The Athletic: First Look: Projecting Minnesota’s 2020 defense and special teams depth charts

[Pompous Elitist]

Interesting. So Auburn wasn't better than Iowa or Wisconsin? You know who they played and beat, right?

Silly AF

Alabama was demotivated after missing out on the national championship. Neither team was really trying after early November.




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[So_Money]

Alabama was demotivated after missing out on the national championship. Neither team was really trying after early November.




/s

LSU wasn't trying either.

 

[MNVCGUY]

That drum has been banged and hammered relentlessly by that poster.

Looking down the depth chart, I'm not sure there are a lot of areas of concern at this point. There will be some different players at LB but the returning talent in the secondary and on the DL will make the job of the LB's a lot easier.

Schad, MDT, Mafe and Otomewo all one year older, stronger, and in the program looks as promising in the front 4 going into a season as the Gophers have had in quite some time.

Replacing Winfield is the one concern. It is really hard to replace players of his caliber, but it is not impossible. Nubin (or whoever else slides into that spot) will have some big shoes to fill. Would be unfair to expect anyone to duplicate the level AWJR played at but hopefully they learned some things over the past few seasons and are ready to jump in without a massive dropoff. Thankfully we have a lot of returning experience in the secondary so even though those players will have more pressure on them without Winfield roaming around back there, guys like Durr, Howden, and St. Juste should be up for the challenge.

Mafe and Otomewo are both entering their redshirt Junior years. This is the time when guys tend to make that big leap if they are going to make it because they have been in the system for multiple years at this point.

Appreciate what the departing players did for the program and excited to see if we can take a step forward on D the way we clearly have on Offense.

 

[Veritas]

Are you still trying to role play some staid Lutheran Minnesotan that can't believe people would stand for a game now? Or are you back to a teenager in Mommy's basement tugging yourself with your left and typing with your right?

Darn, you're offended. Bet that happens a lot in your life given your obvious charm.

 

[BroncoRedux]

Defense will take a while to jell this fall. Although Barber didn't have the type of year we thought he might, he played an important leadership role on the team. Martin too, will be missed, when healthy he could dominate. Winfield is a generational type player, huge loss. The coaching staff will have their work cut out for them.