Matthew McCoy

Rodriguez is gonna be a upgrade on Brock from a physical standpoint imo. The years when they had trouble at center they went and got in the portal. Rodriguez was playing in the opener in the swamp. Injuries will be the challenge. These concerns remind me of us heading into 2023 after the disastrous 2022. We started 1 true FR and a true SO in the right side.
Yea I liked what I saw from him in the opener against Florida. My biggest knock against him is staying healthy, which is why I've been very vocal about the center position for a while. Same goes with Damari Brown. Good thing there's a lot of depth at db.
 
From shotgun split by QB, it is harder to hit that cutback immediately. Especially for a downhill big runner. Thats why he is better out of pistol.

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Agree. The Pistol was so much more effective for Fletch with Beck at QB. Mensah can option more effectively, which may put more pressure on Fletch. Guys like Pringle fit that scheme better. We should go multiple to play to the strengths of our playmakers.
 
Cantwell will start at one of the tackle positions. Even if McCoy and Samson are both better tackles right now it's in our best interest to start Jackson if we think he'll end up being better by the playoffs when it matters.
I think this is the biggest thing.
We don't play anyone very difficult until Notre Dame in November 7th.
So we have time to season the OL and get rela experience.
Maybe we start with Okunlola and McCoy at tackles but by Notre Dame, they're move to guards (unless Buchanon and Congdon really do well) to let the best 5 play with Cantwell at Tackle.
 
I think this is the biggest thing.
We don't play anyone very difficult until Notre Dame in November 7th.
So we have time to season the OL and get rela experience.
Maybe we start with Okunlola and McCoy at tackles but by Notre Dame, they're move to guards (unless Buchanon and Congdon really do well) to let the best 5 play with Cantwell at Tackle.
I know they are not ND but playing clemson on road will be a good challenge, they also have some nfl talent on defense, I think its a lil premature to dismiss them as not anyone difficult.
 
The player that I remember gave McCoy a hard time was Darnell Jackson. Jackson basically over powered McCoy more than once in the FSU game.

Some players are just better suited for OT rather than OG Jalen Rivers was a disappointing OG, and a really good OT. But most people doubted that would be a good OT because of his struggles at OG. But each postion requires different skills and the opposition is different. Rivers was over powered by DT’s, but not by DE’s. The hope is that McCoy has a transition similar to Jalen Rivers.
Rivers was a disappointing OG? He was our best olineman as guard his health just kept failing him..I do see some similarities between the two tho
 
I hope you are wrong, and fear you are correct. I thought he was pretty good except for the FSU game, but Jackson definitely got the best of him.
Darrell Jackson was able to save his strength for our game by half-assing everything else he did at FSU. Only thing he was consistently good at was squeezing FSU's loser collective for more NIL money during spring ball.
 
Rivers was a disappointing OG? He was our best olineman as guard his health just kept failing him..I do see some similarities between the two tho
From what I can remember, people thought Rivers was a bust until the final 2 seasons when he moved to LT. I’m sure a lot of that was health, but CIS is rarely forgiving of injuries.
 
Rivers was a disappointing OG? He was our best olineman as guard his health just kept failing him..I do see some similarities between the two tho
From what I can remember, people thought Rivers was a bust until the final 2 seasons when he moved to LT. I’m sure a lot of that was health, but CIS is rarely forgiving of injuries.
I wouldn’t say bust. He showed some flashes early in his career and looked like the most talented o-linemen on a o-line that was lacking it. but he did get hurt a couple times. But obviously he got better once Mario and mirabal came in
 
Even if Mccoy or Samson is better at tackle it may be a net plus to keep them at guard like what we did with Rivers and Bell. The goal is not to play the best player at each position but to find the best starting 5. If Cantweel isnt suited to play guard but is a good tackle then we are better off with a good tackle and a great guard than a slightly better tackle and an average guard
If familiar with swimming, this is like building your medley relay. We had the small school state champ butterflyer swim breaststroke because had a decent second butterflyer and basically no breaststroker. Gotta maximize the total group.
 
From what I can remember, people thought Rivers was a bust until the final 2 seasons when he moved to LT. I’m sure a lot of that was health, but CIS is rarely forgiving of injuries.
I don’t remember this..Rivers played early and was considered our best guard, i remember questioning the move to tackle because he was really good at guard
 
From what I can remember, people thought Rivers was a bust until the final 2 seasons when he moved to LT. I’m sure a lot of that was health, but CIS is rarely forgiving of injuries.
2020 coach- Justice
2021 coach- Justice (also got injured week 3 and missed the whole year)
2022 coach- Mirabal (started 9 games before getting hurt again)
2023 coach- Mirabal (2nd team all- ACC)
2024 coach- Mirabal (probably his best season before he got hurt for 5 games)

The gap between Justice and Mirabal is insane. He got significantly better over his career, even with the injury bug
 
I don’t remember this..Rivers played early and was considered our best guard, i remember questioning the move to tackle because he was really good at guard
It was very noticeable at guard when Rivers played instead of Mccoy. Same with Samson, but maybe to a smaller extent.
 
It was very noticeable at guard when Rivers played instead of Mccoy. Same with Samson, but maybe to a smaller extent.
I was surprised teams didn’t know it was gonna be a run if rivers was at guard lol especially in that Louisville game
 
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