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Is there a WR1 on this team?

This is just another mismanaged portal haul from Mario and co.

I mentioned in one thread when we started getting all the DBs that it seemed like we were overcorrecting there during winter window.

The DB room was so bad they put a ton of focus on that position group. To turnaround in the spring portal window and find out we're STILL looking for a Nickel in the spring haul. Like wtf are we doing?

To have that happen multiple years in a row is highly questionable. I felt like a crazy person when I'd be asking last year why we were not taking another veteran Safety. Especially when people were saying Meesh was a better nickel. It seemed overlooked then and it clearly was.

Don't get me wrong, it's still a decent portal haul. But we had some very clear holes to fill that EVERYONE knew about in December. To leave some of those questions still very much unanswered is concerning.
 
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Gi0logy said:
He played in 5 fewer games in 2023 compared to 2022 and 2021.

He actually averaged almost 10 more yards per game compared to 2022 and almost 15 yards per game compared to 2021. He also had almost the same number of TDs compared to 2022 (6 vs 7) despite playing in 5 fewer games.
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I get it but my point is he wasn't lighting it up like alot of people believe. The narrative is Carson Beck was only good in 2023 because Brock Bowers and Ladd Mcconkey went on a terror which is false. Xavier restrepo had more touchdowns last year than Brock Bowers and Ladd Mcconkey had combined that year.
 
The poster who said, “Prior to this FA era of college football, we would have had to develop one off the roster” was spot on and that should be Post of the Year candidate. We are relying way to heavily on the portal as a fan base which is something we use to mock other programs for. (Like FSU). Jojo Trader was a 5* athlete on many recruiting sites. If we can’t get him to take that next step in development, we got real issues. WR is a position that a player can pop immediately if they are a “dude”. Jojo can be that dude for us.
 
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dade305cane said:
Before "free agency " developing your recruits was how you found your number 1 so let KB do his work and may the best man win the spot, it's not like the talent isn't there.
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This times a billion.

Show me the rosters in the ACC (or ****, even in America), who have this in their WR room:

Top 50 OVERALL recruit, Top 10 WR
Top 70 OVERALL recruit, Top 15 WR
#135 overall blue-chip
Top 125 overall recruit, Top 17 WR
Blue-chip composite 4-star
Blue-chip composite 4-star
Player with 148 catches for 2400+ yards and 21 TDs in his college career, 6th year grown man
Player with 76 catches for over 1100 yards and 7 TDs along with 5 rushing scores in college, 5th year

This does not include Chance Robinson or Bryce Fitzgerald, by the way, both who were composite 4-star kids.

Do I wish we had 5000 yards of receiving production coming back? Of course. Am I saying there is nothing at all to worry about here? Of course not.

But some of you guys have allowed the portal to scramble your brains. This is still college football. It's still MAJORLY predicated on high school recruiting. Yes, portal kids contribute to winning teams. Does Taint win a natty without Howard, Downs, and Judkins? Maybe not. But they probably don't win it without Egbuka, Smiff, and Henderson, either. Not to mention a ton of other kids they recruited, just as an example of one program.

We got a QB in the portal. One of the best in America. We have some very good athletes and some returning production in the TE room. We have one of the best offensive lines in the country. We have 2 kids in the backfield who we stole flat out from Ryan Day's dyed mustache. Both of who got heavy offers to bounce in the portal, and didn't.

So yes, we have to have some kids step up at receiver. So do about 98% of the teams in the country. And not many of those have Carson Beck standing behind a knock your **** in the dirt offensive line.

Jeremiah Smith was the most ready-made WR prospect I've seen since Julio Jones. But there were plenty of folks I heard in 2022 and 2023 talking about Jojo Trader being not far behind in terms of ceiling and talent, but JJ just had the grown man's body as a Sophomore. Jojo needed a touch more development. But a kid who was the #42 overall player in America with a year of learning under a proven good teacher in the same exact system should be able to give you WR1 production. Or **** close to it.

Talent on paper hasn't translated to the field very well at Miami recently, but it needs to start or all of this is moot anyway. If we can't take all that talent I listed and produce a solid WR corps, then we have the wrong coaches and none of this matters.
 
Hopefully Mario and Dawson figured that answer out.

As a fan I’m hoping it’s Jo Jo.. but I have no where near the access to confirm.
 
Fans have been spoiled in this era of portal CFB to where we wanna rely on "Proven" players from the portal as if the talented 5 star dudes on the roster can't breakout/ball just like those "proven" guys did. We all clamored for Trebor Pena after he had his first good year after 3 years of not doing much, I expect Trader to make that leap this year and his ceiling is MUCH higher then Trebor Pena
 
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@DMoney You tell us, bud, you're the one at practice. That you're asking is not getting me warm and fuzzy about the WR room right now.

In all seriousness, I suspect not having Beck really affected that room. I hope these guys are ready to ramp it up once he's practicing.
 
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