[washingtonismoney]

I really like Henry Anderson and think he's definitely starting opposite Ben Gardner this year. As for Tarpley, I'm not sure he's any better than Lancaster and after the latest spring report it sounds like Hemschoot has passed up both Tarpley and Lancaster. But I guess anything could happen between now and the first game.

The thing you have to take into account when evaluating the three players is age and eligibility:

Tarpley and Hemschoot are the earliest, eligibility-wise. And Hemschoot skipped two grades--he's one of the youngest on the team. So Lancaster should look better than the two of them. But Hemschoot and Tarpley are probably on better parts of their learning/growth curves. The other thing to take into account is pass coverage. I didn't realize it at the time, but from time to time I've rewatched old Stanford games...Lancaster was not very good in pass coverage. Had three pass interference penalties. Tarpley had more passes broken up, an important interception, and (IIRC) never got penalized in pass coverage.

Hamschoot is the unknown factor here because of his age, but from his limited action last year, he is highly explosive. So I'm not necessarily surprised to see the Hemschoot/Tarpley combo in the spring game, but I presume the competition will be intense in the fall with Skov, Vaughters, Hemschoot, Tarpley and Lancaster all pressing their claim. Maybe even Blake Martinez in there too.

[washingtonismoney]

I really like Henry Anderson and think he's definitely starting opposite Ben Gardner this year. As for Tarpley, I'm not sure he's any better than Lancaster and after the latest spring report it sounds like Hemschoot has passed up both Tarpley and Lancaster. But I guess anything could happen between now and the first game.

The thing you have to take into account when evaluating the three players is age and eligibility:

Tarpley and Hemschoot are the earliest, eligibility-wise. And Hemschoot skipped two grades--he's one of the youngest on the team. So Lancaster should look better than the two of them. But Hemschoot and Tarpley are probably on better parts of their learning/growth curves. The other thing to take into account is pass coverage. I didn't realize it at the time, but from time to time I've rewatched old Stanford games...Lancaster was not very good in pass coverage. Had three pass interference penalties. Tarpley had more passes broken up, an important interception, and (IIRC) never got penalized in pass coverage.

Hamschoot is the unknown factor here because of his age, but from his limited action last year, he is highly explosive. So I'm not necessarily surprised to see the Hemschoot/Tarpley combo in the spring game, but I presume the competition will be intense in the fall with Skov, Vaughters, Hemschoot, Tarpley and Lancaster all pressing their claim. Maybe even Blake Martinez in there too.