Michael Bluth
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We're gonna get him. Who wouldn't want to come play d-line for us after watching last night?
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On paper, you should be a recruit and think "I get to immediately play in the rotation for a national championship favorite...for a coach that is renowned/that I love, and have a great shot at being an early draft pick." That is not even me being biased, it is just the way it is. We will be the heavy favorite to win it all next year, Beckner loves LJ Sr., and LJ Sr. will likely add Bennett to a long list of 1st day DL draft picks (Bosa and Washington to follow shortly). You have the opportunity to join that and I cannot even imagine how you turn it down.
That being said, recruiting gravitates more towards relationships and Beckner is tight with Mizzou. We are going to have to really fight to win this one. Ideally (to me anyways) we finish with Beckner and Prince.
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Buckeyebred97
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If we land Beckner does he start on Dline next year? I think the transition of losing Spence/Bennett and bringing in Beckner and hopefully little Bosa would be huge because we all can assume Bosa is going to the NfL after next year.
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Bill Lucas
Assistant Coach
If he earns the job he will. If he doesn't he won't. That's a nice way of saying "how can we possibly answer that question?".
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Buckeyebred97
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I haven't watched his film to be able to answer that. Some guys you can kind of see if they have the size, speed, or technique to come in and be able to hold their own
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bigdog3300
The G.O.A.T.
I'd imagine Lewis will have a large lead on him but you never know.
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Heck, when I saw film on Bosa... and a lot of it.. I kept thinking, that's only because he's playing against avg HS kids... without considering that was against premier HS talent... never thought he could do that as a freshman or sophomore.. point is, ya never know until they line up
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Bill Lucas
Assistant Coach
Exactly. You also don't know how the guys who are already here have progressed and will progress more in the off season.
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I hate hearing about HS kids starting in their first year. HS is so much different than the college game, from the size and speed of players to the complexities of playbooks, to S&C programs. Not to mention off the field stuff, like being away from home, classroom, freedom of being at college and having to be mature. Its not impossible but its a tall task for any true frosh
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A couple considerations to think about: First, will he play DT or DE? I see Beckner as a DT eventually and maybe from the get-go. If so, I think he stands a chance to rotate in heavily...that is what Bosa did his freshman year and eventually became the starter. Schutt and Washington will be the starters initially but if Beckner is as good as advertised, I could see him pushing Schutt. Only issue there is that Beckner is a definite 3-tech and Schutt is a 1-tech...he is not beating out Washington, so that might limit his reps and have him coming in more on passing situations. Now behind those two, I think he has every chance to beat out Hill and/or Munger to be the first guy in to rotate...I still thin both those guys are going to be very good players (Hill particularly) but they would have to step their game up.
Now if he plays DE, he could conceivably win the spot across from Bosa but I suspect Jalyn Holmes is going to put that spot on lockdown...extremely talented player and his body is college ready now. Plus he is a balanced DE that is a great pass rusher and can play the run strong. But again, you could see Beckner rotate in a lot and be the first guy in at DE...LJ Sr. loves to have a rotation. Tyquan Lewis should be ready to contribute, Hubbard could very well win the spot and has looked great recently, and Dylan Thompson will be healthy off a redshirt and I really like him. So in sum, I don't think he would start immediately but I suspect he would rotate in some on the DL if he lives up to his billing.
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