Depth

[panther1]

I think yesterday showed that our team really is good this year. My fear is that we lack the depth to win a championship. NDSUs ability to run players in and out was the difference. Add in losing an all-conference linebacker for the season, an all-conference caliber athlete with a clipped wing, and a dinged up DJ and the depth issue is magnified. I still see a 10-2 or 9-3 regular season and a win or two in the playoffs, but unless we have some backups step up enough for the coaching staff to trust them with the game on the line, I just can't see a deep playoff run.

Looking over the roster, we return an awful lot next year. The key I see is for the coaching staff is to bring in a couple lineman transfers on both sides of the ball.

[achrist70]

Re: Depth

I completely agree with this, our 1's are as good as NDSU's but they beat us with depth last night. Crockett or Oguri are not as good as a healthy DJ, but when they are splitting carries they are able to look pretty darn good.

If you look at our '05,'07 an '08 teams we had so much depth it was crazy. The '09 and '11 teams were just as talented but with no depth they didn't quite get as far.

[Trapped in California]

Luck certainly is a component. Sometimes one or two plays/injuries can change a season.

Too early to tell what the outcome for the year is obviously. Strange freaky things happen - see the Armanti Edwards lawn mower injury a few years back

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[Chitown Panther]

Re: Depth

I've been thinking about this too.

Wish we were playing MSU or WIU next game. But maybe that will be a blessing that we can get healthy prior to playoffs.

The Farley injury will be tough to overcome. However, Coach Farley was smart bringing in 2 LB transfers and 3 DB transfers.

My question is what happened to Evan Williams? Got some touches at ISU, got dinged up....now we are seeing alot of Tyvis Smith. Those 2 need to step up getting DJ healthy again. I definately think they are both very capable.

Kollmorgen sure could of used Lemaster and Rohr yesterday. 6-3 Receivers are tough to replace....