John Campbell is not hurt... but he in the portal

[AllAboutTheU13]

Whats wrong with Zion at left tackle and letting Francis/ Samson battle at RT and get portal depth

Yup between Zion, Mauigoa, Okunlola, and either Cohen or Rivers kicking outside to RT, feels like we’ll have enough options. Someone mentioned that our staff views Cohen similar to Scaife, and they had him at RT this year.

 

[252cane]

I'm a little puzzled by this move. I don't think Campbell is a LT. But I think he could have swung over to RT to replace Scaife. Wouldn't he be the penciled-in starter at RT potentially and challenged by a freshman I guess?

Campbell isn’t good they were likely looking to upgrade him just like they are trying to upgrade from clarke

 

[SCarolina Ibis]

I don't think he ever should've been LT. But what choice did we have?

This consistency talk is though.. Campbell was on his 4th position coach (Searles, Barry, Justice, Mirabal) and about to be on his FIFTH offensive coordinator (Richt/Brown, Enos, Lashlee, Gattis) once Gattis replacement is named.

The guy is an option offense away from the hitting for the cycle.

 

[bobbydigius]

Whats wrong with Zion at left tackle and letting Francis/ Samson battle at RT and get portal depth

It may come to that but starting a true freshman on the OL is never ideal. Has been done but not ideal

 

[JHallCanes]

Whats wrong with Zion at left tackle and letting Francis/ Samson battle at RT and get portal depth

That’s a terrifying thought for me

 

[Odysseus]

Both those two true freshmen are early enrollee too

 

[BeastMode]

Both those two true freshmen are early enrollee too

And we will keep attacking the portal.

 

[jackedaround]

i hope we are working on brining in 5 more linemen.

 

[Negro-Wan Kanobi]

I'm surprised, but I'm not mad about him leaving.

 

[Rellyrell]

His play got worse as the season went on.

I’ve said it a few times, but in 4yrs he’s never learned how to defend his inside shoulder. It started with MTSU and never improved.

The best thing for all parties is to move on.

Thank you! He & Scaife were two culprits getting our QBs killed. This transfer doesn’t disappoint me ONE bit.

 

[DTP]

We desperately need portal tackles.

I’m not counting on Zion staying healthy and I’d rather not rely on starting two freshmen tackles either. Although it is a solid place for a built in excuse.

 

[CaneThang2020]

He started 11-12 games there and didn’t allow a sack. That’s a problem ?

Oh no....I agree with the take 100%. The poster I responded to said that John Campbell portaling out was due to being afraid of competition and that we needed that out of our program.

I was just asking him to expound on his thoughts. I posted earlier that Cohen transferring vs Campbell transferring isn't apples to apples but I wanted the poster to give his thoughts/opinion

 

[Odysseus]

And we will keep attacking the portal.

Yes my top 4 tackles would be Zion, Francis, Samson, portal guy, and then have Mccoy the freshman from 2022 after them. My hopefully scenario

 

[L A M P]

I believe this is the 17th kid to hit the portal.

 

[PIPO]

Thank you! He & Scaife were two culprits getting our QBs killed. This transfer doesn’t disappoint me ONE bit.

Scaife should’ve been playing center.

 

[Hurracanes]

We desperately need portal tackles.

I’m not counting on Zion staying healthy and I’d rather not rely on starting two freshmen tackles either. Although it is a solid place for a built in excuse.

Zion staying?

 

[Shooter McGavin]

I believe this is the 17th kid to hit the portal.

Yes it is. There were two others rumored to hit the portal (Keontra Smith and Huff) but that is not official at the moment. I feel one of those two will still hit.

 

[Rellyrell]

Scaife should’ve been playing center.

Honestly; we’ve been saying Scaife should’ve played RT, Scaife should’ve played Guard.

Scaife has been a bust everywhere. Imo, he would get ate alive at C.

 

[PIPO]

Honestly; we’ve been saying Scaife should’ve played RT, Scaife should’ve played Guard.

Scaife has been a bust everywhere. Imo, he would get ate alive at C.

Yeah, you’re probably right.

 

[canes732]

He started 11-12 games there and didn’t allow a sack. That’s a problem ?

Cohen is a stud but he absolutely let up sacks that PFF **** is a sorry football website run be idiot nerds who have no clue what they are looking at