Our freshman LB's

[Roysterr]

Do you think we can hold on to all 3 of them during transfer portal?  There not getting a lot of snaps.

[Califashorn75]

They are true freshman. They should stick around. 

[AusMOJO]

Yeah, I have a feeling there will be a huge effort to retain a lot of defensive players while adding key players at positions (at least one experienced LB comes to mind and maybe a S. Just off the top of my head anyway). 

I would've liked to see them get a bit more run to build depth but perhaps it's a trust thing? 

[Bobby Burton]

I'm not throwing shade or anything of the sort on Tyler Atkinson. But Okpala and Cummings are likely priorities IMO.

[otis_marsh]

 

AusMOJO said:

Yeah, I have a feeling there will be a huge effort to retain a lot of defensive players while adding key players at positions (at least one experienced LB comes to mind and maybe a S. Just off the top of my head anyway).

I would've liked to see them get a bit more run to build depth but perhaps it's a trust thing?

 

Portal retention is gonna matter more than a few extra garbage-time snaps. An experienced LB addition could help, but keeping that young depth intact is the bigger win.

[AusMOJO]

52 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

I'm not throwing shade or anything of the sort on Tyler Atkinson. But Okpala and Cummings are likely priorities IMO.

You thinking Atkinson doesn't fit what Muschamp wants at LB? 

[CageRader]

Atkinson seems to be more aligned as a player to TyAnthony Smith where he makes plays in space and requires more freedom to improvise as opposed to being a scheme based LB that fits in a specific role/responsibility under Muschamp's defense.  He plays more like a "turn him loose and let him attack the ball" guy IMO.  Just what I am thinking.  Nothing against Atkinson as I like that style generally as those players make a ton of big plays, but also know that gap risk has consequences too.  I hope we can make it work with Tyler.