RobHowe
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Howe: Projecting Iowa's Pre-Spring Depth Chart on Defense
Projected Offensive Depth Chart
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I think it would be fair to say that our defense is always really good, I have no concerns on that side of the ball until they prove me wrong.Is it just me or should we expect the defense to be really darn good again. The secondary has everyone back plus the UNI transfer. They should be dang good again.
The LBs I couldn't be more excited to see. Campbell I think is the next big thing. I don't think you can under hype him. I also like Jacobs. The two of them are just big strong fast athletes. Benson has played a lot and done well. They could be the strength of unit.
The Dline will have some newbies contributing again but we've done some of that the last couple yrs too and not had any regression at all. I'm really not too worried about that.
If I coulda cherry picked one guy to come back next yr on D it woulda been Heflin. He coulda really solidified things for us there. But he's been in college like 5 yrs and it's just time to move on and it's tough to think any different. Nixon has a 1st round draft pick check to be cashing soon so he had to go.Without getting immediate help from the transfer portal the d-line looks like it is a year away from being really good. I can see them struggling early and then coming on late. Indiana and ISU could expose that line at the beginning of the year and by the end, it could be pretty salty.