PODCAST: D$ with insight on practices and scrimmage, including big plays from Jacurri and Colby Young

Apr 11, 2023

- The offense was filling the air with footballs on Thursday, but the defense responded with a much better day at Saturday's scrimmage. Jacurri Brown is starting to settle into the new offense and show his talent. He made a beautiful downfield throw to a diving Ray Ray Joseph on Thursday for a huge gain. On Saturday, he rocketed a ball downfield to Isaiah Horton rolling left to evade inside pressure and finished the drive with a quick read and strike to Riley Williams. He later lobbed a perfect play action pass down the sideline to Horton which hit him in stride but was dropped. One source told me Jacurri has the most upside of any player (not just QB) in the entire program.

- On Thursday, Tyler Van Dyke hit Colby Young with a 99-yard TD in stride. Young has slimmed down and picked up speed. On Saturday, TVD connected multiple times with Xavier Restrepo, including a long TD. Those are by far the top two WRs and the most consistent players on and off the field.

- Two players who have taken huge leaps since the beginning of spring- Samson Okunlola and Nyjalik Kelly. Okunlola took a second to adjust to the competition and still needs strength, but he is growing fast and opened up multiple huge holes at the point of attack and also the second level. Kelly is living in the backfield and has developed a nasty long-arm pass rush move.

- Emory Williams has more arm strength than I thought. He made a beautiful downfield pass rolling left on Saturday, which impressed onlookers. He also hit Joseph for a corner route TD on Saturday. Joseph has had a couple good days.

- The linebacker group is starting to look more like Miami. Francisco Mauigoia is showing a well-rounded game: multiple picks and sacks, stoutness taking on blocks, instincts and speed sideline-to-sideline. He looks different than any LB we've had since the Shaq days. Wesley Bissainthe is starting to string together good practices after a slow start. He had a nice scrimmage. Bobby Washington flashes every day. When those three are together, it looks right.

- Cornerback remains a problem area. Expect Portal additions there. Davonte Brown is the best of the group with his length at the catch point.

- Kam Kinchens makes a pick every practice, including an eye-popping one-handed catch in one-on-ones on Saturday. Markeith Williams bounced back from a rough scrimmage the prior week to have an outstanding showing on Saturday, quickly diagnosing plays and flying downfield.

- Looking forward to seeing everybody at the spring game on Friday. Things I expect to see: an offense that scores more than last year's game, a much bigger offensive line, improved WR play that still is missing one player, a DT rotation decimated by injury, faster LBs and less physically impressive CBs.

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OriginalCanesCanesCanes

Apr 11, 2023

cway313 said:
Trajectory for Richardson not really play 2 years win the shorts competition get drafted. I'm not ready to go into specifics on field until I see more of Brown than a Gatty/Ponce year. The NFL will always make room for guys like Lance and Richardson that wow you without the game film to support it.

Please rephrase that first sentence I don’t understand what you’re saying.

grover

Apr 11, 2023

DMoney said:
- The offense was filling the air with footballs on Thursday, but the defense responded with a much better day at Saturday's scrimmage. Jacurri Brown is starting to settle into the new offense and show his talent. He made a beautiful downfield throw to a diving Ray Ray Joseph on Thursday for a huge gain. On Saturday, he rocketed a ball downfield to Isaiah Horton rolling left to evade inside pressure and finished the drive with a quick read and strike to Riley Williams. He later lobbed a perfect play action pass down the sideline to Horton which hit him in stride but was dropped. One source told me Jacurri has the most upside of any player (not just QB) in the entire program.

- On Thursday, Tyler Van Dyke hit Colby Young with a 99-yard TD in stride. Young has slimmed down and picked up speed. On Saturday, TVD connected multiple times with Xavier Restrepo, including a long TD. Those are by far the top two WRs and the most consistent players on and off the field.

- Two players who have taken huge leaps since the beginning of spring- Samson Okunlola and Nyjalik Kelly. Okunlola took a second to adjust to the competition and still needs strength, but he is growing fast and opened up multiple huge holes at the point of attack and also the second level. Kelly is living in the backfield and has developed a nasty long-arm pass rush move.

- Emory Williams has more arm strength than I thought. He made a beautiful downfield pass rolling left on Saturday, which impressed onlookers. He also hit Joseph for a corner route TD on Saturday. Joseph has had a couple good days.

