Northwestern's Boston College Depth Chart: Dan Persa will start at QB
by Rodger Sherman on Aug 26, 2011 4:43 PM CDT
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PrintBefore you launch into the last weekend of pre-football, and before the power goes out up in here, Northwestern released its depth chart for the season opener against the Boston College Eagles, and we learned some stuff.
- Dan Persa is the starting quarterback. However, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS. I still expect Kain Colter to play, a lot.
- Mike Trumpy OR Jacob Schmidt at running back, so, it's not just Jacob Schmidt. Breathe easy. I assume Adonis Smith will get touches too.
- Jeff Budzien will be the placekicker with Steve Flaherty doing kickoffs. Good to see some separation of powers there, help conserve some legs.
- Ben Johnson has moved back to strong-side linebacker to start with Collin Ellis injured, after Johnson had been moved to back up Bryce McNaul at weak-side earlier this year. He's backed up by Chi Chi Ariguzo.
- Rashad Lawrence OR Christian Jones at one WR spot. We've heard exceptionally good things about both, but this looks like an indicator that the Cats will burn the redshirt of the 6-foot-3 freshman from Houston, much as they burned Lawrence's last year.
- David Arnold is injured, but he still has the No. 1 spot at safety with Ibraheim Campbell as the backup, although this could change.
Enjoy your weekends, if any of y'all are going to Meet the Team night, nice, and, scroll down for all the other good stuff!
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"Good to see some separation of powers there, help conserve some legs."
True, given the millions of extra points and kickoffs we’re going to have this season, with our unstoppable offense. PATs can wear a man out.
Separation of Duties
Demos was notoriously overused in his junior season (2009) when he kicked off, place kicked, and punted – which I could see wearing a guy down over 13 games. It’s clear Fitz wants to avoid this situation at all costs.
It also doesn’t hurt to keep the backup’s legs warm just in case one needs to call upon him.
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Let's tell ourselves that
When really, these duties are “separated” because, most likely, neither one can do the other. Budzien, I’ll bet, is more accurate from 40 yards in, and Flaherty’s got a bigger leg but can’t consistently hit an FG.
This, honestly, concerns me.
Indications from camp were otherwise
It sounded like both kickers were having great camps and it was going to come down to some mental X factor for the starting PK position. Maybe I’ll feel differently in a few weeks, but this is a position I’m not terribly concerned about at this point.
I'd take camp reports with a grain or two of salt.
And I just can’t feel comfortable about the PK game. The punting, fine. I just need to see Budzien nail a couple moderately difficult kicks before I feel good.
Fair enough
I’m just going to spend my waking hours concerned about our OL and QB situation. It sounds like you’ve got the PK aspect covered.
It's kind of hard to fudge camp reports about kickers
They either make the FGs or they don’t. Reports are that they were making them.
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