How to utilize Elijah Lofton

[OldhamA]

Use him how teams use Kelce et al - as a pass catcher / weapon.

Make them account for him, rather than thinking a 6'1" 230lbs he's going to function like a blocking TE.

 

[SouthsideAtl]

If someone isn’t an impact player by the end of their freshman year they never will be tbh

Lmao

 

[RightSaidFred]

It's so funny how coaches and fans rave about him but so far but he's done very little on the field to garner that praise.

That’s where I’m at with it too. Show me something.

 

[HurricanePhilly]

Wasnt it just posted by @DMoney he has been dinged up a lot of the summer and is just now getting more reps with Beck? Same with Jojo.

 

[cway313]

If someone isn’t an impact player by the end of their freshman year they never will be tbh

Attempting to use sarcasm with cis's most heralded hero won't earn you any favors.

 

[Golsen82]

line him up directly behind mark fletcher and help push him forward

Ah yes the *** push

 

[Golsen82]

Do yall not understand that 99.9 of college tight ends can’t block Notre Dame line ?

Mario is so tuff and phyzical even the Miami fans should be able to block ND

 

[DC3]

I mean we really didn’t even use Arroyo much last year so this really shouldn’t be a shock to anyone. They aren’t going to feed him like he is Bowers at UGA.

 

[Negro-Wan Kanobi]

He had an off game. Wouldn't read too much into it, especially coming off of injury and not playing at 100%

 

[FrancisSawyer]

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[HurricanesR1]

Xavier Restrepo had 1 catch for 7 yards as a Freshman

No one was walking around with a raging hard-on for Restrepo as a Freshman, either.

Wasn't it Mario that called Lofton "Rueben Bain of 2024"?

The fact is, with the amount of ridiculous hype Lofton has gotten, he only has 10 catches in 14 games - and half of them were against FAMU, USF and Ball St.

I'm all for letting him develop. At the same time, I'm all for shutting the **** up with these ridiculous hype jobs for players that are 6'2 that are listed as tight ends, play like h-backs and could see time at RB. He's athletic and doesn't have a real position. He's not going to light up the stat sheet but so many of these homer clowns can't help themselves.

 

[jsy]

It's so funny how coaches and fans rave about him but so far but he's done very little on the field to garner that praise.

greentree all american

 

[jsy]

put him at qb
and we tush push with brown and fletcher behind him
i bet we could get 3-4 yrds a pop doing this
we do this all the day down the field hold the ball for 27 minues a half
and mario can ride this game plan all the way to a national title

 

[TwentySix]

Attempting to use sarcasm with cis's most heralded hero won't earn you any favors.

4 face palm reactions and people posting numbers of anyone they could find.

I’ll call that one a success.

 

[cway313]

4 face palm reactions and people posting numbers of anyone they could find.

I’ll call that one a success.

Mope!

 

[Memnon]

4 face palm reactions and people posting numbers of anyone they could find.

I’ll call that one a success.

Shooting fish in a barrel...

 

[Empirical Cane]

it appears holding a clipboard.

 

[Empirical Cane]

porsters taking the strong copium smoke today.

ya'll can't handle the Willie level.

 

[IndayArtHauz]

Usually not a good sign that a generational talent needs a strategy session on how to use them.

 

[Damiencane86]

My biggest knock on Dawson as an OC has been his puzzling underutilization of TE's in general. Lofton might not be a great blocker at current but he can still be used in run game on 3rd/4th & short + RZ packages. And can still be split wide depending on the matchup. Dawson needs to figure it out. Bauman & Ruskovich can block in the meantime.