[Goose]

Time for one or two DL to step up and develop into at least serviceable, regular players.  This is one of the things that makes college athletics so compelling, IMO.  I have very little doubt that this development will happen, and that the emergence of a couple of DL, along with coaching schemes that make maximum use of a bevy of back seven players will get us through.

I hope that development does happen. The more it does, the better off we will be.

Anyway, as for the DL, while watching the Spring Game, aside from Harrison Phillips being the best DL, it sure looked like Eric Cotton was doing pretty well for himself.  You'd have to think Dylan Jackson will be improved as a RS Soph, so the starters are probably going to be sound on the DL.

This is good to hear. The more we get from these two guys, the better off we will be. We really do need to see some additional development over last year, where Thomas covered up a lot of mediocrity. If we get nothing, it will be a long year.

It is imperative that at least 2/3 of Williams, Swann, and Wade-Perry be able to make meaningful contributions for Stanford to be in contention for a Pac-12 championship or more in November.  That would give Stanford 5 DL to rotate, and a solid backup for Phillips.  Given they play a lot of 2 man DL, that should be enough. 

I think it would be great if we could get some good minutes out of the three guys you mentioned. I am not sure that it is necessary to us being in the hunt for the North, but it would sure be a lot easier. Without them stepping up, we will be playing with no margin for error, and no margin for injury. It would be nice that we play two down linemen because we want to, not because we have to. We MIGHT be able to get by with two solid linemen plus Phillips. If we can have three or four solid linemen plus Phillips, we should be pretty invincible on defense.

[Goose]

Time for one or two DL to step up and develop into at least serviceable, regular players.  This is one of the things that makes college athletics so compelling, IMO.  I have very little doubt that this development will happen, and that the emergence of a couple of DL, along with coaching schemes that make maximum use of a bevy of back seven players will get us through.

I hope that development does happen. The more it does, the better off we will be.

Anyway, as for the DL, while watching the Spring Game, aside from Harrison Phillips being the best DL, it sure looked like Eric Cotton was doing pretty well for himself.  You'd have to think Dylan Jackson will be improved as a RS Soph, so the starters are probably going to be sound on the DL.

This is good to hear. The more we get from these two guys, the better off we will be. We really do need to see some additional development over last year, where Thomas covered up a lot of mediocrity. If we get nothing, it will be a long year.

It is imperative that at least 2/3 of Williams, Swann, and Wade-Perry be able to make meaningful contributions for Stanford to be in contention for a Pac-12 championship or more in November.  That would give Stanford 5 DL to rotate, and a solid backup for Phillips.  Given they play a lot of 2 man DL, that should be enough. 

I think it would be great if we could get some good minutes out of the three guys you mentioned. I am not sure that it is necessary to us being in the hunt for the North, but it would sure be a lot easier. Without them stepping up, we will be playing with no margin for error, and no margin for injury. It would be nice that we play two down linemen because we want to, not because we have to. We MIGHT be able to get by with two solid linemen plus Phillips. If we can have three or four solid linemen plus Phillips, we should be pretty invincible on defense.