- The linebacker group is starting to look more like Miami. Francisco Mauigoia is showing a well-rounded game: multiple picks and sacks, stoutness taking on blocks, instincts and speed sideline-to-sideline. He looks different than any LB we've had since the Shaq days. Wesley Bissainthe is starting to string together good practices after a slow start. He had a nice scrimmage. Bobby Washington flashes every day. When those three are together, it looks right.

- Cornerback remains a problem area. Expect Portal additions there. Davonte Brown is the best of the group with his length at the catch point.

- Kam Kinchens makes a pick every practice, including an eye-popping one-handed catch in one-on-ones on Saturday. Markeith Williams bounced back from a rough scrimmage the prior week to have an outstanding showing on Saturday, quickly diagnosing plays and flying downfield.

- Looking forward to seeing everybody at the spring game on Friday. Things I expect to see: an offense that scores more than last year's game, a much bigger offensive line, improved WR play that still is missing one player, a DT rotation decimated by injury, faster LBs and less physically impressive CBs.

I like the good news, guys, thanks for all the insights. ... @DMoney I know we've run with freshmen LBs in the past, but I was never a fan. So while I"m happy we have three guys in Kiko, Wes and Bobby, I would really argue we have only 1 plus a couple of hopefuls. Maybe we're forced run with the young uns. But that's not ACCCG level roster management, IMHO.

Net/net, we're seeing development, which we desperately needed. That's good. The holes are the holes.

grover

Apr 11, 2023

Cribby said:
Chaney is having a very good spring

No expert. But I personally felt he was Day 1 or 2 material when coming out of high school. If he can get to 100% and stay there, he will add a dimension to this offense we haven't seen since Duke or Lamar Miller. Put another way, Chaney alone could mean an extra win or two in the W-L column.

Cryptical Envelopment

Apr 11, 2023

cway313 said:
Shut yo ***** *** up. Idgaf what some other ***** said to you on this board. You call me another monkey I'll find you mother****a. Suck my whole ****.

You know what? I'm going to ignore that because it's on me and I owe you an apology. Someone DM'd me to let me know you were African American. I am fully ******* facepalm at myself right now.

On my honor, I always thought you were a scrawny little white dude lol. Maybe it was the avatar thing RVA would put on you when he did his memes that influenced me, I dunno.

I want you to know my comment had nothing to do with race, it was mostly centered around the poo flinging of it all lol, and I completely understand why that would **** you up and **** you off and I genuinely apologize for that, amigo. In my head it was like barely an insult. No AA should have to hear that **** even if it's unrelated to race or accidental. That **** is bigger than message board arguing. We don't know each other but I promise you we are on the same side when it comes to that ****. My bad my dude.

****. That's going to **** me up for a while too, really sorry.

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WeBallinBoyz

Apr 11, 2023

@DMoney, any other edge rushers popping off besides Kelly? And if no one stands out, who’s benefited the most from Taylor’s tutelage (I know it’s only been a small amount of time).

Appreciate it as always. Looking forward to a healthy D-line in the fall. Trenches might be our strongest units when it’s all said and done, despite the depth being far from adequate.

cway313

Apr 11, 2023

OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
Please rephrase that first sentence I don’t understand what you’re saying.

The trajectory for Richardson that I was projecting. Richardson had imited action his first 2 years on campus. He won the shorts competition (combine) which is the reason he is still projected to be a high draft pick.

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WeBallinBoyz

Apr 11, 2023

cway313 said:
Shut yo ***** *** up. Idgaf what some other ***** said to you on this board. You call me another monkey I'll find you mother****a. Suck my whole ****.

Cryptical Envelopment said:
You know what? I'm going to ignore that because it's on me and I owe you an apology. Someone DM'd me to let me know you were African American. I am fully ******* facepalm at myself right now.

On my honor, I always thought you were a scrawny little white dude lol. Maybe it was the avatar thing RVA would put on your when he did his memes that influenced me, I dunno.

I want you to know my comment had nothing to do with race, it was mostly centered around the poo flinging it it all lol, and I completely understand why that would **** you up and **** you off and I genuinely apologize for that, amigo. In my head it was like barely an insult. No AA should have to hear that **** even if it's unrelated to race or accidental. That **** is bigger than message board arguing. We don't know each other but I promise you we are on the same side when it comes to that ****. My bad my dude.

