DE Devito Takes On Mentor Role To Catapano

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

I wonder how it will all shake out after training camp. I was a little surprised that Allen Bailey is penciled in as the starter right now. I kind of figured it would be Devito and Catapano with Bailey as the backup.

DeVito - Bailey
Poe - ???
Walker - Catapano

[SeeingRed]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

DeVito - Bailey
Poe - ???
Walker - Catapano

I donno about that...at this point I would say Walker is more of a 4th option at DE or possibly a back up to Poe but maybe behind BOTH Bailey and Catapano on depth chart at DE. listen to how Devito praises Cat here, compares his leap in year 2 to that of Poe's last year....that's VERY encouraging. I read that Bailey is over 300 and with Catapano in the 290s and "faster and more explosive" this year than he was at 275 last year our D Line might actually be very stout. One of our most solid positions at this moment I'd say.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_OrOAgcRxx0

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by SeeingRed

I donno about that...at this point I would say Walker is more of a 4th option at DE or possibly a back up to Poe but maybe behind BOTH Bailey and Catapano on depth chart at DE. listen to how Devito praises Cat here, compares his leap in year 2 to that of Poe's last year....that's VERY encouraging. I read that Bailey is over 300 and with Catapano in the 290s and "faster and more explosive" this year than he was at 275 last year our D Line might actually be very stout. One of our most solid positions at this moment I'd say.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_OrOAgcRxx0

The FO never would've brought Walker in if they thought Bailey or Catapano were ready to be starting DEs.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

The FO never would've brought Walker in if they thought Bailey or Catapano were ready to be starting DEs.

Considering how much we run sub-packages......Walker was brought in to play DT next to Poe more than he was brought in to play DE in the 3-4.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

Considering how much we run sub-packages......Walker was brought in to play DT next to Poe more than he was brought in to play DE in the 3-4.

This is what I thought as well. Walker will basicly be a "rotation" guy but he is probably the first backup for DE or DT because of the packages we run and helping to disguise, minimal, what we are doing.
With the signing of Walker and the drafting of Ford we definitely have a lot more depth that should help in keeping the guys up front a lot fresher than they were last season.
The news that Berry is going to be playing some, hopefully a lot, FS this season is also a huge plus for our secondary.
Hopefully all these moves help our D to disguise what they are trying or wanting to do on any given play.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

DeVito - Bailey
Poe - ???
Walker - Catapano

From what I read Bailey is getting all the reps with first team.