Duke plays its second scrimmage of the preseason on Aug. 29. Here's coach David Cutcliffe discussing the depth chart ramifications of the live action
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00:00I met with the staff today and talked about the very thing you're talking about,
00:05bracketing players at a depth chart.
00:08You're gonna have to have a number of people ready to play in the game and
00:11the depth chart can well be fluid.
00:14We all realize that, know that, so different combinations of lines,
00:20with somebody different at center or somebody different as a guard or a tackle.
00:25And then certainly every position is just the fluid.
00:29You gotta maintain competition, but quite obviously,
00:34you're gonna play more people than you would in most years.
00:41I'll just start with the offensive side.
00:43I thought our front played better.
00:46I don't think there's any question that right now we're really
00:52working with about ten people that are competing either for playing time and
00:57or starting.
00:58And that's always a good place to start up front.
01:01But I do think we've made progress.
01:03We're better than we were there a year ago.
01:05We got guys competing at corner, guys competing at safety,
01:09and a lot of competition there.
01:12Certainly, Chris Katrynek is very experienced at what we're doing and
01:16is a great young man, great athlete.
01:19Gunner has had some really bright times, and he is a threat to pull it down and
01:26run, and he's thrown the ball well.
01:28And Chase Bryce has played really well, thrown the ball exceptionally well and
01:32has made a lot of plays throughout the weeks of practice and
01:37certainly in the scrimmage as well.
01:38So excited about the possibilities there.
01:43We're gonna put a lot of different situations in the game,
01:46whether you're backed up or whether you're red zone or third downs.
01:50And I wanna see how they respond to each one of those situations that do win and
01:54lose games.
01:55So that will be the focus for tomorrow.
01:58I think the biggest thing with any quarterback, it's twofold.
02:03You gotta have a playmaker to be as good as you can be.
02:06And we've got to find out who's gonna make the most plays for us.
02:11This is if you're gonna play quarterback in our system,
02:14you're gonna take care of the ball.
02:16You're gonna read defenses, you're gonna get us in the best runs possible.
02:19So I think all of them are making progress and we'll come here with
02:24some point midweek where we'll develop a depth chart.
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