DRC: UNT offseason questions series No. 6 -- Can the Mean Green rebuild what was a productive defensive line?

[Brett Vito]

 

[cousin oliver]

Good article but as I see it we mainly lost the twins and having Roderick back along with big Thom Trieb should more than sustain us.

[Mean Green 93-98]

7 hours ago, cousin oliver said:

Good article but as I see it we mainly lost the twins and having Roderick back along with big Thom Trieb should more than sustain us.

IMO, losing Dion Novil leaves by far the biggest hole.  But I'm more excited than concerned about our D-line.

[97and03]

Not too worried about the starting DTs but depth could be an issue. Fortunately Johnson and LeBlanc have solid experience even though they were surpassed by others later. (On that note, what happened with TaShoyn Johnson? He seemed like the next big thing as a freshman.)

DE is a much bigger concern and lots of question marks there. 

[Glory to the Green]

IIRC, PB was looking into 3 man fronts.  This was before spring practice, so that might have changed with the newest editions. Looking forward to the season!  GMG!

[GrayEagle]

On the edges there will likely be Mazin Richards and Tom Trieb.  I think that they will exceed the twins production, which was very good.  Assuming that we use a four man line, I think (hope) that we will see good production from Enoch Jackson and Roderick Brown.