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What is the deal with Charles Brantley

I think they wanted him at back-up nickel. Also think the coaches have pre requisites for who plays and there can’t be any deficiencies. endurance, tackling, toughness etc. on offense I think it’s blocking. You have to check all the boxes to get playing time on this team.
 
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Swampcity said:
Let's be honest, Brantley does not look the part. I would be surprised if he weighed 165 lbs. He looks like an average high school player out there. It's shocking that UM missed on this evaluation.
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He was probably gonna be a lot
But k Scott became available and he’s just been a dog at the slot but we have 7-8 games so he can have a role hopefully
 
The players ahead of him are all better players and he's only an outside guy. We tried a bunch of these guys out at nickel in the spring and it led us to getting Keionte Scott who plays a ton of snaps. So, we've got a glut of outside corners and he's the low man on the chart.
 
Swampcity said:
Let's be honest, Brantley does not look the part. I would be surprised if he weighed 165 lbs. He looks like an average high school player out there. It's shocking that UM missed on this evaluation.
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I think they brought him in to play Nickel..then realized he couldn’t play it…brought in KScott who has been an animal at Nickel..and now here we are. I don’t think the staff ever had ideas of him playing on the outside.
 
rok said:
Stinks for him since it's his final year but we're playing 5 CBs every game, and if one of them has to miss time then perhaps Brantley slides in. Tony Johnson is in a similar spot. Bert Auburn as well. They can't all be home runs like Jakobe Thomas, David Blay, Mo Toure, CJ Daniels, etc.
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Tony Johnson has an opportunity at least. We need a reliable 3rd and 4th WR. There is opportunity there for him. He just has to take full advantage.
 
BoxingRobes said:
The players ahead of him are all better players and he's only an outside guy. We tried a bunch of these guys out at nickel in the spring and it led us to getting Keionte Scott who plays a ton of snaps. So, we've got a glut of outside corners and he's the low man on the chart.
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They needed to overhaul the room. They did. But once they got a look at the first wave, they realized they needed a dedicated nickel corner. We play a ton of nickel (essentially our third linebacker in a lot of four down sets, fourth linebacker / third CB in three down sets. It requires a certain skillset, gotta be twitchy, gotta recognize and help in the run game...we luckily got the perfect guy. Playing like peak Aaron Colvin.
 
GojiraCane said:
We’ve got at minimum seven consecutive games about to start. We will need him.
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I hear you, you are thinking like a fan. I am looking at other perspective when I make comment, I doubt he imagined sitting on bench not getting any reps in big games to be a deep depth piece "break glass in case of injury" his senior year. Thats all I am saying. No one wants to bank on injuries to get reps lol..
 
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