3 Players With a Golden Opportunity

[rok]

The thing about Marty is he was our most complete back. So I am not sure he’s replaceable as far as the role he played. What is the book on Lyle as a receiver and a blocker?

Lyle was trusted enough in pass pro to earn the RB1 job out of camp in '25, and he caught a high leverage pass late vs LOU I believe. If we had to lose a player like Marty Brown, getting Jordan Lyle back definitely softens the blow long-term, and perhaps in the short term too if Fletcher misses time.

 

[Canes Stan]

How about Upshaw being the clear 3 now? Idt anyone has a bigger opportunity then him.

Idk that we even have a true number 2 at receiver. Coop, upshaw, and Moore kinda been playing similar roles. I thought Moore was kinda locking down that spot but obviously next man up now.

 

[mynameisjeff]

Honestly I'd rest Fletcher against CMU and start Lyle/Mallory. Let them compete to see who is RB2 against Clemson.

As far as the offensive line goes I'll just echo what everyone is saying. Enough with the SJ experiment. Play all the freshmen this week. We'll still win by 30 if Mensah and Toney can go

 

[The canesman]

If we are truly backl then its next man up. It’s a cane thing

 

[NicKane]

We’ve had some rough injury luck these past few weeks. Thankfully, in areas where there is depth. Here’s three players who have an opportunity to break out.

(1) Jordan Lyle - sometimes we forget that Lyle was RB1 going into the ND game last year. He’s shown flashes of what he’s capable of. When Lyle went down, which was seen as devastating at the time, Marty Brown took that opportunity and ran with it. In a weird reversal, with Brown going down, Lyle now has that same opportunity.

(2) Dre Jacobs - WR1 with SCAR last year, Dre Jacobs has been WR5 this year. Miami still has a deep and talented WR room, but Jacobs has an opportunity for much more playing time.

(3) Soumarion Wingo - one of our best WR prospects in awhile, Wingo has had some great reps this year. He’ll have a great opportunity now to get more reps and make an impact.

Injuries suck, and we’re beat up right now but there’s a bright line here. We have depth and talent. Young guys need to step up. We also have a favorable schedule right now. CMU is a scrimmage and Clemson is terrible.

Agree 100% and Jordan Lyle this year in fall camp was clearly running back number two behind Fletcher. He had that good of a camp. It’s now time for him to show up and I believe he will.

 

[canesupremacy]

I view Marty as our 2008 Tebow where he always picked up the needed 1-2 yds. Marty was automatic for us.

 

[YLCANE]

Lmfao, he already replaced brown last year bud, even had games where he had more carries than Fletcher.

If anything, Pringle’s problem against Wake was his lack of patience and trying too hard to force himself thru gaps that were not there. Still, OLine did him no favors.


All Mallory’s running ‘hard,’ as you describe it, was good for an extra 0.28 yards per carry despite having nearly double the rushing attempts.

Pass pro bro
Pass pro
Pringle is small
It limits how we use him

 

[YLCANE]

Agree 100% and Jordan Lyle this year in fall camp was clearly running back number two behind Fletcher. He had that good of a camp. It’s now time for him to show up and I believe he will.

MFer better
Time to stop f ing around