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Compare Coffey with the other safeties and you'll see Brenden Schooler (11.52 on 367 snaps), BJ Foster (12.36 on 618 snaps) and Jerrin Thompson (15.53 on 523 snaps), Coffey could not only be a standout player on his own (who comes with high pedigree recruiting-wise) -- but, frankly, a player who could change the outlook at the safety position from its recent doldrums.
And absolutely on one is talking about it. Easy answer.
I will right now. I'll write my off-the-cuff thoughts on him as I watch his HUDL.
- Wears 79, which is the best jersey number in football. Have to like that
- Clearly a mountain of a dude
- Pad level is not good, plays high but admittedly he's a really tall guy
- Decent feet and mirroring ability but but also stiff, would like him to play with more flexibility
- Like him better moving forward that laterally, agility needs work
- Think he'd be better in a man/gap scheme than a primarily zone scheme
- Definitely a bully with heavy hands, like the mean streak, a finisher
- Doesn't look the prettiest getting to the second-level but actually pretty effective w/ angles
Based on his size, strength and generally effective play, I'd think he's a fine offer for a school like Texas, but he'll need work development-wise, especially with his agility, lateral movement skills and flexibility as well as pad level.
LT - Jones/Campbell/Banks
LG - Angilau
C - Majors
RG - Conner/Campbell/Neto
RT - Jones/Karic/Banks
And to answer your question - I don't think I thought I would make it to this age back then, anyway!!
The experience using your lower half to drive and explode through your hips in the heart of the scrum is about as applicable to football as any exercise anyone could ever draw up or imagine.
Agree with you on Bledsoe, I think he needs the most development of those three.
Finkley is apparently looking good in winter workouts but Jason is telling us to tap the brakes on the hype because he is smaller than some might imagine. To me, it doesn't matter. I love his tape and his reps from the all-star practices were excellent. He doesn't have to be a monstrous beast to be a good edge-rusher or even an upgrade on what Texas had last year. It won't take much.
Tapp is such a versatile guy that it's impossible not to think he'll be a factor of some kind with Texas needing so much help off the edge. He's truly a baller who can do a number of things and when guys are just straight up good at the game as Tapp appears to be, they usually come in and continue to be ... well ... good at the game. If Texas hits on one of them, it will go a long way in helping the woes at the edge-rush spot.
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Nobody is talking about JD Coffey and he's really likely to be in line to start at one of the safeties, or at least be a big contributor. Texas last season played a number of different guys at the position and if the rotation this year is anything similar, we're talking about a guy who would be a MAJOR contributor in Coffey just by projected snap count alone. Add in the fact that he exhibited rare speed and pursuit ability last season and the fact that his 5.93 snaps/production caused in the Deep Dig was 5.93, what is not to like? I understand he only played 36 snaps last year, so the sample is too small to completely depend on, but of players who played at least 30 snaps last season, only Byron Murphy (5.87) was more efficient.
Compare Coffey with the other safeties and you'll see Brenden Schooler (11.52 on 367 snaps), BJ Foster (12.36 on 618 snaps) and Jerrin Thompson (15.53 on 523 snaps), Coffey could not only be a standout player on his own (who comes with high pedigree recruiting-wise) -- but, frankly, a player who could change the outlook at the safety position from its recent doldrums.
And absolutely on one is talking about it. Easy answer.
I will right now. I'll write my off-the-cuff thoughts on him as I watch his HUDL.
- Wears 79, which is the best jersey number in football. Have to like that
- Clearly a mountain of a dude
- Pad level is not good, plays high but admittedly he's a really tall guy
- Decent feet and mirroring ability but but also stiff, would like him to play with more flexibility
- Like him better moving forward that laterally, agility needs work
- Think he'd be better in a man/gap scheme than a primarily zone scheme
- Definitely a bully with heavy hands, like the mean streak, a finisher
- Doesn't look the prettiest getting to the second-level but actually pretty effective w/ angles
Based on his size, strength and generally effective play, I'd think he's a fine offer for a school like Texas, but he'll need work development-wise, especially with his agility, lateral movement skills and flexibility as well as pad level.
