At least it is a fun thread if you eliminate the PSU/POC and our resident doom and gloom and this is how I like life to be crowd.
Grant- I can't see any reason for him not to get a waiver. And if he does and decides not to come back- it would some of the worse advice in history. He should be back.
Watts- yes, he was projected on D but after his mind numbing performances this year, you have to think he gets a real shot as a play maker.
OL- This is a question mark for sure. The good thing is that Seymore, Applefield and Heeman are getting some good burn this year. I do worry about C position. A good running QB can mask some of the errors on OL though.
Grant- I can't see any reason for him not to get a waiver. And if he does and decides not to come back- it would some of the worse advice in history. He should be back.
Watts- yes, he was projected on D but after his mind numbing performances this year, you have to think he gets a real shot as a play maker.
OL- This is a question mark for sure. The good thing is that Seymore, Applefield and Heeman are getting some good burn this year. I do worry about C position. A good running QB can mask some of the errors on OL though.
He is the kid on your team I am pulling for most. I'm a big fan of kids who stick to their commitments. I see he has played a bit, how has he done on the eye test?
Yeah, I ask because reports are always hit and miss. This year we heard Sickels, Castagna, Pancoast, Gesicki. 50/50 hit rate.
I've witnessed first hand how difficult that switch can be regardless of the number of stars someone has.
Our OC was extremely positive on Seymour and went out his way to praise his performance against Minnesota in the post-game presser. Did it appear he whiffed a couple of times? Perhaps. Could have been someone else's assignment, or could have been on him. But it is part of the learning process, and overall, the OC was pleased with his performance. Onward and upward.
SO This is what a NIT whiteout really looks like up close.(click to see)Your OL already is terrible but you are going to lose three starters and come back lethal next year?
Just look at the difference with Gio over lav.
For weeks I was hearing the OL can't block, and the WR's can't get seperation. Insert Gio and all of a sudden the QB has time(even if he is finding it himself with his feet) and the WR's are open.
Sure the lines are important, so are LB's, DB's, skill's on offense, but QB is the most important position on the football field. I think that is common knowledge.
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I think it get's ridiculous how often some posters on this board want to say that others don't understand football.
Actually not a bad metaphor.
Our glass is half filled. But it's a B1G azz glass. So we still need a whole lot of water to get this thing up to the top.
think we can have a good offense
IF Gio progresses....
and
IF the oline can come together
still some IFs
IF Gio progresses....
and
IF the oline can come together
still some IFs
He is improving. He should let Gio punch him in the mouth once or twice though. haha
On the surface that sounds crazy, but when you really look at the individual games, it's accurate.
Granted we have not seen many good qb's, AND Gio is still in small sample mode, AND he needs to stay healthy, but he has looked good.
"can be"...."swinging door"...."only concern"....your do realize that it takes a while for OL's to "gel," right? To become cohesive as a unit, right? To make comments like this, after your opening statement, makes no sense. This isn't going to happen overnight. Can the O be better, and likely get better as the season moves along, absolutely, but saying it's going to be "lethal" - when you yourself know there are OL issues - is just a tad, lol, over-the-top, don't you think?
Lethal with true freshman on the OL? I thought it takes years to
develop the talent, the line is the toughest position to learn.
And on top of that they have to learn while playing the Big Ten.
Agree there are only so many Anthony Davis's out there every year. As I said earlier '17 will have 1 proven LG in Miller, one with a year as a starter in LT Cole, and appears Seymour has taken RT as his own. It's a start but you still need to find a C and RG from the 4-5 names we all know. You also need to develop backups. Impossible? No. Very difficult? Probably.
I'm convinced that Rutgers staff members/employees of Hobbs write the positive posts. Propaganda.
I dunno if Clark is a lock to start. Seymour, Cole, Miller and Applefield look to be good bets. Heeman in the mix somewhere.
When did college football change so other teams don't have players graduating? This explains every team in D1 to varying extent.
Of course but so many say RU is screwed as if it's unique or unusual. The only question to me is if there are players waiting to step up. We'll find out.
SIAP, but whatever happened to Mo Jabbie? Thought he would be a playmaker coming out of HS. Haven't heard anything all year. Just needs more in time in weight room, or something else ?
Little wary of the Griffin where abouts, 2nd year with the program, given the lack of play makers, especially at TE, and he was supposed to be more playmaker then blocker, wonder if he is becoming more of an if player then a when player.
First year with program, not a huge prospect to begin with. Yeah same goes as above in terms of lack of playmakers leaving positions open, but Im never too worried about a true frosh not getting pt.
The good teams are able to reload because they develop talent. Building an elite program is about more than just recruiting 5 star players. It's about turning potential into production. That takes coaching and a player development culture.
just because they were big recruits doesn't really mean anything. denman has stone feet and im hoping he is replaced by Seymour for the rest fo the year. and muller has a holding penalty (often more than one) every game. Nelson is the only one that matters who is leaving and his snaps haven't exactly been good recently.
I wouldn't be too worried. They're going with two experienced guys right now. He's only a redshirt freshman and this offense only uses 1 or 0 TE formations. Flanagan will be back next year but after that, I expect Nakia to split time with Washington. We also have Behr as well but I expect him to be more of a blocker.
