duke preston

[djjimkelly]

im pulling for this kid and truly hope he beats out villarial. we havent been able to count on villarial for more then 10 games a year since hes been here and preston seems to not really be a drop and has much more upside

[Yasgur's Farm]

Re: duke preston


Offense:
RT: Jason Peters/Terrance Pennington
RG: Duke Preston/Aaron Gibson
C: Melvin Fowler/Justin Geisenger
LG: Tutan Reyes/Aaron Merz
LT: Mike Gandy/Terrance Pennington
TE: Robert Royal/Kevin Everett
WR: Lee Evans/Andre Davis/Roscoe Parrish
WR: Peerless Price/Josh Reed/Martin Nance/Sam Aiken
RB: Willis McGahee/Lionel Gates
FB: Damion Shelton/Anthony Thomas
QB: J.P Losman/Craig Nall/Kelly Holcomb

Defense:
RDE: Aaron Schobel/Eric Powell
RDT: Larry Triplett/Tim Anderson
LDT: John McCargo/Kyle Williams
LDE: Chris Kelsay/Ryan Denney
SLB: Angello Crowell/Keith Ellison
MLB: London Fletcher/Courtney Watson
WLB: Takeo Spikes/Mario Haggan
RCB: Nate Clements/Ashton Youboty/Eric King
LCB: Terrence McGee/Jabari Greer
SS: Donte Whitner/Matt Bowen
FS: Troy Vincent/Ko Simpson/Rashad Baker

Special Teams:
K: Rian Lindell
P: Brian Morman
LS: Mike Schneck

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Re: duke preston

im cheering for preston to start too but he got absoultely destroyed on JP's second fumble by the bengals lineman with the orange pony tail

[Night Train]

Re: duke preston

He did not have a good game at all Friday. He's not ready.

[The_Philster]

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No way do we only carry 2 TEs

[TigerJ]

Re: duke preston

I've seen one assessment of Preston which suggests he has regressed since last year.

[Yasgur's Farm]

Re: duke preston

No way do we only carry 2 TEs

You could be right... We'll have to wait and see.

[The_Philster]

Re: duke preston

also...both our top 2 special teamers cut? Stamer and Wire?...sorry, don't see it

[Yasgur's Farm]

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also...both our top 2 special teamers cut? Stamer and Wire?...sorry, don't see it

You know what my next question is don't you? What 3 would you cut to make room for the 3rd TE, Stamer and Wire? I'd love to have these guys BTW.

[The_Philster]

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You know what my next question is don't you? What 3 would you cut to make room for the 3rd TE, Stamer and Wire? I'd love to have these guys BTW.

not sure...but it'd only be 2...you have 52 players listed
Terrance Pennington is on there twice...Nance would likely be practice squad..I can't see us carrying 7 WRs

[Yasgur's Farm]

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Ahhh... So I have... I meant to have Brad Butler at 1 of the Tackle positions.

I guess we're back to 3 again.

I'd hate to give up Nance... Don't think he'd make it to the PS.

[YardRat]

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We carried seven last year, at least to start the season.

I could see Merz or Pennington, or both being cut to make room for the three. Also, Haggan and/or Baker.

Bowen could replace Wire on special teams, anyway, and he's a better d-back to begin with.

As for Preston...

He did not have a good game at all Friday. He's not ready.

...Let's take the JP approach with Duke. Put him in for 16 games, let him learn on the job, and see what we have at the end of the year.

[The_Philster]

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...Let's take the JP approach with Duke. Put him in for 16 games, let him learn on the job, and see what we have at the end of the year.

If you really think the positions can be handled the same way like that, you need help

[YardRat]

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Why not? At least Preston would have Peters, Fowler, and the rest to help him out.

I think it's more likely a young guy will grow on the job, and possibly be successful, when learning with a group that can help cover him than at the QB position.

[The_Philster]

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backup O-linemen do usually get action blocking for FGs and on special teams. It's not exactly the same as blocking on offense, but it's game action at blocking and will help. A QB will only get game action at QB...and only one plays...unless you want to see JP as a gunner on punt coverage...which would do nothing for his QBing. Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised to see Preston rotating with Villiarial a little throughout the season...unless he's regressed that far.