What we have learned after 2 weeks

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

Just some running thoughts.. feel free to add:

Culture is awesome on this team.

Arch still has much to learn about reading defenses, but he has the clutch gene / winners mentality.  

The OL looks good..  they can run block and pass block, plus we have depth.  Kudos to Flood for turning this around finally.

Smothers as a massive portal pickup after Brown.  Brown can be good in his own right, but it's not 1A / 1B

As much fanfare that Masunas got pre-season, the other guys have really played well.. Shannon is a giant target and blocks well, Winston is a threat in the passing game, Townsend can be good passing and catching (hope he is okay)

The WRs are who we thought they are.   Coleman can be spectacular but will never be Jeremiah Smith.  Wingo needs to get over the dropsies.  Mosely is a great 3rd down option but also needs to eliminate the drops.  Get some more plays for Bishop!

Mascoe can be a great man corner.  Philips still needs seasoning.  Littleton is arguably the best overall DB.

Safety play needs to get better.  We need Jonah to get some more PT to accelerate his growth rate.

LBs are up and down.  Biles will dominate lesser opponents, but we'll see how he does tackling in the SEC.  Cryer isn't athletic but he had a really nice overall game yesterday.

DL is hard to judge in these 2 weeks... 1st game with the vanilla game plan, this week against a good OL, though CS was held a whole bunch by tOSU.  Geffrard right up there with Biles and Mascoe as the best defensive pickups in the portal.

Spetic has been fantastic at kicker and with kickoffs.  

Nibblett will still give us the highest highs and cause us to scream at the screen on other plays.

 

[Gerry Hamilton]

Biles does way more than dominate lesser opponents … he had 8 tackles last night. He will have some big games vs anyone 

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

11 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Biles does way more than dominate lesser opponents … he had 8 tackles last night. He will have some big games vs anyone 

Yeah sorrry I could have worded that better. He is fantastic and will have splash plays against everyone…. As with all linebackers at his size he will be tested in sec play though. 

[Nuufaola]

Poor Roberson got cooked a numerous plays in a row in the 3Q.  He got faked out on a run, then had a couple of passes right at him.  Masco came back in and it was a different story. 

[HornsUpThumbsDown]

32 minutes ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

Just some running thoughts.. feel free to add:

Culture is awesome on this team.

Arch still has much to learn about reading defenses, but he has the clutch gene / winners mentality.  

The OL looks good..  they can run block and pass block, plus we have depth.  Kudos to Flood for turning this around finally.

Smothers as a massive portal pickup after Brown.  Brown can be good in his own right, but it's not 1A / 1B

As much fanfare that Masunas got pre-season, the other guys have really played well.. Shannon is a giant target and blocks well, Winston is a threat in the passing game, Townsend can be good passing and catching (hope he is okay)

The WRs are who we thought they are.   Coleman can be spectacular but will never be Jeremiah Smith.  Wingo needs to get over the dropsies.  Mosely is a great 3rd down option but also needs to eliminate the drops.  Get some more plays for Bishop!

Mascoe can be a great man corner.  Philips still needs seasoning.  Littleton is arguably the best overall DB.

Safety play needs to get better.  We need Jonah to get some more PT to accelerate his growth rate.

LBs are up and down.  Biles will dominate lesser opponents, but we'll see how he does tackling in the SEC.  Cryer isn't athletic but he had a really nice overall game yesterday.

DL is hard to judge in these 2 weeks... 1st game with the vanilla game plan, this week against a good OL, though CS was held a whole bunch by tOSU.  Geffrard right up there with Biles and Mascoe as the best defensive pickups in the portal.

Spetic has been fantastic at kicker and with kickoffs.  

Nibblett will still give us the highest highs and cause us to scream at the screen on other plays.

 

Would add Collin Simmons needs to be dominate… Kenyatta Jackson much more of a presence for them, to be HIM Collin needs to be that. 

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

2 hours ago, HornsUpThumbsDown said:

Would add Collin Simmons needs to be dominate… Kenyatta Jackson much more of a presence for them, to be HIM Collin needs to be that. 

He must expend a ton of energy with his burst and being held over and over.  hard  to beat nfl tackles consistently in a game like this.