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Do we have a Playoff Roster?

Cristobal busted a myth for me. Up until last season, I always thought that the only thing really separating UM from the top tier teams was a QB. I remember when Cam Newton carried a mediocre Auburn team to a championship and thought, “It’s so simple. We just need our own Cam, and everything will fall into place.” And my wish came true- we got our very own Cam. Now was Ward as good as Newton? No, Newton was on a different level- however Ward will be the #1 pick and was clearly the best QB in the country. And despite that we didn’t even make the playoffs or even the conference championship in a weak conference. Beck isn’t as good as Ward. That’s not a slight, not many qbs are. If we couldn’t make the playoffs with Ward, I don’t have a lot of faith we will make the playoffs with Beck, even though some other positions on the team might show marginal improvement.
 

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hoops156 said:
i just remember the BS fed about emory all year last year and some even saying he may be better than Cam bc he wont look for the money plays lol. dude is trash and should never have been a Canes QB. same with judd.
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I'm not ready to write off Judd just yet. He definitely has more tools to work with, than Emory, & in some ways reminds me of a poor man's Ryan Mallett. In terms of both its weird how each QB's weakness is the other's strength. If only Mario could figure out a way to swap Judd's brain with Emory's, then we would really be cooking with gas. Lol
 
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Trafficante said:
I'm not ready to write off Judd just yet. He definitely has more tools to work with, than Emory, & in some ways reminds me of a poor man's Ryan Mallett. In terms of both its weird how each QB's weakness is the other's strength. If only Mario could figure out a way to swap Emory's brain with Judd's, then we would really be cooking with gas. Lol
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Their is no proof Emory's football brain has anything of substance. To your concept though players with great football brains and arm talent are generally at the top of the food chain and rated as 5*.
 
ST26 said:
If Bell just has a average to above average season, he's likely going top 75 (Mid 2nd-early first range) just from his size alone. If he can play at an all-acc type level, there is no doubt he can fall into the first round. Scouts are going to take one look at the measurables and immediately fall in love with him as a prospect. He benefited a lot from getting snaps in 2024 and with another full offseason with Mirabal, I would be shocked if he didn't continue to elevate his game. You know the staff loves him, as you always hear stories of them raving about him to scouts
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- Daniel Faalele: 6'8 380lbs & he was drafted in 4th round.

- Jordan Maitala: 6'8 365, drafted in the 7th round

- Caleb Jones: 6'9 370, undrafted

- Trent Browb: 6'8 380lbs, 7th round

- Orlando Brown: 6'8 350, 3rd round

- Rob Havenstein: 6'8 350, 2nd round

- Spencer Brown: 6'8 310, 3rd round

- Conor McDermott: 6'8 305, 6th round

- Luke Tenuta: 6'8 315, 6th round

- Dennis Kelly: 6'8 325, 5th round

- Brandon Parker: 6'8 320, 3rd round

Just being big isn't enough to get you drafted in the 1st or 2nd round, you have to actually be good too.

Gm's take chances & draft high risk players at QB's & skill positions like WR's & DB's, those are overdraft spots. But they do the exact opposite with OL's, they don't draft average OT's in the 1st round, they're not taking a flier on an OT unless they know for sure he's going to be book-end anchor on either side; they underdraft the position.

Just because the staff loves him doesn't actually mean anything, they love & rave about every player on the roster, that's not going to increase a player's draft stock.

In order for Bell to be a 1st or 2nd round pick, he'll have to play like a 1st or 2nd round pick.
 
cway313 said:
Their is no proof Emory's football brain has anything of substance. To your concept though players with great football brains and arm talent are generally at the top of the food chain and rated as 5*.
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Yeah, I was just basing that on reports from practice & what the coaches have said. I agree, actual in-game evidence that shows Emory processing information at a faster rate than other QBs, is lacking.
 
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Memnon said:
- Daniel Faalele: 6'8 380lbs & he was drafted in 4th round.

- Jordan Maitala: 6'8 365, drafted in the 7th round

- Caleb Jones: 6'9 370, undrafted

- Trent Browb: 6'8 380lbs, 7th round

- Orlando Brown: 6'8 350, 3rd round

- Rob Havenstein: 6'8 350, 2nd round

- Spencer Brown: 6'8 310, 3rd round

- Conor McDermott: 6'8 305, 6th round

- Luke Tenuta: 6'8 315, 6th round

- Dennis Kelly: 6'8 325, 5th round

- Brandon Parker: 6'8 320, 3rd round

Just being big isn't enough to get you drafted in the 1st or 2nd round, you have to actually be good too.

Gm's take chances & draft high risk players at QB's & skill positions like WR's & DB's, those are overdraft spots. But they do the exact opposite with OL's, they don't draft average OT's in the 1st round, they're not taking a flier on an OT unless they know for sure he's going to be book-end anchor on either side; they underdraft the position.

