It’s laughable when people talk about us finding a starting ready P5 QB in the portal after spring practice.
No QB that is in the mindset to transfer (for obviously a chance to start) would want to come here with TVD. We’ll have a better chance to find a high quality QB in the portal after this season - not before.
Why our WRs ******* suck. That’s nothing new wouldve scared me if the DBs couldn’t stop themThe comments on the wide outs are very disturbing
I love this kid man, he gets it. I want him to be a successful qb, but even if he’s not i feel like he’ll succeed at anything else he puts his mind toHe's in the right system to excel now, that's for sure. I am actually betting on him. Word is that he's taken a big leap from last year. Now he just needs to keep developing under Shannon.
Headline, excerpt and paraphrases from a long article today:
Jacurri Brown: Dawson's "QB friendly" offense resonating with me, I know I don't have to be Superman
This spring? Brown looks like a different guy from last year. He’s throwing on-point passes and his mechanics have improved.
“I just wanted to progress for myself,” Brown said. “I love this game and I had to figure out the definition of love and I’d do anything for it. In order to play at this school and be great I had to increase how I am as a player. I worked hard, went in the film room, watched how Tyler (Van Dyke) throws and does things, he puts different touch on balls. For me I had a strong arm, was really gunning it in, but had to work on my touch, my feet for sure.
“Coach (Shannon) Dawson say when I have a wider base I throw well, so just harping on those things.”
Brown’s also bulked up to 225 pounds – in January he was 210 and he arrived at Miami at 195 pounds.
“Coach (Aaron) Feld’s weight lifting is crazy, really good,” Brown said. “The nutrition is good. I’m eating good, feeling good.”
In the new Miami offense under Dawson, Brown’s skillset is a perfect fit. You can just look at Dawson’s dual-threat QB success in 2022 at Houston, with Clayton Tune throwing for 40 TDs and 4,074 yards while adding a team-high 546 rush yards and five more scores on the ground.
Dawson’s message? “Put the ball in play – read a defense, put the ball in play and play ball,” Brown said, adding that the offense “is very quarterback friendly. You don’t have to be erratic with your eyes, beat the blitz with your throw, not a lot of confusion, everyone’s on the same page. We can go fast, go slow. It’s quarterback friendly for sure.”
Brown says he has a close relationship with Van Dyke and says he’s learned that “I don’t have to be Superman every play, just put the ball in play, play with touch, have fun out there. Don’t let the last play affect the next one."
Brown also shared his thoughts on newly arrived freshman QB Emory Williams. “Emory is always on top of stuff, learning progressing, way far in front of where I was when I got here,” Brown said. “He’s going to be a good one for sure.”
The bottom line with Brown: He has an NFL arm and showed his skill last year when he would tuck it down and run. If he puts it all together he can be one of the ACC’s most dangerous QBs.
I had these same arguments last year when I said the season could go to **** fast if any injuries happen, especially on the OL. This team has holes all over it and lacks depth at most positions. The season is long.Man. I know last year was traumatizing, but 5 wins?
I went back and looked at the 2020 roster and we are better than then overall right now, as is.
So you believe Pope, Wiggins, and Harley are better than Young, George, and X/Smith/Ray/Robby? Now TE is unproven but does not lack talent. OL is much better.
LB and safety are better. I can’t see us not being able to field corners that can at least play up to Ivey, Couch, and Blades level.
LT will be at least as good as Nesta. We should be able to find a portal guy at least as good as Ford.
Phillips and Roche were good pass rushers but these guys showed they can generate some pressure last year.
That 2020 squad was a 9 win team ( yeah I’m counting Arky State). If Mario can’t get us to 8 as is, that means he is worse than rookie Manny. I can’t accept that at all. Mario has to produce, even if we don’t pick up anyone new.
I feel like they need 7-9 players.I had these same arguments last year when I said the season could go to **** fast if any injuries happen, especially on the OL. This team has holes all over it and lacks depth at most positions. The season is long.
The 2020 roster / schedule / Acc has nothing to do with the 2023 versions, every season is its own story.
The talent we do have is mostly young or unproven. The defense being very shaky and thin. If we don’t add talent / depth things could go very bad again. That’s just reality.
Not sure if they can find that many guys but they’ll be very aggressive.I feel like they need 7-9 players.
I HATE Gefilte fish....So there's that....I feel like they need 7-9 players.
That team had a QB in King (a transfer QB!) who won half the games single handedly, with some timely help from a TE in Jordan. We could easily have lost 6 games without those two.
p.s. Phillips and Roche were both transfers too
The fresh white kind I like but it’s what I ate as a kid. I wouldn’t expect most people to want anything to do with it.I HATE Gefilte fish....So there's that....
I don’t know what they’ll find but I think it’s imperative that they get WRs if they want to look competent on offense.Not sure if they can find that many guys but they’ll be very aggressive.
You can pile Empire State Bld size mounds of Horseradish on it and Nah....The fresh white kind I like but it’s what I ate as a kid. I wouldn’t expect most people to want anything to do with it.
Only way I can think of getting a P5 starter before the season is if a QB that already transferred once wants to transfer again, so he's willing to sit out a year and then be penciled in as UMs starter. For example, lets hypothetically say Ewers at Texas gets injured in camp, then Manning wins the QB1 job. Maybe Ewers will be looking to transfer again and sit out a year since he knows he probably isn't winning the starting job back from Manning. That's pretty much the only scenario I can see where a quality P5 QB is willing to sit a year behind TVD.
Last year's WF and NC State OL units were superior to Miami's OL. I believe that is a big part of the answer.Disagree on the last part. When I see teams like wake forest and NcSt be able to win 9 games in the acc without all this talent and depth my question is why does miami have to have a loaded roster to win 8 games in the acc?
Health?Last year's WF and NC State OL units were superior to Miami's OL. I believe that is a big part of the answer.
Scheme and Culture will get you there (8-9wins etc).Disagree on the last part. When I see teams like wake forest and NcSt be able to win 9 games in the acc without all this talent and depth my question is why does miami have to have a loaded roster to win 8 games in the acc?