I’ve been venting about Ricker for the last two seasons. He’s had to rely so heavily on transfers because only a couple of the younger guys have even remotely gotten to the point of being an able player on this team. Well this year is it. He will have over 30+ OL at his disposal. No more excuses of not being able to fill a two-deep rotation. If he can’t manage to put together a viable 2-deep that can run the ball and block consistently, he needs to go. I don’t care how good of a recruiter he is. What’s the point if he can’t develop the talent he gets?
I think critiquing the DBs is a little unfair. Especially at corner. Not only did we lose our two starters for the season, a week before the season started we lost our CB coach for some reason that was never explained (must have been pretty bad). I agree with you about JT though, he was just not a good cover corner. I thought McIver did a great job when he took over for him as the starter. And James was very good. And I’ll give the safeties a pass this season as they are learning one of the hardest positions in this defense. Clark and Camara were solid, and I thought Jamal improved at the end.
But I 100% agree at LB. That group has been abysmal the last two seasons. And I have no idea why our staff is so infatuated with Obiazor. He can’t cover, he CONSTANTLY overshoots his lane assignments, and misses tackles. I thought Carroll looked much better than him this season, especially at the end. But overall, that’s a position that needs a shake up.