Penn State Depth Chart & Injury Report: Iowa
by Mike Pettigano on Oct 7, 2011 12:30 PM EDT
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Just a minor change to our Friday schedules. Jeff's injury report post has merged with my depth chart post. It's not really a big deal, but in case you're wondering.
Official Penn State Injury Report
TB Brandon Beachum - foot - possible
TE Garry Gilliam - knee - out
CB D’Anton Lynn - head - possible
DE Pete Massaro - knee - out
LB Michael Mauti - knee - out
RB Pat Zerbe - knee - out
Notes: The two "possible" on this list are pretty big if they do pan out. Lynn is a very important starter, possibly the most important on this defense next to Devon Still. Going up against a rather unorthodox (for Iowa) passing offense this week (no-huddle, pass-first), Penn State will need all the pass defense it can get. Also noticeably absent from this list is Stephon Morris, who missed most of the second half last week with an ankle. If he returns, then the entire secondary is at least available. Beachum is also a nice addition to the backfield this week, though it's tough to gauge how well Curtis Dukes actually performed since it was against Indiana. Still, Dukes played well last week, and there's never anything negative in getting back a quality power running back. Another player missing, but unlikely to play, is Curtis Drake. He has made appearances the past few weeks, but his leg injury apparently regressed. Much of this info was gathered from Joe Paterno's press conference and the Thursday night call-in show.
Moving on.
Penn State Depth Chart
Not much change, again. But that's... okay.
Notes: I'm not entirely sure if the staff will be iffy on playing Beachum right behind Redd, but I could totally see it happening. But I tend to chart players returning from injury lower on the ladder. Stanley is no long sharing the starting spot with Latimore. Nice to see Stanley stepping up this season. My assumption here is that Lynn will start. But we'll see. Bill Belton won't play this week, according to Joe Paterno. I'm not sure why, and too lazy right now (read: preoccupied with baby stuff) to look it up. But I heard somewhere that he missed practice; which would make sense. Enlighten me in the comments.
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I wonder which LB are better in coverage
That’s where we might miss Mauti the most. Dude could get back and disrupt passing lanes (see: a few tipped/knocked down passes and the beast INT against Temple). IMO, Stupar is very good at getting TFL and stopping the run, but not sure about his coverage skills. Also, not completely sure how Carson and Khairi rate out, though they’ve both seemed generally solid.
One or two big 3rd down pass deflections/big hits to dislodge the ball and force a punt could help immensely this game. Hope the LB and S can bring it in that regard.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
Mike Hull
has been in several passing situations this year and plays the pass well.
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball! Let's crack some nuts!
Yes. He was being practiced at safety
either this past off season or last year. I forget. But he would be a great 3rd safety dropped down into the box.
A Garden State Nittany Lion...
"The way things are these days, 9-3 and one of the best graduation rates in the country doesn't seem like such a terrible bargain to make." - Michael Weinreb
by Mike Pettigano on Oct 7, 2011 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Could be a nice tactic to deploy
Have him in on more early downs to counter their propensity to pass
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
I like Stupar's edge presence
He’s a real asset. Now, one player I’m not sure about is Hodges. He was a highly-touted safety prospect. I understand he was set back with last year’s injury, but he hasn’t turned into the play-maker many of us were expecting. I hate to put that on a player. But Hodges does have all the tools, is a good player. But if Penn State’s defense wants to take a step to the next level, it’ll need HOdges to start playing like the next-best linebacker on the team in Mauti’s absence.
A Garden State Nittany Lion...
"The way things are these days, 9-3 and one of the best graduation rates in the country doesn't seem like such a terrible bargain to make." - Michael Weinreb
by Mike Pettigano on Oct 7, 2011 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Drake's injury
At this point, must be some sort of curse. OK, if the bone is healed, what is still the problem? “Soreness”……what does an MRI reveal? I wish I could be privy to the medical evaluation of this, seems like there’s no good explanation.
I thought
Joe’s presser made it sound like Drake’s issue might be a little more about work ethic/academics than injury regression. I might be remembering that wrong though.
With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right
- A.Lincoln
You know.....
I’ve never done any particular research on injuries, but I would have to think that PSU suffers a good bit of injuries to1st- teamers at least or more than the average school…it seems that within the last 8 seasons or so that we cannot avoid the dreaded knee problems, etc. that hurt our chances of playing with a group of kids that are at least used to playing with each other. And Joe said something about #21—-I don’t know, he may or may not play—-Joe, either play him or kick him off the team as was the original plan. He would be a great addition to a running outside/pitch game that we could sorely use…I’m not saying that he starts, but use him or lose him….we have enough studs that can run up the middle.
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Or use him to block on 3rd and long
It’s been a bit of a struggle for some of the backs to pick up blitzes, so if Green is just standing on the sideline, might as well put him in to block somebody.
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