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Meast21 said:
No one talks LBs but feels like we've had jags for years. yes including Wes. He made a few plays to start the season and then disappeared and was meh in acc play. get a portal LB please. pretty please.
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Wiley Hayes Pruitt the future, you will see them all flash this year along with Popo who should be better with scheme and better DL play.
 

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Dwinstitles said:
Wiley Hayes Pruitt the future, you will see them all flash this year along with Popo who should be better with scheme and better DL play.
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I don’t like counting purely on unproven guys. Too much risk. Make them win the starting spot against better competition. If we think Wes, Chase and Aldermen are ACCCG LBs then fine. If we exit Spring ball with questions there, then you must bring in another top quality LB. I’d have started back channeling in November for one.
 
grover said:
I don’t like counting purely on unproven guys. Too much risk. Make them win the starting spot against better competition. If we think Wes, Chase and Aldermen are ACCCG LBs then fine. If we exit Spring ball with questions there, then you must bring in another top quality LB. I’d have started back channeling in November for one.
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Those three names are yikes
 
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Hurracanes said:
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The guy is 23 and he’s about to go into his 6th year. His best season was at WVU. And no, I don’t care if he played DT. He is a nice depth piece but cmon, these type of guys aren’t winning you championships as a starter. Let’s not pretend like that injury didn’t cause a lot of questions about his future, neither.

Being “fine” at DT isn’t winning you games. Being “elite” wins you championships. Miss me with that.
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According to u a guy playing out of position and getting injured doesn’t mean anything. Also his best season was at Miami in 2022. Played 2 games in 2023, and played DT in 2024 to help the team. Your reasoning doesn’t sound very logical. Unless he gets injured again he will do his job well as one of the teams starting DE.
 
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Hurracanes said:
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The guy is 23 and he’s about to go into his 6th year. His best season was at WVU. And no, I don’t care if he played DT. He is a nice depth piece but cmon, these type of guys aren’t winning you championships as a starter. Let’s not pretend like that injury didn’t cause a lot of questions about his future, neither.

Being “fine” at DT isn’t winning you games. Being “elite” wins you championships. Miss me with that.
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You do know, that 7 sack season was year 1 at Miami, right?
 
CanesFan20 said:
Passing game is going to look very rough in the spring, we don't have one starting caliber QB available. Luke shows potential but I think he's still a couple of years away.
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And that is the weakness. We could be FSU is Beck can’t go. Quarterback is the one area in high school recruiting that Mario hasn’t done well in.

2023: No blue chip (lost Rashada to ludicrous NIL deal)
2024: No blue chip
2025: Nickel

One blue chip player in three cycles.
 
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The “Elija Lofton is the best player on the team” take basically means that he is the best all around football player on the team, pound for pound.

For example, hypothetically, if each team were made to choose one player to clone and comprise the entire 85-team with, our coaches would choose Elija Lofton and they believe we’d win the championship in that format. Lofton playing QB, OL, RB, CB, LB, S, WR, TE, DT, DE, P, PR, KR, and PK would win the NC over any other one player comprised team of another roster.
 
Dwinstitles said:
Those three names are yikes
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I would classify them as "unreliable". They each have traits that makes you think "maybe". But after multiple years in P5 ball, none have proven they can perform at the level we need. And Alderman was a D-Nich special, so he may transfer out for all we know. Bringing in a proven guy increases the competition and depth. It's a no brainer. But can Miami's clear need convince that guy to enter the portal?
 
I was curious about other teams’ spring practice because a lot haven’t even started yet.
ND doesn’t start their’s until the 19th and according to their site, they are sitting/resting a bunch of the veteran players who have a lot of snaps already.
They said they did it last year too and they do it for two reasons:
1) It helps get older guys to return instead of going to the draft or portal (now they can get NIL & rest during the spring)
2) Helps keep players more fresh & get younger guys more spring snaps to prepare for a 16 game season.

I will be at the ND spring game to see my nephew (hopefully) play a few snaps.
 
af97 said:
I was curious about other teams’ spring practice because a lot haven’t even started yet.
ND doesn’t start their’s until the 19th and according to their site, they are sitting/resting a bunch of the veteran players who have a lot of snaps already.
They said they did it last year too and they do it for two reasons:
1) It helps get older guys to return instead of going to the draft or portal (now they can get NIL & rest during the spring)
2) Helps keep players more fresh & get younger guys more spring snaps to prepare for a 16 game season.

I will be at the ND spring game to see my nephew (hopefully) play a few snaps.
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Honestly sounds like a pretty good approach.
 
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Meast21 said:
No one talks LBs but feels like we've had jags for years. yes including Wes. He made a few plays to start the season and then disappeared and was meh in acc play. get a portal LB please. pretty please.
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Agreed and I’m very interested to see how we approach it

Heatherman is a LB guy. He might come in and want to clean house or maybe see some good things that got lost in the absolute **** show that was our defense last year
 
af97 said:
I was curious about other teams’ spring practice because a lot haven’t even started yet.
ND doesn’t start their’s until the 19th and according to their site, they are sitting/resting a bunch of the veteran players who have a lot of snaps already.
They said they did it last year too and they do it for two reasons:
1) It helps get older guys to return instead of going to the draft or portal (now they can get NIL & rest during the spring)
2) Helps keep players more fresh & get younger guys more spring snaps to prepare for a 16 game season.

I will be at the ND spring game to see my nephew (hopefully) play a few snaps.
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This reminds me of the old Minnesota Vikings of the 1970s era where he (reportedly) rarely played the veterans during the preseason scrimmages and typically started camp later than the other teams. It must have worked as he had many players on their team well into their mid 30s.
Back to the college game, I like NLame's approach, especially with stud players. It's also another way of selling players on staying plus giving more reps to the backups.
 
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