Lurch in the middle of the D and jammed up the middle. Seems to be stout. Can’t tell about his agility much but he is strong.

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ZJSARENOTFREE said:

Yep. Dude does not get moved and has a pretty good push. Great pad level

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HCFord1 said:

Wish we could say those things about RVP

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Baron Winnebago said:

I hope some of these dudes getting boofed right now in the run game will pay dividends in the future

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HCFord1 said:

I remember him talking about slimming down this year because he “didnt want to be a slow white guy.” Hopefully he now understands the disadvantage of being an undersized average speed white guy on the DL.

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Baron Winnebago said:

I think dropping weight worked well for Ty last season, but Ty had 5 years of experience at that point

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