Damiencane86
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I gotta say, at the spring game joyner flashed quite a bit. Underrated athlete, good instincts. Definitely wanna see more of him.Based on what evidence!??
I gotta say, at the spring game joyner flashed quite a bit. Underrated athlete, good instincts. Definitely wanna see more of him.Based on what evidence!??
Lorenzo Lingard is a 5-star player. If he makes zero impact in his entire year 2 season, that's incredibly concerning.
Don’t know how many TFLs we have but I doubt it’s anywhere near the production from past few seasons. Through 3 games we have 7 sacks total.
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In order of importance.
Finley
Nesta
Bolden
Pope
Lingard
Steed
Jennings
Lorenzo Lingard is a 5-star player. If he makes zero impact in his entire year 2 season, that's incredibly concerning.
If we're talking about potential impact kids that haven't been ready or able to step up yet, my order:
And will the Greentree All American Will Mallory show up in a game, please?
- Baxa: no explanation necessary
- The OL as a unit: too many times 3 or 4 are firing, and one misfires, even with Bethune
- Hill: need more sacks
- Bolden: need more sideline-to-sideline coverage
- Ivey: need the speed/size combo to balance Bandy
It is vital that Baker does not Corch their skill set out of them. It is known to happen.I know there's been a lot of injury discussion around here the past few days, but it shouldn't be understated that we *SHOULD* get a lot better, deeper, and more talented by the time the meat of the season gets here (aka UVA, GT, @ Pitt, @ FSU, Louisville on 5 consecutive weeks).
The player I'm most excited about is Silvera......if he's fully healthy and in shape by UVA, that's a **** of a shot in the arm and makes the defensive line much more dangerous and deeper. I expect that kid to immediately become the 2nd or 3rd best DT on the team, at worst. A rotation of Ford, Bethel, Chigoze, and him along with Miller spelling and they've been putting the edge kids inside on obvious passing downs....that's nothing to sneeze at.
Bolden's interjection into the secondary is much needed, and he shouldn't need much time to get fully up to speed. Him, Hall, Carter, Knowles, and Smith is formidable. His presence will only make that bunch deeper and more athletic.
Lingard will hopefully make his debut soon. The backs have been fine, but I love the idea of that kid at 100.0% energy level coming in for 5-ish carries a game where he can just explode and run angry. And IMO he should be on every special team....covering kicks especially.
Jennings and Joyner, if they can come back soon, would really boost the LB corps as well. We've been almost exclusively running 2 backers so far this year, and McCloud has barely played, so I doubt either of these kids will make a huge impact immediately. But it would provide quality depth and again help on special teams.
Not a lot of teams get injected with starter quality athleticism with 5 different kids in the middle of their year. These kids can really make this football team considerably better in the very near future.
EDIT: Originally wrote "Jennings and Bradley", who are the same **** kid, because I'm a ****head. Meant Jennings and Joyner, obviously. Edited it correctly now.
Depends why.
Zero impact because he's hurt? Yes, that's very disappointing, unfortunate, and frustrating, but not necessarily "concerning."
Zero impact because he can't play as well or better than the multiple guys ahead of him? Well, agreed, that's concerning.
I know there's been a lot of injury discussion around here the past few days, but it shouldn't be understated that we *SHOULD* get a lot better, deeper, and more talented by the time the meat of the season gets here (aka UVA, GT, @ Pitt, @ FSU, Louisville on 5 consecutive weeks).
The player I'm most excited about is Silvera......if he's fully healthy and in shape by UVA, that's a **** of a shot in the arm and makes the defensive line much more dangerous and deeper. I expect that kid to immediately become the 2nd or 3rd best DT on the team, at worst. A rotation of Ford, Bethel, Chigoze, and him along with Miller spelling and they've been putting the edge kids inside on obvious passing downs....that's nothing to sneeze at.
Bolden's interjection into the secondary is much needed, and he shouldn't need much time to get fully up to speed. Him, Hall, Carter, Knowles, and Smith is formidable. His presence will only make that bunch deeper and more athletic.
Lingard will hopefully make his debut soon. The backs have been fine, but I love the idea of that kid at 100.0% energy level coming in for 5-ish carries a game where he can just explode and run angry. And IMO he should be on every special team....covering kicks especially.
Jennings and Joyner, if they can come back soon, would really boost the LB corps as well. We've been almost exclusively running 2 backers so far this year, and McCloud has barely played, so I doubt either of these kids will make a huge impact immediately. But it would provide quality depth and again help on special teams.
Not a lot of teams get injected with starter quality athleticism with 5 different kids in the middle of their year. These kids can really make this football team considerably better in the very near future.
EDIT: Originally wrote "Jennings and Bradley", who are the same **** kid, because I'm a ****head. Meant Jennings and Joyner, obviously. Edited it correctly now.
If we're talking about potential impact kids that haven't been ready or able to step up yet, my order:
And will the Greentree All American Will Mallory show up in a game, please?
- Baxa: no explanation necessary
- The OL as a unit: too many times 3 or 4 are firing, and one misfires, even with Bethune
- Hill: need more sacks
- Bolden: need more sideline-to-sideline coverage
- Ivey: need the speed/size combo to balance Bandy
If we're talking about potential impact kids that haven't been ready or able to step up yet, my order:
And will the Greentree All American Will Mallory show up in a game, please?
- Baxa: no explanation necessary
- The OL as a unit: too many times 3 or 4 are firing, and one misfires, even with Bethune
- Hill: need more sacks
- Bolden: need more sideline-to-sideline coverage
- Ivey: need the speed/size combo to balance Bandy
Same people who knocked Zion Nelson.Remember that time when people trashed Miller because he was an Al Golden type 2 star special? He's like a **** wrecking ball, and will only get better.
Lingard needs to play soon against our lesser contestants to build his confidence. Throwing him to the dogs against quality opponents could damage his confidence.
I think the numbers will go down for multiple reasons:
TOP leans to Miami in 2019 while 2018 it was leaning to opponents. More snaps=more opportunities for TFL/Sacks.
2018's DBs and DL were better. DBs forced QBs to hold the ball longer, the DL was getting free faster.
Larry Hughes MAY get more playing time as the season progresses.
You are not a ****head.
Bolden is super important to this team. With Manny's defense good safety play is crucial and that's why our defense hasn't played like they were last year.