We haven't talked enough about Dre Jacobs and that's on us.

Full disclosure now that we've seen Jacobs play: he was banged up in camp with a lingering issue that was slowing him down. For a guy whose whole game is speed, it's everything. That's the real reason he wasn't a bigger part of the rotation early.

Against FAMU you saw what happens when he's right. He ran past the defense.

This is not a project. He produced in the SEC at South Carolina last year and put up real numbers. And from everything I'm hearing, he's one of the most well-liked guys in that room. Look at the photo from his touchdown: Somourian Wingo is right there cheering him on, Daylyn Upshaw in the background.

Darian Mensah was the first one to bring his name up this week, along with getting Cooper Barkate more involved. When your quarterback does that, pay attention.

The timing matters. Losing Joshua Moore stings. Receivers who weren't penciled into the deep rotation now have to move up, and Jacobs is an intriguing answer.

Central Michigan is the perfect spot for it. They're going to run the ball and shorten the game, so possessions will be limited. Get Malachi Toney his three or four catches, maybe a touchdown, and put him on layaway.

If we can't push people around in the run game and grind the way we did last year, we need another way to move the ball. Jacobs and Vance Spafford give us real speed outside. That changes how a defense has to line up.

It doesn't fix the interior line, but it makes that problem easier to live with.

One deep ball to Jacobs Saturday night gets the whole stadium going. More importantly, it gets him ready for Clemson.

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With Moore gone, Upshaw/Barkate/Jacobs HAVE to do more to fill that void. It's a long year but I expect more out of Barkate and Upshaw at this point. Need more production out of them.

 

Would have been cool to integrate him into the offense the last 3 weeks.

 

Pringle is another reliable option in the passing game.

That dude should be running angle/wheel routes in his sleep.

 

We haven't talked enough about Dre Jacobs and that's on us.

Full disclosure now that we've seen Jacobs play: he was banged up in camp with a lingering issue that was slowing him down. For a guy whose whole game is speed, it's everything. That's the real reason he wasn't a bigger part of the rotation early.

Against FAMU you saw what happens when he's right. He ran past the defense.

This is not a project. He produced in the SEC at South Carolina last year and put up real numbers. And from everything I'm hearing, he's one of the most well-liked guys in that room. Look at the photo from his touchdown: Somourian Wingo is right there cheering him on, Daylyn Upshaw in the background.

Darian Mensah was the first one to bring his name up this week, along with getting Cooper Barkate more involved. When your quarterback does that, pay attention.

The timing matters. Losing Joshua Moore stings. Receivers who weren't penciled into the deep rotation now have to move up, and Jacobs is an intriguing answer.

Central Michigan is the perfect spot for it. They're going to run the ball and shorten the game, so possessions will be limited. Get Malachi Toney his three or four catches, maybe a touchdown, and put him on layaway.

If we can't push people around in the run game and grind the way we did last year, we need another way to move the ball. Jacobs and Vance Spafford give us real speed outside. That changes how a defense has to line up.

It doesn't fix the interior line, but it makes that problem easier to live with.

One deep ball to Jacobs Saturday night gets the whole stadium going. More importantly, it gets him ready for Clemson.

We broke down the receiver room, the Central Michigan game plan and more on the full show. Watch it below, and subscribe to the CanesInsight channel while you're at it

I am all for Jacobs but get Barkate going!! A 1000 yard receiver last year. Come on Dawson.

 

Would have been cool to integrate him into the offense the last 3 weeks.

If he was 100% healthy, that would have been the case

 

Pringle is another reliable option in the passing game.

That dude should be running angle/wheel routes in his sleep.

Nah he's a liability in pass pro because he missed 1 block once upon a time so isn't allowed on field on passing downs according to CIS

This is fake/AI/etc:

 

Nah he's a liability in pass pro because he missed 1 block once upon a time so isn't allowed on field on passing downs according to CIS

This is fake/AI/etc:
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Agree. Pringle has to be the guy in the backfield when we need a catching RB. Nothing against Mallory but I would have liked to see Pringle in on some of those 4th Q drives.

Less Lofton targets!
More Upshaw in the slot when Toney isn't in.
More Jacobs on deep routes
More Barkate as the primary target

 

Looking forward to the ball being spread around, but its crazy how dominate mali is, and his route running always got defenders on ice. Dude just so dominate qb always going to look his way.

 

I was wondering why it seemed like he just fell off the depth chart. Makes sense now that he wasnt 100%...Jacobs is no Sam Brown. He actually played at a high level in the SEC. We should be finding opportunities to get him the ball because he is a weapon we sorely need. I absolutely want him to take/earn that 4th WR spot ahead of Wingo. We need speed.

 

I repeat: on 3rd and passing, get Lofton out of the game, put Barkate over in the bunch or whatever alignment (trips), and leave Jacobs alone on the boundary.

Don’t throw this guy screens where he has to juke. Let him run vertical and pressure defenses with his speed.

 

I repeat: on 3rd and passing, get Lofton out of the game, put Barkate over in the bunch or whatever alignment (trips), and leave Jacobs alone on the boundary.

Don’t throw this guy screens where he has to juke. Let him run vertical and pressure defenses with his speed.

Good luck on your journey. I'd love to see the practice clip that created the Legend of Lofton.

 

We can replace Josh's speed, but replacing jump-ball/possession skills isn't going to be easy.

Let's hope for a revelation between Jacobs or Wingo.

 

Shannon Dawson is all about A-gap runs and Slot WRs.

 

Jacobs also had that DB easily beaten in the Stanford game 3rd qtr but Luke under threw him by 5 yards.

Regarding Pringle, my guy needs to pick it up. He hasn't really done anything yet in the run game but the run blocking on his reps has been downright terrible. He looks more powerful and even quicker this year so I hope he gets in the groove like he was last year. Fletcher has been incredible getting yards for us despite the terrible blocking. Very impressed with him, but please sit him this week.

 

This reads like state-run propaganda to me.

Moore got tons of summer/fall/early season love, goes down — look, over there! Jacobs and Spafford! We are now very excited about them and you should be too!

If Jacobs catches a bomb vs CMU, he will be ready for Clemson? He caught a bomb vs FAMU. Don’t recall him doing anything vs Wake Forest. Same **** with Spafford.

Toney, Barkate, Wingo, Lofton, and RBs should be enough to still have a very good offense. Don’t need to be convinced those other two are going to make any difference.