Young guys that caught my eye

[chrisRMNU]

I know the competition level, but there are differences in how some players look vs others. These are the young players that flashed for me.

Thad Franklin - I literally said wow when he took his first handoff and exploded through the hole. Def lacks top end speed, but his burst is very good. No wasted motion and runs with power.

Chase Smith - Dude was punishing anybody close to the ball regardless of the team hey were on. Drove through his tackles and looked to be very instinctual.

James Williams - Good job on the pick and would have had another but Bolden ran into him. However, it’s the physicality he plays with that I noticed. In particular, he ran through a blocker on one play so hard the kid’s helmet came off. He’s the kind of guy the other team has to keep track of because he’ll catch you if you’re napping.

Young WR’s - What a f&@king catch by Brinson. Seriously, are you kidding me? Kid looks the part of a future star. George and Smith looked great too as they both had TD’s. There’s no reason at all that Wiggins should see the field over any of these kids.

QB’s looked good too but it’s hard to say much against CCSU. But they still played a nice game.

 

[Firesite]

Well Manny Needs to play them in order to see what they look like against a real team instead of a high school.

 

[Angry Ibis]

They looked how they should look against the team they played. It was fun to watch them all get burn and have some fun. The veterans being excited for them was also fun.

 

[fresssh]

Loved seeing Cave and Brooks in there too. Troutman also. With real coaching, LB would not be a weakness on the team

 

[chrisRMNU]

They looked how they should look against the team they played. It was fun to watch them all get burn and have some fun. The veterans being excited for them was also fun.

I hear you, but you can’t tell me that Thad isn’t night and day vs Cam when running the ball. And the Brinson catch was amazing regardless of the comp.

 

[Angry Ibis]

I hear you, but you can’t tell me that Thad isn’t night and day vs Cam when running the ball. And the Brinson catch was amazing regardless of the comp.

Brinson catch was fantastic. Probably not the day for us to **** on Cam … he was 10/100 2 TDs, 83 receiving TD…

It was great to see Thad appear in game ready shape

 

[Caneadian]

Guys guys guys. You and me would look good if we formed a team and played against s pop warner team. We would dominate.

Today there was 0 pressure 0 stress. 0 anything. We cannot in any way judge any player based on todays game.

It did not matter.

It's like hen guys look good in the spring game or in practice. Who cares.

When real competition is in front of them we will see

 

[AUcane]

I thought arroyo looked real good. Really solid blocking and iirc he was used quite a bit as a halfback lead pull on a counter that seemed to work really well today.

 

[chrisRMNU]

Brinson catch was fantastic. Probably not the day for us to **** on Cam … he was 10/100 2 TDs, 83 receiving TD…

It was great to see Thad appear in game ready shape

Cam had a great day, but it's not all about the numbers for me. Cam hit on 2 big plays in which there was a ton of space. Other than that, it was the same ole chop your feet for bit and then get taken down immediately by the first defender he gets close to. Then Thad comes in and explodes through the LOS and it felt like that first sip of beer on the weekend. I was immediately refreshed and eager for more of it.

I don't know. All I'm saying is that in the same game against the same opponents, those young guys just looked to have more game in them than their counterparts. Hopefully we see more of them down the road.

 

[Reppingtheu]

Guys guys guys. You and me would look good if we formed a team and played against s pop warner team. We would dominate.

Today there was 0 pressure 0 stress. 0 anything. We cannot in any way judge any player based on todays game.

It did not matter.

It's like hen guys look good in the spring game or in practice. Who cares.

When real competition is in front of them we will see

I beg to differ. I judged Wiggins and Cleveland Reed based off of what I saw today.

 

[CorniceCane]

Agree that you can’t take what you saw today for anything coming in the future, but it was nice to see youth and them getting their time. Hopefully it left the coaching staff with alternatives and hopefully it gave the older guys reason to look over their shoulders. That’s what we need more of so that they can show us why the coaches are playing them despite looking like dead weight in the other games. Troutman looked like he wanted to kill somebody. Good to see TAC and Huff and know that they still have pulses. Loved seeing LT out there. WRs have bright futures. Same goes for whoever may be throwing the ball to them. OLine will be dominated by every team from here on this year. They barely got push against garbage competition. Safeties look good too. Exciting future if we can figure out how to play like men instead of scared children. Hoping that this gave them some wind in their sails. Can’t stand Manny these days but I don’t want to see this talent fall apart.

 

[CorniceCane]

I beg to differ. I judged Wiggins and Cleveland Reed based off of what I saw today.

Wiggins…smdh. Can’t believe that he can’t haul it in against 8th grade competition. Please show him and Ivey the exit immediately. They are trash.

 

[Angry Ibis]

Cam had a great day, but it's not all about the numbers for me. Cam hit on 2 big plays in which there was a ton of space. Other than that, it was the same ole chop your feet for bit and then get taken down immediately by the first defender he gets close to. Then Thad comes in and explodes through the LOS and it felt like that first sip of beer on the weekend. I was immediately refreshed and eager for more of it.

I don't know. All I'm saying is that in the same game against the same opponents, those young guys just looked to have more game in them than their counterparts. Hopefully we see more of them down the road.

They did great. But in all honesty I think we’re seeing what we are looking for…. Whether it is there or not…

 

[Bird4um]

Brinson catch was fantastic. Probably not the day for us to **** on Cam … he was 10/100 2 TDs, 83 receiving TD…

It was great to see Thad appear in game ready shape

Thad out carried him. Per avg.

 

[JD08]

OP really needs to have someone proof read his thread titles before posting.

 

[Angry Ibis]

Thad out carried him. Per avg.

And?

 

[Angry Ibis]

OP really needs to have someone proof read his thread titles before posting.

The authorities agree

 

[grover]

I was just glad they all played and had fun. The last thing we need to hear are portal rumblings with this lame duck staff.