[CTcard]

...  I remember noticing when we'd rest Phillips and Thomas at the beginning of drives in the 2nd half last season, subbing in Cotton et al.  The Colorado game sticks in my memory but there were others like this, too. 


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I hope I'm wrong, and this might be a reflection of my fixed / non-growth mindset, but I actually think we're likely to field our weakest DL of the entire Shaw era this season.

I have written the same about our run defense when Phillips and/or Thomas were rested, with the exact same Colorado game sticking in my mind so distinctly.

The one thing I would say about the DL, there have now been about three years straight where we thought we were looking at the weakest DL of the Shaw era. Each time we were basically saved by the skin of our teeth (2015 Brennan Scarlett showed up, 2016 Phillips got healthy and Thomas turned into an allstar). So, depending on your mind set you might decide that we have a good track record of making the DL work out or you might decide that we've been walking on the edge too long and doom is nigh.

[CTcard]

...  I remember noticing when we'd rest Phillips and Thomas at the beginning of drives in the 2nd half last season, subbing in Cotton et al.  The Colorado game sticks in my memory but there were others like this, too. 


...
I hope I'm wrong, and this might be a reflection of my fixed / non-growth mindset, but I actually think we're likely to field our weakest DL of the entire Shaw era this season.

I have written the same about our run defense when Phillips and/or Thomas were rested, with the exact same Colorado game sticking in my mind so distinctly.

The one thing I would say about the DL, there have now been about three years straight where we thought we were looking at the weakest DL of the Shaw era. Each time we were basically saved by the skin of our teeth (2015 Brennan Scarlett showed up, 2016 Phillips got healthy and Thomas turned into an allstar). So, depending on your mind set you might decide that we have a good track record of making the DL work out or you might decide that we've been walking on the edge too long and doom is nigh.