Assuming Devon Campbell comes, I think it would be some mix like this
LT - Jones/Campbell/Banks
LG - Angilau
C - Majors
RG - Conner/Campbell/Neto
RT - Jones/Karic/Banks
My daughter turned her nose at up some filet mignon last night so I had an extra one in the fridge. Wish my son would have, too, but he's a little savage. Sliced that bad boy up into small pieces and just eating it cold. It's actually delicious. Kosmic Komboucha to drink. Ms. Pink flavor since they didn't have any Grateful Red this week at Whole Foods.
I think he will, but Sark is not going to change his entire philosophy to implement Marion's scheme. We'll see it integrated -- primarily as a way to get two RBs on the field at the same time, which sort of kills two birds with one stone anyway; I think Sark wanted to have the opportunity for more two-back stuff coming into this year, anyway -- but it's impossible for me to imagine that it will be a defining feature of the offense.
It's his son.
Truly don't have one. I'll wait on the next Summer games to come around.
I know a few people on here are like @Andy MyPerfectFranchise.Net - he took me out for Speckled Trout last year although I didn't get one. Any OB members going on fishing trips and have room to spare, hit me up in the DMs, I'm very serious!!!
My man, I miss ya. I think all three of us who took that trip together are here on the board - crazy. What an awesome trip.
And to answer your question - I don't think I thought I would make it to this age back then, anyway!!
Man, I've heard of that, but I'm struggling to recall real-life examples of who it has helped in the past. You know with everything coming online as far as metaverses and virtual reality, etc. this tech will become MUCH more common and approachable for people, at which point I believe we'll have the data and the case studies to look at and see just how helpful such a protocol could be in helping players adjust from one level of ball to the next. I honestly don't see any way it wouldn't be at least somewhat helpful if the tech was good enough to give a realistic sampling of the stimuli one would face. At that point, it would just sort of be like extra reps.
Footwork/balance
Starting in 2014, we saw that guys like Evans, Beckham, Brandin Cooks -- I'm going off the top of my head here so I'll miss some -- but also Watkins to some degree... hell, even Kelvin Benjamin ... sort of broke the glass ceiling on rookie WRs and coaching staffs' willingness to play them early in big-time featured roles. Not every class is 2014. The last two years have been really good though. The last 3 years, even. This year with Chase and Waddle and the rest as you mentioned, the year before that was Ceedee and Jefferson and Jeudy; also Tee Higgins and guys like Michael Pittman. 2019 with AJ Brown and Metcalf and Deebo. Again, I'm leaving guys out I'm very sure. The point is, I think it all started with the 2014 class and since that barrier to entry was broken, when we've had good WR years (as we have in the last three) we see those guys get used early and often.
Man, I don't even want to think about Sark being fired after the 2022 season, because it will mean this board has gone through absolute hell for the entirety of that season with the number two targets of ire behind the coaches and team being the mods. *shiver*
Are we counting LB/DE weak-side DE types as DL? If so, I'd guess probably 11 or so total. Texas will have some bodies to replace all of the sudden on the defensive line.
I have not watched it yet, but I will answer the rugby part: I played rugby at a decently high level for three years after high school. In high school, I did play on the AAHS rugby club as a tighthead prop for the first-ever team AAHS fielded. We actually had a chance to play in the national U-18 tourney but didn't advance too far. I then played for Austin RFC for three seasons and would also take part in Summer 7s before career-ending shoulder surgery at age 22. I played hooker, starting out with the Golds and eventually getting to travel with the Blacks as more of a backup frontline-guy who could play either prop or hooker. That kid Ian Reed, in the video, I can't see his jersey number but I guarantee you it is a No.4 or a No.5 because he is a lock.
The experience using your lower half to drive and explode through your hips in the heart of the scrum is about as applicable to football as any exercise anyone could ever draw up or imagine.
Yes sir, gotta keep our family's tax man happy!
Agree with you on Bledsoe, I think he needs the most development of those three.
Finkley is apparently looking good in winter workouts but Jason is telling us to tap the brakes on the hype because he is smaller than some might imagine. To me, it doesn't matter. I love his tape and his reps from the all-star practices were excellent. He doesn't have to be a monstrous beast to be a good edge-rusher or even an upgrade on what Texas had last year. It won't take much.
Tapp is such a versatile guy that it's impossible not to think he'll be a factor of some kind with Texas needing so much help off the edge. He's truly a baller who can do a number of things and when guys are just straight up good at the game as Tapp appears to be, they usually come in and continue to be ... well ... good at the game. If Texas hits on one of them, it will go a long way in helping the woes at the edge-rush spot.
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