****. That's going to **** me up for a while too, really sorry.

Cryptical Envelopment

Apr 11, 2023

WeBallinBoyz said:
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You don't have your curse filter toggled off? You're part of the problem, homie.

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BoxingRobes

Apr 11, 2023

Mauigoa and Bobby Washington are just so much bigger than the previous staff's preference at linebacker, its wild. Seeing them next to Flagg and Keontra is very telling.

grover

Apr 11, 2023

Ashley Schaeffer said:
He'll play early. Has a second and third gear few players in the country have.

Not gonna lie, I thought Brashard would be that guy.

CANEMC

Apr 11, 2023

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COCane4Life

Apr 11, 2023

DMoney said:
- The offense was filling the air with footballs on Thursday, but the defense responded with a much better day at Saturday's scrimmage. Jacurri Brown is starting to settle into the new offense and show his talent. He made a beautiful downfield throw to a diving Ray Ray Joseph on Thursday for a huge gain. On Saturday, he rocketed a ball downfield to Isaiah Horton rolling left to evade inside pressure and finished the drive with a quick read and strike to Riley Williams. He later lobbed a perfect play action pass down the sideline to Horton which hit him in stride but was dropped. One source told me Jacurri has the most upside of any player (not just QB) in the entire program.

- On Thursday, Tyler Van Dyke hit Colby Young with a 99-yard TD in stride. Young has slimmed down and picked up speed. On Saturday, TVD connected multiple times with Xavier Restrepo, including a long TD. Those are by far the top two WRs and the most consistent players on and off the field.

- Two players who have taken huge leaps since the beginning of spring- Samson Okunlola and Nyjalik Kelly. Okunlola took a second to adjust to the competition and still needs strength, but he is growing fast and opened up multiple huge holes at the point of attack and also the second level. Kelly is living in the backfield and has developed a nasty long-arm pass rush move.

- Emory Williams has more arm strength than I thought. He made a beautiful downfield pass rolling left on Saturday, which impressed onlookers. He also hit Joseph for a corner route TD on Saturday. Joseph has had a couple good days.

- The linebacker group is starting to look more like Miami. Francisco Mauigoia is showing a well-rounded game: multiple picks and sacks, stoutness taking on blocks, instincts and speed sideline-to-sideline. He looks different than any LB we've had since the Shaq days. Wesley Bissainthe is starting to string together good practices after a slow start. He had a nice scrimmage. Bobby Washington flashes every day. When those three are together, it looks right.

- Cornerback remains a problem area. Expect Portal additions there. Davonte Brown is the best of the group with his length at the catch point.

- Kam Kinchens makes a pick every practice, including an eye-popping one-handed catch in one-on-ones on Saturday. Markeith Williams bounced back from a rough scrimmage the prior week to have an outstanding showing on Saturday, quickly diagnosing plays and flying downfield.

- Looking forward to seeing everybody at the spring game on Friday. Things I expect to see: an offense that scores more than last year's game, a much bigger offensive line, improved WR play that still is missing one player, a DT rotation decimated by injury, faster LBs and less physically impressive CBs.

Elite intel as always!

But I gotta say it. The studio high key is looking like an episode of the casting couch lmaooo. I’m shocked no one else has said it

I thought Pete was gonna say, “We bought the legendary studio…”

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Rickd

Apr 11, 2023

Don't know about the RS for Jacurri. He NEEDS live fire reps in order to grow. He could be the legit #1 QB in 2024 if he has the opportunity to grow during THIS season. With that experience under his belt and next Spring / Fall practice / development ... he is a totally different QB going into the UF game in September.

305to954

Apr 11, 2023

252cane said:
@DMoney how is graves doing? I know he still is young like 18 or 19 but haven’t heard much about him

He’s the one who need to step up by mid to late in the sea

Home Slice

Apr 11, 2023

DMoney said:
- The offense was filling the air with footballs on Thursday, but the defense responded with a much better day at Saturday's scrimmage. Jacurri Brown is starting to settle into the new offense and show his talent. He made a beautiful downfield throw to a diving Ray Ray Joseph on Thursday for a huge gain. On Saturday, he rocketed a ball downfield to Isaiah Horton rolling left to evade inside pressure and finished the drive with a quick read and strike to Riley Williams. He later lobbed a perfect play action pass down the sideline to Horton which hit him in stride but was dropped. One source told me Jacurri has the most upside of any player (not just QB) in the entire program.

