The menacing front seven of Clemson football rated best in nation.
It should come as a surprise to no one that Clemson football has the best front seven in the nation, at least according to CBS Sports.
According to the outlet the only question among the group is not actually a question about a player, but rather the newly minted coordinator.
"If coach Dabo Swinney’s crew is going to get back to the top of the college football world this year, it’ll be on the heels of one of the best defenses — personnel-wise — that he’s ever produced. Superstar Bryan Bresee will anchor the middle of the line of scrimmage and, when healthy, is the top defensive lineman in the country. Add Xavier Thomas and K.J. Henry at edge, and the line should be devastating. The linebacking corps will be led by Trenton Simpson, who had 64 tackles, 12.5 which were for a loss, last season. The only real question here is if the success former defensive coordinator Brent Venables had during his tenure in the upstate can be replicated by new defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin."
Coaches are only as good as the players they coach and if that old saying is true in 2022, then Wes Goodwin is going to be fine.
Still, I’d be naive to believe there’ll be no difference from Brent Venables to Goodwin, just as there’s going to be a difference from Lincoln Riley to Venables at Oklahoma. Not necessarily better or worse, just different.
The Tigers are so deep there are too many names to list for some
How good is the Clemson front severn? Well, he wrote an entire paragraph and never mentioned Myles Murphy, Tyler Davis, Ruke Orhorhoro, Payton Page or Barrett Carter.
As always staying as healthy as possible is the key and make no doubt there’s bound to be injuries, especially along the line where there’s constant banging and piles of huge young men twisted and bent on every play.
A line anchored by Bresee and Murphy is already good, but the other pieces, many of them unnamed in the source article, is what has the chance to make this defense special.