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As much as it would suck we are probably a program that is best positioned for a redshirted football season.
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I rewatched the NC State game last night. There is a lot of reason for optimism about the future. Line play was significantly improved over the start of the year despite all the losses due to injury. Graham showed flashes of brilliance - he has all the tools, but played like, well, a freshman. Mason is a beast, and we were down arguably our top 2 receivers (Camp and Ezzard). And let’s not forget that we have Gibbs coming to the flats. On D we’re stacked in the secondary and get a big boost up front with Clayton this year. LB play still concerns me, but we have some talented freshmen coming in. I’d be surprised if we weren’t noticeably better this year, even if our record may not show it (strength of schedule).Probably won't play any games this year but if we do, look for another year like last year. We just don't have the horses to be really good. I'm hoping we can show some improvement, if not, then you got to start questioning the Collins hire. I hope I am wrong about all of this, but that is just where my head is right now.
Go Jackets!
I think people are way overlooking Yates. Hope he gets a fair shake. I didn't love his HS film but he was a 4* QB for a reason.Decent article, except they did not mention Gleason and said Yates would get a look. I have to think Gleason gets a closer look than Yates. In fact, I would assume it's a three-way race with JG, TG, and JS.
I rewatched the NC State game last night. There is a lot of reason for optimism about the future. Line play was significantly improved over the start of the year despite all the losses due to injury. Graham showed flashes of brilliance - he has all the tools, but played like, well, a freshman. Mason is a beast, and we were down arguably our top 2 receivers (Camp and Ezzard). And let’s not forget that we have Gibbs coming to the flats. On D we’re stacked in the secondary and get a big boost up front with Clayton this year. LB play still concerns me, but we have some talented freshmen coming in. I’d be surprised if we weren’t noticeably better this year, even if our record may not show it (strength of schedule).
We won't really know til field work, but ya gotta think Brown sees some playing time.Agree with your general premise, but would love to hear the argument for Camp and Ezzard being our top 2 receivers. I’d probably have them as 3 and 5 respectively. Ezzard tough to put anywhere yet really.
I should have specified my “top 2” statement excludes slot receivers (Brown). Camp was our leading receiver last year before an injury sidelined him. I expect a strong Sr season from him. Out of HS, Ezzard was the highest rated WR on the team, and looked the part in person at fan day last year. It’s tough to tell with him, of course, because we haven’t seen him in game. Just a gut feeling we got a good one in Ezzard.Agree with your general premise, but would love to hear the argument for Camp and Ezzard being our top 2 receivers. I’d probably have them as 3 and 5 respectively. Ezzard tough to put anywhere yet really.
Could definitely be the case. Either way, I think each of these guys gets quality playing time this year.Brown
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Are you talking too 2 in terms of catches or as starters?Brown
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Ezzard
Are you talking too 2 in terms of catches or as starters?
Decent article, except they did not mention Gleason and said Yates would get a look. I have to think Gleason gets a closer look than Yates. In fact, I would assume it's a three-way race with JG, TG, and JS.
You are basing this off of one year results where he inherited triple option athletes to run his offensive and defensive schemes? Specifically, this meant he had undersized OL and DL (this is bad for all systems other than the TO), WRs who never ran a standard route tree nor caught the ball in any volume, one decent RB and a bunch of wing backs, not a single TE on the roster and no depth on top of these limitations. He did inherit a decent stable of DBs to work with so PJ didnt leave him nothing, at least.Probably won't play any games this year but if we do, look for another year like last year. We just don't have the horses to be really good. I'm hoping we can show some improvement, if not, then you got to start questioning the Collins hire. I hope I am wrong about all of this, but that is just where my head is right now.
Go Jackets!