- On Thursday, Tyler Van Dyke hit Colby Young with a 99-yard TD in stride. Young has slimmed down and picked up speed. On Saturday, TVD connected multiple times with Xavier Restrepo, including a long TD. Those are by far the top two WRs and the most consistent players on and off the field.

- Two players who have taken huge leaps since the beginning of spring- Samson Okunlola and Nyjalik Kelly. Okunlola took a second to adjust to the competition and still needs strength, but he is growing fast and opened up multiple huge holes at the point of attack and also the second level. Kelly is living in the backfield and has developed a nasty long-arm pass rush move.

- Emory Williams has more arm strength than I thought. He made a beautiful downfield pass rolling left on Saturday, which impressed onlookers. He also hit Joseph for a corner route TD on Saturday. Joseph has had a couple good days.

- The linebacker group is starting to look more like Miami. Francisco Mauigoia is showing a well-rounded game: multiple picks and sacks, stoutness taking on blocks, instincts and speed sideline-to-sideline. He looks different than any LB we've had since the Shaq days. Wesley Bissainthe is starting to string together good practices after a slow start. He had a nice scrimmage. Bobby Washington flashes every day. When those three are together, it looks right.

- Cornerback remains a problem area. Expect Portal additions there. Davonte Brown is the best of the group with his length at the catch point.

- Kam Kinchens makes a pick every practice, including an eye-popping one-handed catch in one-on-ones on Saturday. Markeith Williams bounced back from a rough scrimmage the prior week to have an outstanding showing on Saturday, quickly diagnosing plays and flying downfield.

- Looking forward to seeing everybody at the spring game on Friday. Things I expect to see: an offense that scores more than last year's game, a much bigger offensive line, improved WR play that still is missing one player, a DT rotation decimated by injury, faster LBs and less physically impressive CBs.

- The linebacker group is starting to look more like Miami. Francisco Mauigoia is showing a well-rounded game: multiple picks and sacks, stoutness taking on blocks, instincts and speed sideline-to-sideline. He looks different than any LB we've had since the Shaq days. Wesley Bissainthe is starting to string together good practices after a slow start. He had a nice scrimmage. Bobby Washington flashes every day. When those three are together, it looks right.

Home Slice

Apr 11, 2023

BoxingRobes said:
Mauigoa and Bobby Washington are just so much bigger than the previous staff's preference at linebacker, its wild. Seeing them next to Flagg and Keontra is very telling.

️ and they move well

Tru C

Apr 11, 2023

Michael Vick never got to 60% passing in college. Cam was at 60% at Blinn (Juco) then 66% at Auburn where he won it all. JB was at 60% last year.

So my question is, how far off is he in the right offense from producing like the aforementioned guys in college? Both Vick and Cam went to the National Title Game, with Cam winning it all.

Am i off base for making a comparison to those two? The kid looks like Voltron.

mcnaire2004

Apr 11, 2023

Tru C said:
Michael Vick never got to 60% passing in college. Cam was at 60% at Blinn (Juco) then 66% at Auburn where he won it all. JB was at 60% last year.

So my question is, how far off is he in the right offense from producing like the aforementioned guys in college? Both Vick and Cam went to the National Title Game, with Cam winning it all.

Am i off base for making a comparison to those two? The kid looks like Voltron.

Right now you are off base. At this point a better comparison may be Xavier Lee.

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skyman

Apr 11, 2023

Tru C said:
Michael Vick never got to 60% passing in college. Cam was at 60% at Blinn (Juco) then 66% at Auburn where he won it all. JB was at 60% last year.

So my question is, how far off is he in the right offense from producing like the aforementioned guys in college? Both Vick and Cam went to the National Title Game, with Cam winning it all.

Am i off base for making a comparison to those two? The kid looks like Voltron.

Plus spread/air raid offenses inflate completion % soo much with easy passes that you can help your qb overall. Completion % is up across the board, teams are passing better than ever before even though passing overall is also up.