Just because the staff loves him doesn't actually mean anything, they love & rave about every player on the roster, that's not going to increase a player's draft stock.

In order for Bell to be a 1st or 2nd round pick, he'll have to play like a 1st or 2nd round pick.
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kyle_schick said:
Those aren't players we need here.

If the goal is to compete with UCF and Wake Forest then fine.

If it's to compete for national championships then we need far better players.

Mario is supposed to be a good recruiter and has clearly shown an inability to bring in impact players at multiple positions through 4 highschool classes and 4 portal iterations.
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You said we only had 5 P4 players.

Not 5 championship players. There’s a HUGE difference
 
Memnon said:
- Daniel Faalele: 6'8 380lbs & he was drafted in 4th round.

- Jordan Maitala: 6'8 365, drafted in the 7th round

- Caleb Jones: 6'9 370, undrafted

- Trent Browb: 6'8 380lbs, 7th round

- Orlando Brown: 6'8 350, 3rd round

- Rob Havenstein: 6'8 350, 2nd round

- Spencer Brown: 6'8 310, 3rd round

- Conor McDermott: 6'8 305, 6th round

- Luke Tenuta: 6'8 315, 6th round

- Dennis Kelly: 6'8 325, 5th round

- Brandon Parker: 6'8 320, 3rd round

Just being big isn't enough to get you drafted in the 1st or 2nd round, you have to actually be good too.

Gm's take chances & draft high risk players at QB's & skill positions like WR's & DB's, those are overdraft spots. But they do the exact opposite with OL's, they don't draft average OT's in the 1st round, they're not taking a flier on an OT unless they know for sure he's going to be book-end anchor on either side; they underdraft the position.

Just because the staff loves him doesn't actually mean anything, they love & rave about every player on the roster, that's not going to increase a player's draft stock.

In order for Bell to be a 1st or 2nd round pick, he'll have to play like a 1st or 2nd round pick.
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You’re wrong @Memnon. If you put on your orange and green goggles tight enough to cut circulation to part of your brain, you’ll realize he’s the best O-lineman in CFB
 
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pacusmc said:
I don’t want to be Washington, tcu, or the 2018 notre dame team. If we make the playoffs and lose a game; then we better make them earn it.
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I get the general consensus but TCU actually won a playoff game and that was when there was only 4 teams. They beat Michigan before getting crushed by Georgia in the championship game.
 
ST26 said:
What does that have to do with Mario and his gameday/situation decisions lol. That completely falls on Guidry, as well as our atrocious secondary personnel. It's easy for fans to say "Mario should have fired Guidry mid season", but that was never going to happen because we were winning games. Looking back at it now, would giving the defensive play calling duties to any other human on the planet have produced better results? Probably. However, it was just completely unrealistic considering the season we were having
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mario was the one who makes the call whether to go for it or kick a field goal and has an understanding of reality when making that decision. he made the wrong decision just as he did in the bowl game to not call timeout when the ball was at the 1.
 
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JD08 said:
I'm not convinced about the linebackers. I have some stress about safety, receiver, and backup QB.

I expect little from the Canes anymore and I'm still usually disappointed.
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if beck is healthy and fully recovered, well be in comp for a playoff spot again. if he isnt, its likely 6-6 given the schedule
 
Talent-wise, on the fringe but too many question marks - Beck's arm, unproven off. weapons, TBD LB & secondary play - to confidently think playoffs... especially given the schedule this year.

Would add that said schedule probably gives us a couple of paths (or very least a better argument) to the CFP.
i.e. beating ND and Gaytors but dropping 2 ACC games... probably gets you in
splitting ND and Gaytors, beating FSU early and then dropping just 1 conf. game from there
even losing to ND / Turds but beating FSU early gives us a good playoff shot (considering Louisville/SMU/Clemson all play one another this season)

should be a fascinating season either way
 
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hoops156 said:
mario was the one who makes the call whether to go for it or kick a field goal and has an understanding of reality when making that decision. he made the wrong decision just as he did in the bowl game to not call timeout when the ball was at the 1.
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Regardless of whether we went for it or not, we still needed a stop lol. Let's say we went for it and score. Cool its tied. However, it doesn't change the fact that we still had to go out there and keep them for taking the lead again. If we were near the goaline, then that's a different story. But it was 4th down from the 15 yard line. That's not an easy conversion and you should always take the points in that scenario
 
the Miami defense last year was one of the worst in program history..

and some idiots are claiming that "of course Miami should have gone to the playoffs last year!"

if it was not for #1 NFL Draft Pick Cam Ward, that shambolic defense last year would have won only 7 games!
 
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