Let's talk 2015 DLine

I'd like to see an increase to the 31 team sacks last year. Utah had the high water mark in 2014 with 55. I don't need or expect that much, but somewhere in the mid to high 40s would be ideal. The line has talent on top of talent. There should be no excuses this year (barring injury of course). I expect an elite unit, anything less will be severely disappointing.

You're right mid to high 40s is probably too high to expect, but frick it, I expect it anyway. I understand in the grand scheme of defensive things sacks aren't all that important, but they are something our Ds seem to have been missing the past couple of seasons. We all want our defense to get the opposing team off the field faster, I think dropping the QB repeatedly behind the LOS will help achieve that goal. We have all this supposed talent out there on the line. I want to see them do more than just maintain their gaps and catch running backs. I want to see a guy like Hand blow up with 10-15 sacks. I want to see A'Shawn return to that first year were he racked up 6.5 or so. I want opposing quarterbacks to look across from his center and shite his pants. I want that internal clock in their head to tick a couple milliseconds faster, because just maybe if they hold on to the ball too long, Allen will break them in half. We generate more pass rush this year by our line and our secondary will look so much better. The NYG won two Super Bowls with overall average defenses but absolutely elite pass rushes. In my opinion it's the most important part of a defensive unit and I want to see us get better at it.




Sorry for the rant and no paragraphs

I think another advantage our DL will have this year is that the teams to beat(LSU, Ark, UGA, MSU, and Wisc) will be run heavy teams. Which will play into our strengths. MSU may cause the most problems with some throwing and their mobile QB but not really that concerned.

Definitely have the talent/potential to be a great one...yet I still have flashbacks to the Ohio State game and how they pretty much handled us at the line of scrimmage, especially after the first quarter...but that could've had more to do with our scheme...

Our talent and depth favor a 4-3 defense this year. I hope the guys can impact the game in more ways than just eating blockers.

The great thing about this d-line too is I think we can cover the short game fairly well, our biggest question mark will be over the top with the new safeties. If this DL can just get there routinely fast enough to disrupt deep balls, it will be a major help.

So Williams is a DE?

Pettway is gonna have a big year.