SC d line

I'm gonna throw my 2 cents in about our d-line

DE- Clowney, no need to say anything else about him. His back up is Darius English who the coaches have had a lot of praise for. He will struggle against the run but barring injury he won't be asked to be a run stopper this year. Hopefully he will add some weight before next season. He will probably see a lot of the in the "rabbit package". Explosive first step and very good pass rusher. Defensive player of the year in Georgia his senior season in 5a ball

DT- Surrat, more than formidable. I've actually seen Tony Morrell say that he felt as though Suratt had a chance to be as good or better than Quarles. I don't think we see much drop off between him and Jerideau. Back up is Duke who is unproven. Really had a great off season in the weight room as he is actually the strongest person on the team pound for pound and that's pretty good considering he's a little over 300. Gotta translate to the field though. 

DT- Quarles, proven player that should have another great season because of the attention teams will pay towards Clowney. His back up will be Dixon jr. Whole I really don't know a lot about him cause he only played. sparingly last year, I do think he will be a decent to good defensive tackle. Good size and strong. 

DE- Sutton, this is the guy I look to have a high year. He actually played better than D Taylor last year in my opinion from a pure pass rush perspective. I don't think there will be any drop off between the two as I personally think sutton as more upside than Taylor. His back will be the other Dixon. He is a complete unknown but his high school film is impressive  (don't believe me? Go watch any of clowneys high school highlight tape). He is the guy on the other side of the field making a ton of plays. He has good size at 6'3 260 range and should be able to hold his own against the run when called upon. 

Are any of the back ups super stars, no, of course not. But the difference with the current Carolina team vs Carolina teams of the past is that these guys haven't had to play immediately because of the great depth that Carolina had been able to build up. They haven't been required to have to step up early in their careers. That's no to say that any of these guys aren't good but when you have all conference type players and upperclassman playing ahead of you, you're obviously not gonna see the field and therefore be an unknown. This is the same with our linebacking corp. they don't have much experience but its not because they suck and couldn't get on the field, the guys ahead of them were seniors and pretty damn good ball players. I guess my point is this isn't ya daddy's Carolina teams. Freshman aren't required to come Into the program and expected to produce and the reason for that is good, solid, quality depth. It doesn't mean they're not talented, it just means there wasn't much difference with the guys ahead of them except for experience and if your starters are talented and experienced, the back ups aren't gonna play even I they're just as talented.