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Fernando Mendoza

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FL Cane said:
I'm more open to Mendoza than I was before. Ultimately, next year's offense is going to be of a completely different character, and we're going to rely much more on our run game. For me - and looking at his stats, film, and background - Mendoza's a guy with a high football IQ, strong work ethic, good character, and decent arm talent. He's more than a game manager, and I think he's what we think Emory could be (he's already reached that point).

He did more with less on a Cal team that (outside Ott who was injured a lot of the time) had a terrible OL and little talent at WR. You pair a guy like him with our OL, Fletcher/Lyle, and WR's like Daniels and Concepcion (hopefully), + our other high upside WRs, and that could be a formula for success.

People are focussing on the wrong thing when it comes to next year's success. It's going to be all about whether our defense can take a step up. We had the #1 offense in the country this year, and it didn't matter because our defense couldn't stop a cold.
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Yep. I posted this about a week ago. We’re not going to be the #1 offense in the country with Mendoza at the helm, but we could be top 25. If our defense makes a sizable year-over-year improvement, we can potentially win 10 games again, be in the ACC title picture, and in striking distance of the playoffs.
 
CanesNation26 said:
Yep. I posted this about a week ago. We’re not going to be the #1 offense in the country with Mendoza at the helm, but we could be top 25. If our defense makes a sizable year-over-year improvement, we can potentially win 10 games again, be in the ACC title picture, and in striking distance of the playoffs.
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we could be top 10 but still need a real defense.
We have the Rb's and TE's between Riley and Lofton, the issue will be who steps up at wr. If Ny and Jojo do, we will be fine.
 
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Dre said:
I purposely watched his best game and the FSU game so I can get the range and I'm lead to assume people haven't watched him. He's good.

He isn't Cam but there are 12 teams in the playoffs that don't have a Cam Ward or a Jaxson Dart for that matter.

We need to fill the holes on the defense with big time transfers. If they do that and sign Mendoza then we're cooking more than the average fans or offseason liars at FSU and Florida think.
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If we were making some huge moves on defense and adding an elite can’t miss receiver then I would agree.
But that’s the issue.

I think people are concerned because we had the best quarterback in the nation and it got us 10 wins. Not only did we miss the playoffs, but we didn’t even win our conference.

So naturally, we’re not gonna be very impressed by getting Mendoza without those issues being solved. And getting Mendoza isn’t exactly the type of quarterback that’s gonna start attracting all of this talent that we need.

We wouldn’t mind getting Mendoza if we were seeing a lot of the holes that this team had this past season being addressed and being addressed with a **** steel plate reinforcement.

And if we’re hoping to poach players from playoff teams, we have to take him into consideration that those teams are getting millions of dollars just to be in the playoffs and the further they go the more money they get. That means they’re gonna have even more money to try and stop the poaching.
 
passitback said:
He was **** good against us. Granted, our defense was more akin to a sieve than a barrier, but I walked away from that game thinking he was pretty good.

A poster on here called Mendoza to The U months ago.

I hope he is right.
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He had several really good games. Just being the same guy he was at Cal would probably get us 8 or 9 wins. Our fans should not be taking that for granted.
 
pacusmc said:
If we were making some huge moves on defense and adding an elite can’t miss receiver then I would agree.
But that’s the issue.

I think people are concerned because we had the best quarterback in the nation and it got us 10 wins. Not only did we miss the playoffs, but we didn’t even win our conference.

So naturally, we’re not gonna be very impressed by getting Mendoza without those issues being solved. And getting Mendoza isn’t exactly the type of quarterback that’s gonna start attracting all of this talent that we need.

We wouldn’t mind getting Mendoza if we were seeing a lot of the holes that this team had this past season being addressed and being addressed with a **** steel plate reinforcement.

And if we’re hoping to poach players from playoff teams, we have to take him into consideration that those teams are getting millions of dollars just to be in the playoffs and the further they go the more money they get. That means they’re gonna have even more money to try and stop the poaching.
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You're 100% right that it's all dependent on if those holes are filled and not just with ok players but with legitimate talent.

I don't agree with the our lack of ability to sign players though. A lot of that is twitter rhetoric that fans use to argue with each other. "Oklahoma has no receivers or OL", Mateer didn't care. "We have no QB, no WR will sign", Daniels signs with us.

It's Mario's job to fight narratives and bring in talent and his success hinges on it. He's also really good at it. I think he'll be successful in this window and if he isn't then negativity will be rightfully flowing on this board.

And as far as us being 10-2 with a top 5 pick QB; with Mendoza if defensive holes are filled and we get one more receiver then we have enough to make the ACC title game.

Last year's top 5 NFL draft picks featured 2 Heisman winning QBs, neither of which ended the regular season in the top 12. I'd love another Heisman type QB but A) there isn't one out there and B) you need a complete team to compete anyway.
 
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Dre said:
If we use that huge gap of savings between Mendoza and Mateer on defensive players and one more receiver then I'm with it.

I just watched Cal vs FSU to give myself context for his worst game and we can only hope that Emory is that good. I don't know why there are assumptions that's automatic.

If our recruiting and development is as good as we think it's been then supplementing on the DL and DB with Mendoza is a good bridge to Nickel.

We've got more than enough impact guys the last 2 years and this is the year to step up and confirm what we thought about them. Patterson, Scott, Lightfoot, Aguirre, Artavius Jones, Pruitt, Trader, Carr. We develop the guys we have and this is a good football team.
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This right here.

Mateer was OU’s to lose.

Use that money to get me Mendoza, two difference maker DTs, another Safety, a Center, 2-3 CBs and maybe a LB and I’m good.

You make **** sure the 2023 and 2024 guys will be ready to contribute and we should have another 10 win team.
 
JayCane20 said:
My manA 7 that cooks, cleans, and does that thing you like in bed is better than a 10 that doesn’t do any of it.

Learned that from the bar closing at 3AM on Broadway my freshman year of college. That night was the equivalent of the coaches kid that couldn’t make contact off a tee getting an at bat on senior night and going yard dead center on a 0-2 count.

And a 7 might be generous. But woke up and my house was clean, kitchen spotless, bathroom scrubbed, breakfast in bed, and she paid for her own ride home.
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major kong said:
In case you were being sarcastic - the personal foul was Mario's fault. He put up with the kids behavior for years and never did squat to change it. Who was surprised he got one more pf to add to his collection?
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And we remain one of the most penalized teams in the country. One penalty, sure, pin it on the kid. Penalty after penalty after penalty? Many of them costly??? That's on the coaching.
 
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This will be our portal QB. Mario put all his eggs in the Mateer basket and has egg on his face...he did the same thing last year and got really lucky when Ward changed his mind mid-Janaury. Very concerning that following a 10-2 season and Ward being a Heisman finalist Mario couldn't land a big-time QB. Why didn't he go for Mensah?
 
Mendoza will likely be the guy. If staff rates him above Emory, then go for it.
Let’s be honest, could bring in a young Michael Vick or Tom Brady, won’t matter if the defense doesn’t undergo a major clean up. Can’t be taken seriously if every game is a shootout.
 
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