Counting Down the Irish with Keith Arnold: 15-11
by Eric Murtaugh on Jul 28, 2011 7:13 AM EDT
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PrintWith this next list of five from the Top 25 Notre Dame players, we are more than half way home.
Keith Arnold over at Inside the Irish has been running the show and keeps things moving as we count down to the team's very best talent.
Here's the list up until today:
25. Taylor Dever (OT, Sr.)
24. Chris Watt (OG, Jr.)
23. Zeke Motta (S, Jr.)
22. Aaron Lynch (DE, Fr.)
21. Carlo Calabrese (LB, Jr.)
20. TJ Jones (WR, Soph.)
19. Louis Nix (NT, Soph.)
18. Braxston Cave (C, Sr.)
17. Tommy Rees (QB, Soph.)
16. Prince Shembo (OLB, Soph.)
Now we start getting into the serious playmakers and the grizzled veterans.
The average from the blogs that listed their top players comes up with the next five:
15. Trevor Robinson (RG, Sr.)
14. Ethan Johnson (DE, Sr.)
13. Dayne Crist (QB, Sr.)
12. Tyler Eifert (TE, Jr.)
11. Kapron Lewis-Moore (DE, Sr.)
My personal next five were:
15. Trevor Robinson (RG, Sr.)
14. Robert Blanton (CB, Sr.)
13. Kapron Lewis-Moore (DE, Sr.)
12. Braxston Cave (C, Sr.)
11. Tyler Eifert (TE, Jr.)
I continue to have a list that is very similar to the average from all of the blogs, so I guess that's a good thing. Three players appear on both lists as you can see.
I rated Ethan Johnson the lowest out of all the participants, putting him at #19.
I also ranked Robert Blanton the second lowest out of the group as well.
I did however rank Crist the highest and by far, putting him at #4.
We'll see who'll be laughing soon enough!
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I'm going to be so upset when Crist inevitably is named the starter over Rees.
Crist is my least favorite Irish starting QB in a long time. I can’t stand watching him.
Ummm...
Demetrius Jones, Evan Sharpley, Pat Dillingham, Matt Lovecchio, Gary Godsey, etc….
At least we know where you stand.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Jul 28, 2011 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
So is your choice Rees, Hendrix, or Golson
My personal choice would be for Everett redshirt and build up some mass into a college QB. At 6-0/180 is on the light side and I doubt he would not be starting too long before injuries took their toll.
Neither Hendrix nor Golson have game experience, so one (Hendrix) would truly need to blow up summer practice to move to #1. I would rather not have to go through a repeat of 2007-Clausen hoping to get a 2009-Clausen in a few years.
I therefore, guess you are a Rees guy.
Not trolling, but why? I have not seen enough out of wither Crist or Rees to truly say start one over the other. Why the disdain, especially when compared to Eric’s list of laughables that preceded Clausen?
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by Cranked_Irish on Jul 29, 2011 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Interesting difference of opinion...
amonst the bloggers. If I could carve out a few minutes of time, it would be nice to develop my own list, but who knows if that will happen.
A few of my reactions on this list are:
- Generally the DEs in a 3-4 get little to no love due to the difference in assignments. No exception here. EJ and KLM are both solid NFL prospects and do a lot more than just take up space.
- It is well documented that I am a DC supporter (even with the McNabb-like short hop throws to wide open receivers). I expect him to be pushed a lot more this year in camp. If I were ranking the players, I would definitely have him in the Top 10, but #4 might be too generous.
- Eifert might be a bit over-ranked IMO. He was a product of the system as much as anything (not taking anything away, but Kyle Rudolph he is not), and I expect production from the TE unit as a whole, regardless of who is in the game.
Maybe I will get some time to write a bit more later, but keep up the good work in the meantime.
I was very pleased with the way Eifert played
I think, if anything, Eifert was asked to do more than Rudolph. Ruddy was almost always flexed out wide in the slot and focused more on receiving. Eifert spent a lot more time down on the line as a traditional TE and, I think, held his own as a blocker. I think 12 is a pretty good spot for him.
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I noticed that about Eifert
I decided that the staff knew Rudy’s hammy was not going to hold up for a season and keeping him split out did a few things:
1. the standing split position was easier on the hammy
2. the hammy did not allow him to be an effective blocker anyway, so get him away from the blocking scheme to reduce the possibility of his missed block affecting another blocker
3. he was less likely to get jammed off the line from the standing position, again easier on the body
4. took another defender (OLB or Safety) out of the box to help open running lanes
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by Cranked_Irish on Jul 30, 2011 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
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