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Armondo Blount (not hurt, not in portal)

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grover said:
Definitely not a Moss type. But still thin framed bones and muscles relative to the typical benchmarks.

Blount is already where he needs to be, McConathy is in the ballpark. Rudolph looks to have the frame to add the weight quickly. Pickett and Lighhtfoot need to “work at it “ the most. Those two I would expect are slow and steady adds so they don’t lose their burst.
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Oh yea for sure was just saying he’s listed heavier already. Both need to play next year. I mean Pickett played 1 snap and got a sack how do u not play him more
 
ssvir said:
ARoid has to have some connections
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Maybe he knows this guy

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Number1CanesFan said:
I'm one for the talent over experience. You only get experience by playing and learning from mistakes. However, college football is doing the opposite. At least with most teams. I've made the argument that recruits are better off going to a smaller programs where they can play right away and then transfer because teams like Miami are taking guys out of the portal with experience over their own home grown players who are more talented, but don't have the experience. It doesn't make sense to me, but that's what is happening.

Our WR situation is case and point. We didn't rotate any of the young WRs last year. Now, everyone says we need a 2nd WR from the portal because we don't have experience. So, we're just portaling over 2 inexperienced WRs with transfers who have experience. The inexperienced WRs will fall further behind not getting the game reps they need. Meanwhile, over at Clemson, Dabo started 2 freshman WRs.

I don't want to get off of point in this thread, which is about Blount. My point is playing young players is a choice. Mario will play young players if they are exceptional or he doesn't have a choice. He's really risk adverse and will chose experience over talent 9/10 times in my opinion. I think it's a mistake. He clearly thought all veterans he brought in on defense would get him an ACC title and CFP birth. Clearly it didn't. I want the young player to play this year. I think they can still compete for an ACC title in 2025, and in 2026 would have an elite squad favored to win the ACC and make a deep run into the CFP. I believe you have to rotate players at nearly all positions so they'll have the experience and confidence to be the starter the following year.
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I get it, but u rotate WRs when u have quality depth. Miami did not have quality depth. Trader, Joseph, Kirk, Robinson, Ray Ray and Carr were the backups. 2 of them, Trader and Chance, dealt with injuries all through offseason camps and probably lingered into the season. Besides the top 4, there were no good 2nd years to get burn. The young WRs not getting burn is an indication of the talent in the room and also letting the freshman develop, bc if the coaches felt like they could have contribute they would have played. We lucky we didn’t have any injuries.

The last 2 recruiting classes have been better though. The coaches should lean into the young guys, but they should also get a veteran WR1. As long as the young guys step up, the room will be good. A healthy CJ Daniel’s is reliable, JoJo, WR1, and I’m sure 1 or 2 out of Ny Carr, Upshaw, and Toney will hold down that slot position.
 
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