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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Philip Wheeler’s take on new defense
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There’s no shortage of former Georgia Tech football players dropping by spring practice this week. On Wednesday, I spotted former safeties Djay Jones and Jamal Lewis, Webmaster and former defensive end Adamm Oliver and former linebacker Philip Wheeler, and there might have been others.
Wheeler’s impressions: “They looked pretty good for the second day.” I asked him what difference he saw between the old defense and the new one. He laughed. “I didn’t see any blitzes,” Wheeler said.
My take: It’s a good sign when former players are invested enough in the program to show up to watch a spring practice or two.
My second take: Linebackers coach Brian Jean-Mary, who spent a lot of Monday’s practice trying to get Kyle Jackson’s attention, appeared much happier with Jackson’s performance on Wednesday. With Wheeler and Gary Guyton gone, Tech needs Brad Jefferson and Jackson to step up and play alongside Anthony Barnes and Shane Bowen. Those four seem most likely to produce the starting three, though Travis Chambers didn’t rejoin the team for a redshirt senior season just to sit around.
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