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  1. I wouldn't expect much from Holmes. I am trying to keep an open mind with him but he is mediocre in coverage and one of the truly worst tacklers in all of CFB. Film backs that up and if you prefer analytics the same is true with PFF and every other ratings sight. It increases our floor a bit maybe but I have a hard time seeing him making much of a positive impact on this team. I can see the upside there as well but unless he shows up committed fully to improving his tackling I just don't think this staff, with how much they value solo tackling ability in space, trusting him with significant minutes at corner. I think he sees the field, sure, but I highly doubt he will beat out Brooks for that corner spot in any kind of fair competition. Not without improvement.
  2. Honestly surprised to see Gilbert make that jump now rather than waiting another month. Unless something has changed since late October the NCAA is still planning to vote in January to increase or outright remove the assistant coach cap. Last I checked it was expected to pass. Once that happens you can get all kinds of creative finding titles and roles for these guys like Gilbert who are critical to the program but road blocked by the traditional coaching tree structure and staff. I'll avoid going entirely down the rabbit hole but the potential ramifications of that rule change are extremely fascinating. Certainly presents opportunities to flex things around and create new roles underneath current coordinators and positional coaches.
  3. Could also have to do with Jwhit potentially returning. If we are adding a WR from the portal with size as expected plus Jwhit returns there is basically no chance for someone like Hall to see the field next year. Especially not with Cook likely to be play and contribute as a true FR.
  4. Still somewhat shocked Cain has not entered the portal as well. Just going to assume he is set to graduate either this Spring or after summer classes and wants to (smartly) secure that diploma first. Hard to imagine he ever sees the field for us again in anything but junk time.
  5. Richardson hitting the portal was likely expected but even still that further increases the chances we hard press for the Tulsa LB. Which is good because we should be doing that anyway. Stanford C is probably the most exciting name of the guys in there so far. Huge potential upgrade. I know everyone kept saying we would only look for an OL if a really elite upgrade presented itself but there is fucking is. He will surely have a fuck ton of options though.
  6. Nah Burrell is great. Just not someone expected to contribute day one like Lefau and doesn't have the same projected first round ceiling as Hill. Causes him to get spoken about less.
  7. Benton seems to be our second choice of the current targets behind Pierce. The other late offers are likely fall back options as Benton is also strongly considering Arkansas and Pierce is like 90%+ headed to Michigan. Could certainly be wrong though.
  8. They really like the Stanford CB (who would be safety for us) that just hit the portal. I don't think he was someone they were targeting before the end of the season but I could see him as the primary pivot now that Anderson and Mathews are far less likely to leave Aggie.
  9. Lefau especially is huge as I think we might have needed to dip into the portal at LB, even if we Lefau and Hill sign, if he wasn't an EE. If he shows up as expected I think they are confident he can play enough immediately in that Overshown spot they don't need to get a guy. Obviously getting Hill is huge as well but I haven't seen the same expectations of him being a year one impact guy as he likely just shadows Ford and backs him up.
  10. Jerrin Thompson got most the reps and played well. I still think he is the most over rated player on our entire roster, especially in PFF, since he was slow to adjust to routes and had frankly horrendous ball skills more often than not but he was much improved and a very good player overall for us. Coffey didn't make much an impact and I'm fairly certain we were recruiting people to jump him on depth chart out of portal /shrug.
  11. Hah! The recruit, Ja'kobi, of course. Seems like the one kid among our current WR targets that could actually come in and produce in that spot as a true FR if things don't pan out with Neyor. If we land him I think that probably gives us enough a floor we don't end up taking a bigger bodied bench type guy from the portal. We miss on Lane, as seems likely, and Thornton types make more sense.
  12. Thornton wouldn't be a bad take as a replacement for guys like Cain or Troy if they portal out. You need someone to provide a higher floor than we currently have behind Neyor in case his recovery is set back. If we land Lane then you probably wouldn't need him but Lane seems fairly set to USC at this point. edit: lmao and yep there goes T.O. announcing the departure. I fully expect Cain joins him soon and that definitely opens a spot for Thornton.
  13. Taking anyone at OL that isn't a proven solid RT would be outrageously fucking stupid. Enough with offering life rafts to Bama bread that Saban is processing out of his program. Also dear lord usually even 'hot' gymnasts are a seven that look better because of the flattering tights and setting. That girl is a spinal tap 11.
  14. Wasn't really comparing the two directly as players. Just talking about the comfort you can provide a shaky QB by having some larger bodied targets out there that can actually use that size to get up and make contested catches. Sanders was the only one helping Ewers out in that regard this season. Obviously LJH did that mostly from the slot vs Neyor is an outside guy with speed but he is also 6'3 and his film is full of him being able to get up in the air and use every bit of that size to bail out his Qb and provide some larger windows to throw into.
  15. I certainly do not miss the dark times of Herman era WR recruiting/development but I would kill to add a LJH type to the mix. I guess to be fair that is kind of what Neyor is/was supposed to be.
  16. This is basically just announcing their intent to enter the portal. Its an irrelevant technicality since they can't be contacted officially by other teams or transfer except when the window actually opens. Just think of this like some NFL guy saying "yeah I plan to opt out and test free agency" weeks before FA actually begins.
  17. Johnson was the kid that just wanted to see proof we were actually going to play at a faster pace right? I'd say we've safely accomplished that so far putting Zaga and everyone else to the fucking sword.
  18. AFAIK Shanahan was reached out to before even the Urban Meyer shit got stirred up. Due diligence was done there just as a hail marry. Zero interest in coaching college at this point though who knows maybe it will have changed by the time we dump Steve ScottFrostian. Honestly if we are going to play the "who might be our next coach?" game I think the two to watch are just Traylor and Dykes. How Traylor does with his next class of players will be key as will how Dykes continues at TCU while likely losing Garret Riley this winter to a larger program. CDC loved the idea of Dykes before and would certainly be his champion were Sark to get like hit by a bus tomorrow or something.
  19. Exactly. I mean just look at who we are still targeting. The defense balled out with an aggressive scheme that looked incredibly fun to be playing in. That is going to help with Hill, McDonald and Tyler Owens. Deal was already leaning TCU anyway and sure losing tonight probably ends that pursuit but he isn't make or break for this class either way. It is unfortunate Hicks wasn't here to see our DTs spending the entire game sitting on the QB but Oregon lost with some pretty piss poor defensive play tonight in front of him. So its not like he was being wowed by someone else. On offense? Cook and Arch are the only offensive guys in this class that are truly matter "must keep" and both seem rock solid with us. If you believe you can complete passes wide fucking open thanks to the scheme then nothing changed for you tonight. Same if you believe you can catch passes that hit you directly in the hands. We were never getting Duce anyway short of running the table and looking like a near future playoff contender. Even in terms of the flips we were helped. Greathouse? ND still looks like its offense is from the '50s and snuck by Navy with a FG. Hicks? As mentioned Oregon lost and OU is in a tail spin even worse than ours. All the Aggies? I mean fucking look at them. Lost to Auburn and are now literally below Vanderbilt at bottom of SEC.
  20. Another red zone choke job by this bitch ass coach and mentally vacant QB.
  21. Here is the million dollar question: If Lucci and KKL were to have a sex tape leak... would your morbid curiosity get the better of you?
  22. I don't understand the negativity. I have full confidence in Steve ScottFrostian to right the ship.
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