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Do We Really Need Another Portal QB in ’26?

IamaCane4Life

IamaCane4Life

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After reflecting on Beck! At some point, Miami’s gotta decide who we are as a program. Are we gonna keep chasing another “name” QB every year, or finally trust the recruits we’ve recruited and developed?

We’ve got some talented young guys already in the room — kids who’ve been learning the system and waiting for their shot. If we keep bringing in portal QBs, how are we ever gonna build continuity or develop the next leader from within?

And let’s be honest — a big-time QB from the portal isn’t coming cheap. The NIL price tag for one of those guys could easily go toward stacking up WRs who can separate or adding more depth on the defensive line, where we need consistent pressure and playmakers.

You can have a Heisman-level QB ( Not Beck) but if he’s throwing to 1 excellent WR and average receivers or getting hit every other play, it doesn’t matter. Build the trenches, get some dogs at receiver, and let one of our own QBs lead.

At some point, you’ve gotta trust your own talent instead of always looking for a quick fix.
 
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We recruit LBs who don’t play, WR don’t play but #10, and those are the spots we are lacking juice. 4 years and cafecito needs to portal these guys? Toure can’t move, Marion playing over Moore and Jojo is telling although jojo gotta get his head out of his ***. Carr and fly but guess he isn’t ready. And oh yeah, duo up the middle for 2 yards
 
Yes.

We just need to better identify who HE is. I’m good with Mensah the more I see of him. He is surrounded by average players and is still putting up 300yd games with limited INTS. I’d love for us to land another true sophomore that has 2 years to play if Luke isn’t the MAN.
 
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IamaCane4Life said:
After reflecting on Beck! At some point, Miami’s gotta decide who we are as a program. Are we gonna keep chasing another “name” QB every year, or finally trust the recruits we’ve recruited and developed?

We’ve got some talented young guys already in the room — kids who’ve been learning the system and waiting for their shot. If we keep bringing in portal QBs, how are we ever gonna build continuity or develop the next leader from within?

And let’s be honest — a big-time QB from the portal isn’t coming cheap. The NIL price tag for one of those guys could easily go toward stacking up WRs who can separate or adding more depth on the defensive line, where we need consistent pressure and playmakers.

You can have a Heisman-level QB ( Not Beck) but if he’s throwing to 1 excellent WR and average receivers or getting hit every other play, it doesn’t matter. Build the trenches, get some dogs at receiver, and let one of our own QBs lead.

At some point, you’ve gotta trust your own talent instead of always looking for a quick fix.
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Real question here, have you seen our backup quarterbacks? You really want one of them to start for us? Get real man!
 
90scane said:
Yes.

We just need to better identify who HE is. I’m good with Mensah the more I see of him. He is surrounded by average players and is still putting up 300yd games with limited INTS. I’d love for us to land another true sophomore that has 2 years to play if Luke isn’t the MAN.
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Kids like Mensah or even Trinidad Chambliss was a good evaluation by Lane. Need someone who is a threat with the legs and a gamer.
 
If we are gonna continue to run this offense then we need to bring in a dual threat QB. Cams arm and mentality were generational. Now we throw on obvious passing downs to 2-3 receivers being covered by 6-7. There is no threat of the QB escaping which limits our offense even more. Dawson draws up plays for the slot, and you saw at the end of the game LVille had 3-4 lined up across the middle taking that away.
 
we need a proven arm if we want to be top 10 every year and to negate our deficiencies.
 
When was the last time we landed a top QB recruit that panned out? Serious question. We haven’t put a QB in the league in forever, perhaps Kaaya was the last and he went 6th round. And I wouldn’t deem Kaaya to be a QB whose caliber we should settle on these days with the portal.
 
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If we continue to get a portal QB every year , i think it sends a wrong message and if i were a high school QB I wouldnt be coming here. At some point you have to play and develop who you actually recruited in high school.
 
Wss5xmiami said:
If we continue to get a portal QB every year , i think it sends a wrong message and if i were a high school QB I wouldnt be coming here. At some point you have to play and develop who you actually recruited in high school.
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I feel the same way you do but if the kids on campus don’t have it, there’s no way Mario is risking it all on an unproven kid. If the funds are there gotta keep getting the best guy in the portal. At some point I would love for that to be a multiple year guy but you take what you can get.
 
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