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You don't gotta convince me.Every coach wants older guys on the field. But older isnt always better.
You don't gotta convince me.Every coach wants older guys on the field. But older isnt always better.
Yeah, That was a David Robinson reach.Njoku 1st rounder?
the fact that the Oline may still have issues creating a good, consistent push in the run game is troublesome. Simply put, too many drives died as UM failed to move the chains on 3rd and short , blame Rosier all you want for certain offensive struggles, but this is on the guys upfront.
And for Miami to really have a big season or take the next step, this unit to me is the most important on the team given that Clemson will stand in the way and they literally have an NFL d-line returning
But overall, this is the best roster Miami has had since the 04-05 teams(which will declining under Coker, still had a lot of NFL talent all over)
Let the games begin
But Neal isn’t here...**** he isn’t even committed so don’t play that hypothetical crap until he commits here.
Why is it news that Lingard is a stiff upright runner? That was evident on his film. Darren McFadden and DeMarco Murray were stiff upright runners too. Murray redshirted at Oklahoma for comparison.
No reason to panic on Lingard unless your expectations were unreasonable. Actually it sounds like all the freshmen are on track for what I expected if not more.
OLine still having issues getting "a push" in the run is frustrating to hear. can't get into those goal to go situations and not be able to rely on your guys to get the ball into the endzone.
How about started the whole season..Started in a playoff game or started game 1? Big difference there.
I remember when some of us were "pretty disappointed thus far" in Willis McGahee, too.
Give it some time.
When you have 2 established players at running back it goes like that. Coach richt/ Brown has mentioned him in recent interviews the last 2 weeks. Got to remember lingard didn’t play in a traditional offense it’s going to take an adjustment. It’s way to early write the kid off or be that concerned Imo. Coach richt just mentioned him yesterday on his radio interview as a freshman stepping up too along with Rousseau, Silvera, receivers, obviously the tight ends.This would be a good post, except Willis blew his knee out his senior year at Central and nobody expected a **** thing out of him early his career.
I'll be patient, but this lines up so far with what I saw on film from him last year, and that wasn't a 5-star back. Praying like **** he proves me and a any other skeptical observer wrong and blows up here. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at least somewhat concerned that he's been here since January and is so far from the field he can't even see it.
It's pronounced "Chef"Do you pronounce your name Steph-an or Stef-fon? Ill sit back and listen....
That makes him an expert in humiliation.You guys lost to Troy last year at home.
When you have 2 established players at running back it goes like that. Coach richt/ Brown has mentioned him in recent interviews the last 2 weeks. Got to remember lingard didn’t play in a traditional offense it’s going to take an adjustment. It’s way to early write the kid off or be that concerned Imo. Coach richt just mentioned him yesterday on his radio interview as a freshman stepping up too along with Rousseau, Silvera, receivers, obviously the tight ends.
Running on 3rd down and just 3rd down execution needs to improve in general. If you actually look through the numbers and or go back and watch the games yes while Miami struggled running the ball vs clemson, pitt and unc they had some really performances against almost all of the rest of the teams we played which you wouldn’t know given how some talk about the oline. **** in the bowl game Miami outrushed Wisconsin and averaged over 6.0 ypc against the #2 defense in the country.
Miami was terrible a year ago on 3rd down in both passing and running the ball however in most of the games we didn’t struggle to rush the ball. 3rd down play will take our offense to another level if we improve period. This article listed below goes in more detail.
“In 2017, even after losing Mark Walton early on, the Hurricanes ranked 22nd in rushing S&P+ and gained at least five yards 43.5% of the time (13th), with a 43.4% success rate (56th) and 1.11 IsoPPP (9th). The run blocking played a big role in that ability to maintain success in the face of adversity, with an adjusted line yard ranking of 27th, creating 3.05 line yards per standard down carry (44th), and 3.69 per carry on passing downs (27th). Three starters return from that group, led by 2017 All-ACC guard Navaughn Donaldson, with a combined 47 career starts between them.”
This write up doesn't give me confidence. We still have depth issues. A couple of injuries, and this team is thin.
This write up doesn't give me confidence. We still have depth issues. A couple of injuries, and this team is thin.
Our WRs vs their Secondary is going to be the most intriguing matchup by far. That might decide the game.