Brooks ( is he close to being ready)?

Strongly disagree. Our LBs are truly awful. Average LBs would make the defense look a lot better.

That's fine, you can disagree all you want. You obviously don't know what you're looking at and just say, our guy is out of position, can't shed blocks or diagnose a play, overran the play etc. No worries, it is what it is. Part of all of that is the play upfront, but more than anything it's the system overall.

Would love to be wrong, but I won't be.
 
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Stop it. Manny and Blake Baker set our LB room back for years. Players are what they are, it's on the coaches to detect that during the recruiting process.
Huh? They were both high 4* kids. Manny has his blame for the entire program being a mess but don’t tell me you are one of those fans that think the players are without fault here? We need them and now..and they are laying 44 and 17 at our feet.
 
Huh? They were both high 4* kids. Manny has his blame for the entire program being a mess but don’t tell me you are one of those fans that think the players are without fault here? We need them and now..and they are laying 44 and 17 at our feet.
Film never lies, stars do. It's the coaches to evaluate film and make projections. If stars ever meant anything then there would never be a 5 star bust. Go ask Mark Pope how his stars are helping him out on Saturdays.

The Two best players on the field yesterday for Ohio State and Oregon were Chris Olave, a 3star, and CJ Verdell, another 3star.
 
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Film never lies, stars do. It's the coaches to evaluate film and make projections. If stars ever meant anything then there would never be a 5 star bust. Go ask Mark Pope how his stars are helping him out on Saturdays.

The Two best players on the field yesterday for Ohio State was Chris Olave, a 3star, and CJ Verdell, another 3star.
Maybe your right. They had a lot of people fooled then. I thought Brooks and Huff were sure things. We all guessed wrong.
 
Just re watched and i agree. Smith needs more weight and experience but 44 missing tackles left and right just keep him off the field already the experiment is over. put a freshman in if you have to
Was tough to watch. Has no business playing.
 
Maybe your right. They had a lot of people fooled then. I thought Brooks and Huff were sure things. We all guessed wrong.
Brooks had a really bad knee injury in HS and was more a rush end so I expected it to take a minute to click but he can’t get over the toe injury.
 
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Film never lies, stars do. It's the coaches to evaluate film and make projections. If stars ever meant anything then there would never be a 5 star bust. Go ask Mark Pope how his stars are helping him out on Saturdays.

The Two best players on the field yesterday for Ohio State and Oregon were Chris Olave, a 3star, and CJ Verdell, another 3star.
I saw a 3 star Kick returner, blowed by our 4 & 5 star recruits
 
Strongly disagree. Our LBs are truly awful. Average LBs would make the defense look a lot better.
I think you both are correct. The scheme doesn’t protect LBs from OL blocks and often leaves them badly exposed as the DEs don’t maintain leverage. The LBs are also really bad and miss on the easy plays they should make.
 
I agree, when Keontra gets engaged with a blocker he can't get off the block to make the tackle. Watch the play where they score on 4th&2. Watch Keontra.

44 is special reamer who's getting actual snaps because of how pityful our LB is. Smh
I like keontra, probably the best of what we have, but if you didnt know any better, on most plays, you'd think his job is to take out one of the Ol and let the rest of the defense play 10 on 10. like you said, once he gets engaged, hes stuck to that lineman.
 
Just re watched and i agree. Smith needs more weight and experience but 44 missing tackles left and right just keep him off the field already the experiment is over. put a freshman in if you have to
Manny is literally the worst overall linebacker coach I've ever seen. He likes small and slow players, it's crazy.
 
We went from converting safeties to linebacker to converting undersized ends to linebacker.

BE AN APPLEBEES CUBAN SANDWICH!
 
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There is a direct correlation with 44 being in and 1st and 10 for the opposing offense. Like the man is a walking Murphy’s law.

im sure 44 will be good on the punt team.
 
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