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Early returns on the true freshmen?

brock said:
Well the striker position when you think about it is like a big safety/corner playing in the slot. Never saw Romeo Finley being a great cover guy in highschool and thought he was more of a hitter but he showed excellent coverage ability and range playing that role. Gilbert can possibly thrive there too honestly
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No doubt the striker position is just a sub package for having 3 safeties on the field. I think Gil can also thrive at that role. But if we get hit with a injury to Ivey of blades or bandy I’d rather see the coaches put Gil or even Derrick smith outside because I don’t trust true freshman out on the boundaries getting majority of the snaps. It’s very rare that even elite prospects come in and are not a liability outside at corner.
 
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305to954 said:
No doubt the striker position is just a sub package for having 3 safeties on the field. I think Gil can also thrive at that role. But if we get hit with a injury to Ivey of blades or bandy I’d rather see the coaches put Gil or even Derrick smith outside because I don’t trust true freshman out on the boundaries getting majority of the snaps. It’s very rare that even elite prospects come in and are not a liability outside at corner.
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Yeah true freshman corners scare me. In the same way a true freshman QB or left tackle would scare me honestly. One mistake and a receiver is streaking down field for a huge gain.
 
Liberty City El said:
Jahfari Harvey will kill it this year as a situational pass rusher.
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Looks great physically , he should be able to play around 235-240 or so as a freshman
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brock said:
Think so with couch? I think he probably needs to redshirt this year and get up to at least 180 or so which definitely is doable by spring next year since he’s probably between 160-165 right now
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It’s possible for him to put on 15lbs before the season and he’s probably already started
 
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305to954 said:
I’m all seriousness I don’t expect Payton to have that impact. No because he lacks talent but I think that freshman season of AR the depth chart was depleted. We only had coley coming back as a legit outside proven player. This year we still lack the favorable depth but we JT4, Wiggins who will make a jump this year, KJ, and Pope..but I agree with you 12 has skills that excite. Idk about explosiveness like AR but his body control is top notch
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AR was a special player. Would have played his freshmen year regardless of who was there.
 
Cribby said:
A lot of these kids have never ate right or enough , the nutrition plus a real s&c is what makes the quick body transformations.
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You are 1000% correct. The nutrition aspect might be the biggest shock to their body. Some of these kids are use to eating fast food on a daily basis. There's also a n
segment of these kids that live in food deserts.
 
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brock said:
Thats what supposed to happen when you are building depth
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You have become satisfied with mediocrity......Pretty sure championship caliber teams have freshman making impact/playing. But when you get Plan B guys(for the most part) then yes.....Freshman arent going to play
 
cmike73 said:
You have become satisfied with mediocrity......Pretty sure championship caliber teams have freshman making impact/playing. But when you get Plan B guys(for the most part) then yes.....Freshman arent going to play
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Mediocrity? What? It’s being realistic about the impact the freshman guys can possibly make this year which imo not much considering a lot of spots are spoken for pretty much. Storm18 was very talented but most didn’t make a big impact, it happens
 
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