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I have an alternative tag I think is more realistic.
#shitdidn’tworkoutlikeIthoughtitwould
Penn State has two senior to be OGs returning next year for their third year starting, probably the best guard tandem in the B1G
He is a JUCO. He can't sign with anyone until the Feb 4 signing date
One point I'd like to make about our consternation regarding the DL coach is.....
When you take a guy like Gabe Moore last year the thought is that he'll help you in '26 and not necessarily '25. You take him and get him into your system, get his body right, let him dip his toes into Big 10 play and then hopefully unleash him in his 2nd year in your program.
So where are we at with that? Did Bradden fuck up the development? Was our approach to this year's portal based on what we think we were able to accomplish last year? (1: Moore? 2: George who ejected) Same with a guy like Hoffken. Terry and Simpson are this year's depth pieces. (Gotta be the Pietzrak role, right?) Is that enough coupled with our 3 DL portal additions and returning veterans to make a serviceable defensive front?
I remember making post after post saying that we absolutely needed Jeudy to be a player. I remember worrying when I wasn't hearing his name during the summer. My only memory of him from '24 was when he basically got powerbombed by a Rutgers OL. We all know how the '25 version of Jeudy turned out. (The DL equivalent of wet toilet paper)
Now we find ourselves in a similar situation for '26 needing some guys to come out of nowhere and be good enough. I'm willing to give our guys a chance but I'm highly skeptical.
When you take a guy like Gabe Moore last year the thought is that he'll help you in '26 and not necessarily '25. You take him and get him into your system, get his body right, let him dip his toes into Big 10 play and then hopefully unleash him in his 2nd year in your program.
So where are we at with that? Did Bradden fuck up the development? Was our approach to this year's portal based on what we think we were able to accomplish last year? (1: Moore? 2: George who ejected) Same with a guy like Hoffken. Terry and Simpson are this year's depth pieces. (Gotta be the Pietzrak role, right?) Is that enough coupled with our 3 DL portal additions and returning veterans to make a serviceable defensive front?
I remember making post after post saying that we absolutely needed Jeudy to be a player. I remember worrying when I wasn't hearing his name during the summer. My only memory of him from '24 was when he basically got powerbombed by a Rutgers OL. We all know how the '25 version of Jeudy turned out. (The DL equivalent of wet toilet paper)
Now we find ourselves in a similar situation for '26 needing some guys to come out of nowhere and be good enough. I'm willing to give our guys a chance but I'm highly skeptical.
I share a lot of this thought process.
I had high hopes that RVP and Lenhardt would show more in ’25 than they did, but really thought ’26 would be it for those two with a chip in from Davis and Pietrzak to make it a decent D line. Hoffken is a physical freak, but I actually didn’t think he’d be technically savvy enough to contribute until ’26 or ’27.
With Davis in the portal and a mixed bag coming in, we look about even with where we were going into ’25, hoping RVP can have his Robinson breakout year and at least a couple of other show up.
Better coaching (knowing the play call at a minimum) should help clean up a lot of what we saw in the run game, but we’re not going to own the line against anyone in conference.
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