You probably know that Tuesday afternoon was Pitt’s first scrimmage — and the defense got the job done. In Wednesday’s Post-Gazette, Paul Zeise took the info (most of which we already knew) and started to sort out the depth chart.
Over the next week, it’ll become even clearer.
“This is a big week for us,” Wannstedt said. “We have another big scrimmage Saturday then, after that scrimmage, we’ll be able to zero in a little bit more. But we have three or four good days of work and then the scrimmage and by then I think the guys will start separating themselves.”
The QB situation is going to take more than the rest of this week to be figured out.
Junior Bill Stull has a firm grip on the starting job and has separated himself from redshirt freshman Kevan Smith and the rest of the pack. He will be the starter Sept. 1, but the wild card is freshman Pat Bostick, who Wannstedt said still has a chance to play his way back into the mix.
So even once the season starts (with Stull likely starting), could we still possibly see Bostick take over the starting job a few weeks into the season? And not many questions at the running backs spot, except wondering how many touches LeSean McCoy will get.
Zeise perfectly describes the fullback situation as, “Not much drama here — Conredge Collins is the starter…” One change at fullback I would like to see? How about getting Collins more carries. It seemed like it would have worked last year but maybe with the emergence of McCoy it won’t be necessary.
The theme with the wide recievers is how they’re being shifted after Derek Kinder’s injury. Turner, Porter, Pestano, and McGee are all being moved up and will see the bulk of the playing time there. Kinder’s absense could lead to more balls thrown towards the tight ends — which have already been covered at length.
All of the info on the offensive skill players isn’t anything new or surprising. Everything gets a bit more unclear when things move to the line, also noted in Chas’ post yesterday. Mike McGlynn can be mentioned at center, guard, and tackle and he’s the wildcard. Where he plays is determined by what he shows and how the other linemen perform. Nothing can really be set until we figure out what’s going to happen with him, but where ever he plays he’ll be counted on to be a leader and do a good job.
