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A little love? Did you not see the first touchdown where he was the safety on the same side of the field doing some sort of backwards waddle when Bandy got burned for the TD? Was he not the guy that was not fast enough on the 2 point conversion to push the running back out of bounds before converting the play? What am I missing?
 
CorniceCane said:
A little love? Did you not see the first touchdown where he was the safety on the same side of the field doing some sort of backwards waddle when Bandy got burned for the TD? Was he not the guy that was not fast enough on the 2 point conversion to push the running back out of bounds before converting the play? What am I missing?
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What are you missing?

How about him dropping his head and doing nothing on the play where the UNC RB miraculously emerged from a pile of 10 "Hurricanes" and scored a TD. If he keeps his eyes up and actually tries to tackle the ball carrier he might not have scored.
 
I'm guessing they adjust the defense in order to hide his weaknesses (open field tackling, pass coverage, etc...) and he still manages to arrive late to the ball on every pass play. Dude was the leading tackler during our scrimmages because he would arrive to the receiver right after he caught the pass and would have no choice but to tackle him.
 
Blame past coaches that didn't leave the cabinets full. Kid should never see the field unless its in mop up time. JMO .
 
It's not his fault, poor guy, he's probably a really good dude in real life, just doesnt have the talent or skills to make an impact at this level of play
 
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rokulika said:
What are you missing?

How about him dropping his head and doing nothing on the play where the UNC RB miraculously emerged from a pile of 10 "Hurricanes" and scored a TD. If he keeps his eyes up and actually tries to tackle the ball carrier he might not have scored.
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Who was the ******* that ran and jumped on the pile while the RB was squirting out the side for the TD?
 
CorniceCane said:
A little love? Did you not see the first touchdown where he was the safety on the same side of the field doing some sort of backwards waddle when Bandy got burned for the TD? Was he not the guy that was not fast enough on the 2 point conversion to push the running back out of bounds before converting the play? What am I missing?
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Youre missing that Bandy got burned so quick no safety was getting there. And yes he got beat on the 2pt conversion. Every one does. See Gurvan Hall all night also. And btw, I like Gurvan a lot, think he'll be solid. He's just young. But people picking on Knowles right now is crazy. We have zero pass rush from anyone not Rousseau from our supposed great DEs. We are getting almost nothing from our LBs. I don't know that there is much improvement there. But people want to focus on Knowles. Its ridiculous.
 
Juancane said:
Youre missing that Bandy got burned so quick no safety was getting there. And yes he got beat on the 2pt conversion. Every one does. See Gurvan Hall all night also. And btw, I like Gurvan a lot, think he'll be solid. He's just young. But people picking on Knowles right now is crazy. We have zero pass rush from anyone not Rousseau from our supposed great DEs. We are getting almost nothing from our LBs. I don't know that there is much improvement there. But people want to focus on Knowles. Its ridiculous.
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He’s been a surprise the first 2 games. A lot of people bagged on him especially me but he’s outplayed gurvan through 2 games which is pretty **** shocking
 
swampcougar1 said:
Yes last year I cringed when he was on the field. Have to give credit where due though. So far this season he is not playing bad at all. Not at an elite level but at least serviceable. After all the hate here he does deserve a little love so far this season.
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I agree when I first joined this board people were constantly emoji pooping on him but since the spring I must say all I’ve seen and heard from coaches was good things. He must have thick skin because if he was reading a lot of the stuff guys on here were saying he could have folded his tent and lost confidence. Smh social media
 
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Knowles hasn’t done **** that has stood out for me to celebrate, yes Gurvan Hall has been so terrible that Knowles making a solid tackle looks great but he is the same player.... he has zero coverage ability, he has zero ability to make a play on a ball, and will get beat deep on every throw his way.
 
Juancane said:
Youre missing that Bandy got burned so quick no safety was getting there. And yes he got beat on the 2pt conversion. Every one does. See Gurvan Hall all night also. And btw, I like Gurvan a lot, think he'll be solid. He's just young. But people picking on Knowles right now is crazy. We have zero pass rush from anyone not Rousseau from our supposed great DEs. We are getting almost nothing from our LBs. I don't know that there is much improvement there. But people want to focus on Knowles. Its ridiculous.
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Reread the OP. “Have to give credit where credit is due ... not playing that bad”, etc. Before you remark about my stating facts, look at why I was making the comment in the first place. You are correct, he is not the only one to blame on this terrible defensive effort. But to give him a pass when OP is saying that he is not playing poorly (not unlike the rest of the defense) is willful blindness.
 
wspcane said:
And who were those past defensive coaches that fail to stock the cabinets?
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Cant use that argument. We dont know which recruit Richt gave the green light on. I mean we all would think that Manny could offer ships to who he wanted but that's not always the case. We also don't know how many recruits at what ever position that Richt also signed off on. Manny may have wanted 4 safeties in a particular cycle and Richt gives him 2. We just dont know.

But I do get what you are saying.
 
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