Everything I changed is in italics and I edited it for Blue because Italics didn't work well
QB- Weber / Gray
HB- Bennett / Eskridge / Lipscomb / Whaley (3rd down back)
FB- Hoese
TE- TowArnett / Hageman
WR- Decker / Mcknight / Brandon / Allen
WR- Carpenter / Green / Smith / Kuznia
LT- Stommes
LG- Alford
C-Davis
RG-Carufel
RT- Wills
SDE- Jacobs / Moen
DT- Small / Edwards / Moen
DT- Brown / Kirksey Moen
WDE- Mckinley / Onwauchi
SLB- Triplett / Reeves
MLB- Campbell / Maresh / Tinsley
WLB- Lawrence / Cooper
CB- Simmons / Lewis or collado
FS- Royston / Rallis / Watkins
SS- Dandridge and Theret rotating
CB- Sherels / Carter (nickel)
KR- Stoudermire
PR- Allen or Carpenter
If Brock returns safeties are Brock/Royston
WR (for 3 WR sets)- Green / McKnight
TE (for 2 TE sets) - Hageman / Lair
Rationale for changes:
*RB- Whaley is probably too small to run between the tackles which is a focus with the new offense. He would make a phenomenal 3rd down back like Palmer was for the Vikings a while back, Mewelde Moore or the best I've ever see at it, Ronnie Harmon w/ the Chargers
*TE- I just think Hageman is going to be a stud and he's going to be ready
*C- Just a hunch that Davis wins the C spot, nothing concrete
*DE/DT- Moen is going to play 3 DL spots this year and I haven't heard one thing about Henderson all spring
*OLB- I changed LOLB and ROLB to strong and weak. Cooper is going to be a stud but he and Reeves are not going to be at the same LB position. Cooper is under 210 lbs and is too small to fit in to on the strong side which is where we will have the 220+ Reeves. Think of Cooper as another Simoni Lawrence and unless it is a passing situation we won't have the two of them on the field at the same time because we would be weak against the run. I put Triplett ahead of Reeves because of experience. Triplett will be great against a running team (Iowa, Wisc, MSU, Air Force) but we'll need to have Reeves in there on passing situations because he has better speed. I wouldn't be surprised to see Reeves getting more snaps by the end of the year as he gains experience.
*MLB-Maresh will get some time in there but Campbell will be the starter. I also moved Tinsley over from OLB to MLB because he is taking reps as #2 MLB in practice (they have Maresh at #3 right now). In a 3-4 we'll line up Maresh & Campbell and Tinsley will be the primary back up for each but Triplett can also work in to that role which would leave Reeves at one OLB and Lawrence/Cooper at the other or in a 3-4 you could actually play both Cooper and Lawrence at the same time and it would scare the crap out of the line because they wouldn't know where the rush is going to come from and they're both so damn fast.
Mark my words, you will know Bryant Allen at the end of the season and they will find a way for him to make an impact. It may be in the passing game by getting him the ball a couple time a game or it may be as a punt returner. He is like Stoudermire but faster, quicker, and more agile. He will be a stud at Minnesota.