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Post by jaxstatealum on May 30, 2023 10:31:55 GMT -6
Reminder that today is Rich Rod's transfer camp. Hope we have some solid news of some more Portal gains in the next couple of days. looking forward to see who we get! |
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Post by pubdaze on May 30, 2023 12:10:56 GMT -6
Reminder that today is Rich Rod's transfer camp. Hope we have some solid news of some more Portal gains in the next couple of days. looking forward to see who we get! What are our must pressing needs at this point? I know the OL/DL always need more depth but what specific position needs a body? |
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Post by Whup Em All on May 30, 2023 13:54:58 GMT -6
looking forward to see who we get! What are our must pressing needs at this point? I know the OL/DL always need more depth but what specific position needs a body? QB experience was a pressing need. (We have plenty of athletes, but very little experience.) The addition of Logan Smothers should help us there. After that, we seem to be pretty solid at all of our starting positions. There's always room for improvement, but I think the starters can all get the job done. I'd say our biggest need is probably defensive depth, across the board, tied with OL depth. That will, of course, be my standard response any given year, for any team I follow, at any level. |
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Post by pubdaze on May 31, 2023 8:32:30 GMT -6
What are our must pressing needs at this point? I know the OL/DL always need more depth but what specific position needs a body? QB experience was a pressing need. (We have plenty of athletes, but very little experience.) The addition of Logan Smothers should help us there. After that, we seem to be pretty solid at all of our starting positions. There's always room for improvement, but I think the starters can all get the job done. I'd say our biggest need is probably defensive depth, across the board, tied with OL depth. That will, of course, be my standard response any given year, for any team I follow, at any level. What about special teams we good there? |
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Post by Whup Em All on May 31, 2023 9:25:29 GMT -6
QB experience was a pressing need. (We have plenty of athletes, but very little experience.) The addition of Logan Smothers should help us there. After that, we seem to be pretty solid at all of our starting positions. There's always room for improvement, but I think the starters can all get the job done. I'd say our biggest need is probably defensive depth, across the board, tied with OL depth. That will, of course, be my standard response any given year, for any team I follow, at any level. What about special teams we good there? I think we're good when it comes to the actual kicking and punting. We just need to get the right pieces in place for coverage and our return game. We do have some new guys coming in with experience as returners. Maybe we'll get lucky. |
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Post by Whup Em All on May 31, 2023 12:12:17 GMT -6
What about special teams we good there? I think we're good when it comes to the actual kicking and punting. We just need to get the right pieces in place for coverage and our return game. We do have some new guys coming in with experience as returners. Maybe we'll get lucky. A bit more detail than I was able to give before... Assuming none of the returning starters are replaced by new guys (it could happen...) we'll still have Alen Karajic handling FGs (13-of-16 in 2022), PATs (37-of-38), and kickoffs (63.1 avg, 52 touchbacks on 74 attempts), and Jack Dawson punting (42.1 avg, 11 inside 20). We return both our leading punt returner (Sterling Galban, 8.0 avg on 7 returns) and kick returner (Michael Pettway, 30.60 avg on 5 returns). Whether these two stay with it or new guys take their place is anyone's guess. As I said, we do have some new guys with return experience, so we'll see. Regardless, the guys touching the ball should be solid. We just need to make sure the guys blocking for them know what they're doing. Thomas Peterson returns as long snapper. |
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Post by sprout203 on May 31, 2023 16:51:07 GMT -6
I think we're good when it comes to the actual kicking and punting. We just need to get the right pieces in place for coverage and our return game. We do have some new guys coming in with experience as returners. Maybe we'll get lucky. A bit more detail than I was able to give before... Assuming none of the returning starters are replaced by new guys (it could happen...) we'll still have Alen Karajic handling FGs (13-of-16 in 2022), PATs (37-of-38), and kickoffs (63.1 avg, 52 touchbacks on 74 attempts), and Jack Dawson punting (42.1 avg, 11 inside 20). We return both our leading punt returner (Sterling Galban, 8.0 avg on 7 returns) and kick returner (Michael Pettway, 30.60 avg on 5 returns). Whether these two stay with it or new guys take their place is anyone's guess. As I said, we do have some new guys with return experience, so we'll see. Regardless, the guys touching the ball should be solid. We just need to make sure the guys blocking for them know what they're doing. Thomas Peterson returns as long snapper. Three kickers attempted field goals in the wrong game, but Karmic seemed to be the clear winner. If I remember correctly he was a very inexperienced football player coning out of High School only playing his senior year. |
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