[BostonCard]

"Serviceable?"  Perhaps--if five projected two-deep guys get hurt. 
...

For sheer potential, this is like no group we've seen at Stanford.

I called "deep and serviceable"  the floor.  I agree the ceiling is very high.  But we are losing our leading tackler.  Davis has been injured.  Perez has had issues.  Kalambayi didn't quite live up to our projected potential.  If all that continues next year, that's not a horrible floor.

My expectation is that this will be a good to very good unit.  I neglected to write what the ceiling was, and I agree it is very high.

If Kalambayi lives up to the pass rushing potential he showed as a freshman (6.5 sacks as a back-up), Tyler becomes wicked off the edge, Aliferi takes advantage of his athleticism, we may have the best set of outside linebackers in the Pac-12.  On the inside, if Davis is healthy all year, Branch blows up as we think hem might, Palma continues to develop, and Perez figures it out... I expect we will be among the top units in the P12.

BC

[BostonCard]

"Serviceable?"  Perhaps--if five projected two-deep guys get hurt. 
...

For sheer potential, this is like no group we've seen at Stanford.

I called "deep and serviceable"  the floor.  I agree the ceiling is very high.  But we are losing our leading tackler.  Davis has been injured.  Perez has had issues.  Kalambayi didn't quite live up to our projected potential.  If all that continues next year, that's not a horrible floor.

My expectation is that this will be a good to very good unit.  I neglected to write what the ceiling was, and I agree it is very high.

If Kalambayi lives up to the pass rushing potential he showed as a freshman (6.5 sacks as a back-up), Tyler becomes wicked off the edge, Aliferi takes advantage of his athleticism, we may have the best set of outside linebackers in the Pac-12.  On the inside, if Davis is healthy all year, Branch blows up as we think hem might, Palma continues to develop, and Perez figures it out... I expect we will be among the top units in the P12.

BC