Another issue is, posters just dont want to admit it but our WR corp aint that grand as it stands now. ****, some posters think we need to hit the portal to add another proven WR..Gattis said hes going to play to our strengths and as of now the strength is clearly the RB room and the TE room. If Gattis had the 2018 Bama WR corp (Jeudy, Waddle, Ruggs, DSmith) he coached when he was their WR coach then yeah..I would think he would be airing it out. But the only 2 names we have been hearing that have consistantly played well this Spring are Xman and George. Yeah I know we have TVD and hes playing lights out this Spring. But Im not that high on what we have heard from the WR group outside of those 2 names.
As far as recruiting, you guys have to be kidding me, right? Its April 1st! APRIL!! NSD is 10 months away! (The real NSD). **** ESD, is 8 months away! This is the downside of having so much early momentum. Posters get nervous WAY too early. All we need to do is lockdown our QB..and sit back and wait on everyone else..no matter how long it takes. Getting Rashada before April is over is key ill admit. Everyone else just sit back and let things play out. There is so much time in this thing its ridicolous.
Some of you guys wont make it if many of our tops targets come out and say they arent deciding until Feb 2023. LMAO! You guys might have heart attacks. Dont panic.
The WR room may not be elite, but is it serviceable?
We have an elite QB. He's going make the WRs better. I don't think we abandon them. Looking at our competition, we should only run into problems at WR against TAMU and Clemson.
Comparing this year to last year, we are minus Rambo and Harley. Everyone else should improve thru coaching and maturity.
So, we're basically looking to replace the production of 2 guys. That can come from multiple guys not just 2. I'm looking for George, Brinson, Ladson, Worsham, Redding and both Smith's to all take that next step.
Maybe all of them don't. I believe enough of them will to equal or exceed (as a group) the production of Rambo and Harley. I would argue that collectively, they will exceed last year's production.
The WR core had ruffly 2,150 yards last year. Rambo and Harley had 1,172 and 543 for a total of 1,715 of the 2,150 WR yards. Rambo and Harley were 80% of the WR offense.
I believe the WR group will exceed 2,000 yards and may even eclipse 2,200. We just don't know who the guys are that will stat those numbers.
2021 Miami (FL) Hurricanes Stats
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I think the issue with the CIS family is which prism are we looking at the team?
Are we at championship level? No, and everyone knows that.
Do we have enough to get to the ACC title game? Yes.
Win the ACC? Maybe.
Win 10 games? Yes, the schedule is not difficult outside of 2 games. Doesn't mean we'll win 10 games, but we should given the opponents.
At this point we don't have any identifiable elite WRs outside of perhaps Restrepo. It doesn't mean we don't have any. All the other guys just haven't had development and playing time. I think by the end of Fall camp we'll have multiple capable WRs.