Bobby Kanka

So, you know, not necessarily young.

And then you got Bobby Kanka and David Polipali, who continue to get better with more reps. and more confidence.

You just hope those guys continue to, to gain confidence and get better week in and week out.

But it feels like we're building depth.

So, you know, not necessarily young.

And then you got Bobby Kanka and David Polipali, who will continue to get better with more reps. and more confidence, you just hope those guys continue to gain confidence and get better week in and week out.

But I feel like we're building depth.

You build depth by playing them, and guys get more confident in their techniques.

You mentioned Trey, Eno, and Jonah.

Then we supplement that with some really good reps from Bobby Kanka and David Polipali.

And...

Cam is in there from defensive end to D-tackle as well.

Let's see, who else? Tommy, you talked about, looked sharp when he had his chance.

Defensive tackle-wise, Bobby Kanka.

We think he's already contributing and doing a good job, but we think he's got a very high ceiling as well.

Did he put the feed bag on during the bye week to get those 10 pounds that we talked about last

We have a very open room when it comes to critique, which I think is – It's huge.

So, you know, it's not necessarily me always critiquing guys.

You got the older guys who will speak to Bobby Kanka when he's messing up or be able to correct him from that standpoint.

So it's a full out, you know, everyone's able to take the correction and always tell him, like, when you come in the D-line room, it's no – No, the feelings got to go out the window, because if you come in here with feelings, you're going to leave even worse.

That came out Monday night.

My guests, as always, Kyle Whittingham, defensive coordinator Jay Hill, and defensive tackle Bobby Kanka.

Great story with Bobby.

Um, shares a lot about his relationship with his parents and now that he's a sophomore, some of the challenges he had as a freshman.

There's been a few really good catches by the opponent here and there, but as far as limiting the explosive plays, I think the secondary has done a nice job of that.

And I'm gonna ask you about a guy who's gonna join us at the end of the program, Bobby Kanka.

Yeah.

What have you seen or learned about him through the first five weeks? Local kid, a lot of eyeballs on him.

Yeah.

And what about what, uh, you have an impression on Bobby Kanka? I, uh, he's getting some snaps.

I like, yeah.

He looked okay to me.

Yeah.

We were...

And I was like going into the season saying, "Man, we really need Palepole to hit, um, or we're not gonna have a third tackle, or Kanka."

Yeah.

But... you know, I just, it's not quite as deep as we were hoping.

I mean, we're seeing a bit of Bobby Kanka.

We're seeing a little bit of David Pali Pali, but not much at all.

I still just, I feel like it's, it's performing really well at the top, but it's just, it's not got the depth of the address room did does.