SJ

[JayCane20]

Max Buccanon really isn't that small. He's 6'4 310 and is going to be a good guard for us.

He’s the lesser of my concerns. Still think you find one of the 330+ guys at guard or at RT and McCoy at G

 

[rascon]

After that Cici class they took a bunch projects and never developed them. It’s tough for people to hear

I’m not willing to go that far. We’ve had several guys leave here on the OL and go start elsewhere.
I’m not even saying SJ is unserviceable. But I think he’s playing out of position and he would be much more of difference maker as a 6th/7th/8th OL option that could eventually be starter his senior year.

 

[CanesFan20]

He’s the lesser of my concerns. Still think you find one of the 330+ guys at guard or at RT and McCoy at G

The ideal OL would be

LT Okunlola
LG Buchanan
C Rodriguez
RG McCoy
RT Cantwell

Outside of Rodriguez you are pretty much 6'4+ 310+ across the board

 

[San Amaro Dr]

Do you think we should run more gap scheme stuff with SJ pulling? Take advantage of his quickness. He had a great lead block on one against Wake. Seems to me like we are calling more gap scheme runs than last year so far.

I think we are going to see diminishing returns against better teams with our outside zone runs, because of what you highlighted here. Rodriguez got shoved into the backfield on an OZ to Pringle in the 4th too.

Agreed with you on more gap runs so far. Looking forward to watching this film as wake is a functional football team.

I think right now we are really struggling on blocking movement. People are just throwing everything at being too small but we are seeing communication breakdowns on stunts and games. Certainly needs to get cleaned up. The bright side is it’s baptism by fire so they’re seeing it now and hopefully executing later into the season. Pass pro has been solid this season.

 

[rascon]

Do you think we should run more gap scheme stuff with SJ pulling? Take advantage of his quickness. He had a great lead block on one against Wake. Seems to me like we are calling more gap scheme runs than last year so far.

I think we are going to see diminishing returns against better teams with our outside zone runs, because of what you highlighted here. Rodriguez got shoved into the backfield on an OZ to Pringle in the 4th too.

For a mario/mirabel ol, it’s surprising that they don’t put more of a premium on IOL in terms of fit. You could say only Buchanan is the only one playing a position he should be playing. Is Samson a LT in the pros, or is he more G/RT? McCoy isnt a RT. RR isn’t a center. SJ isn’t a OG. Cantwell isn’t a OG.

 

[rascon]

Agreed with you on more gap runs so far. Looking forward to watching this film as wake is a functional football team.

I think right now we are really struggling on blocking movement. People are just throwing everything at being too small but we are seeing communication breakdowns on stunts and games. Certainly needs to get cleaned up. The bright side is it’s baptism by fire so they’re seeing it now and hopefully executing later into the season. Pass pro has been solid this season.

Mensah is getting hit a lot more than our QBs got hit the last couple years, so I don’t know if I would say it’s been solid. I think if we didn’t have elite, elite Toney getting instant separation/finding the soft spot in zones the way he does, we might be complaining a bit more about the OL in pass protection too.

I look at Mensah last year and it seems like he has more time than to let routes develop than he does this year. I think that’s also partially why we havent seen Barkate do a whole lot either.

 

[dantheman349]

Mass kicks *** time to put in the mass

 

[gogeta4]

Blaming the wrong guy here. Rodriguez gets ejected which stops the back on his outside zone track. Allows the lb to undercut the play.

i was gonna say do they not see Rodriguez get pushed back to raleigh durham on the play?

sj is in the zone and has to take that zone step on the play ...his lb is already inside him but the play is initially supposed to run off odf sjs butt but cant because rodriguez is out there getting caught n bench pressed in the way of fletcher

I wanted a portal interior guy.....would of taken these two in a heart beat:

Joe Brunner, Wisconsin Badgers, Interior Offensive Lineman

Also competes in track and field. Posted a 52-10.5 shot put and a 153-9 discus as a junior. Qualified for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association...

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Let Indiana go n grab him.

Jayvin James, Alabama Crimson Tide, Offensive Tackle

2021: As a junior, started at left tackle for Pompano Beach (Fla.) Blanche Ely.

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so fla kid.

Both guys could of been ha dbut they didnt want to shake the boat on the ol...i woulde considering who we lost in the portal and to the draft..they chose to go slightly cheaper n developmental more with their portal picks.

Got to ****y on their ability to develop

 

[SinCityCane]

I can't understand how going up against a guy like Moten in practice everyday hasn't shown the staff that SJ ain't it. I don't see how he holds up if Stanford & Wake's DLs are dominating him like they are. What do they see in him?

 

[One9]

Mass kicks ***

What happened to that?

the mass IS ***.

 

[San Amaro Dr]

Mensah is getting hit a lot more than our QBs got hit the last couple years, so I don’t know if I would say it’s been solid. I think if we didn’t have elite, elite Toney getting instant separation/finding the soft spot in zones the way he does, we might be complaining a bit more about the OL in pass protection too.

I look at Mensah last year and it seems like he has more time than to let routes develop than he does this year. I think that’s also partially why we havent seen Barkate do a whole lot either.

Any numbers on pressures/hits you’re referring? Not sure I agree on that just yet.