2024 Fall Camp Thread - Bubble Wrap ALL THE RB

[jdhorn92 1594]

4 hours ago, BigOrange1 said:

you do not rc

carry #5 got him, the 32 yarder.  Nada after that vs Rice. 

[Longhornlove 5195]

11 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

Dude is agreeing with you that moving Wingo to RB is dumb. 

Cool, I didn't read it that way.

[Knighthawk 295]

Baxter was never a killer inside the tackles.  He went down with a breath of wind all last year.   Try not to panic.  Pass first and then gut the defense with draws from Blue and the other dudes.   Hope Wingo is as dangerous as advertised.   If so we will go deep into the playoffs.  

[Biff Tannen 46151]

1 hour ago, cmontexas said:

tuddies

[BurntOrange&White 41846]

3 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Score more tuddies than all your opps then you win natty 

[Da Fino 2820]

2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Score more tuddies than all your opps then you win natty 

Gotta get a scholly first. 

[Bodacious Bevo 3691]

3 hours ago, texifornia said:

You'll still probably get the 5th string guys like Red hitting the road, unless they're Max Merrill types that just want a degree.

I wish we still had Red. Then we'd have five scholarship RBs. 

1 hour ago, jdhorn92 said:

Who is the Ramonce Taylor of this WR corp?  He lined up as a back and played both very well before the backpack incident.  That would be our answer.  Not saying RT ran between tackles much, but if we have a guy like that in the WR depths, we should be fine with Blue, Gibson, TW and then spreading some carries to an athlete or two.

If we were moving a WR, my first thought would be Bolden. He had 21 career carries at Oregon State. But I don't think we're moving a WR for reasons that have already been discussed here. 

 

Also, just for reference, here are the RB carries and distribution in Sark's time here. 

2023: 444 RB carries (31.7 per game)

• Brooks 187, Baxter 138, Blue 65, Red 30, Robinson 12, Wisner 12

2022: 421 RB carries (32.4 per game)

• Robinson 258, Johnson 93, Brooks 30, Robinson 25, Blue 15

2021: 367 RB carries (31.6 per game)

• Robinson 195, Johnson 96, Robinson 45, Brooks 21, Watson 10

Average: 410.7 carries (31.6 per game)

• RB1 19.4 carries per game, RB2 8.8 per game, RB3 4.4 carries per game
  • These are injury adjusted numbers (2021 Bijan had his carries across 10 games). Player carries per game do not add up to team carries per game for that reason.

My takeaways: rushing attempts per game has been consistent over Sark's tenure. In a perfect world, we're looking at something like Blue 18 carries per game, Wisner 10, Gibson 4. We don't live in a perfect world though and the situation is more grim than I thought prior to doing this math. We can still overcome it with some injury luck, but we'll likely be counting on Gullette/Page/whoever to give us a minimum of 40 carries this year. Probably more like 60 and it could go over 100 if our top three guys miss more than a couple games. Especially if we have a 16 game season. 

Two subpackage/scheme things to watch: 1) Wildcat. Roschon and Red probably ran that 25+ times per year. I imagine that's probably dead now given that it's success was declining and we now don't have the body type for it. 2) Sark's use of motion. People like to call it the Keilan role, but it's flexible. It's just whichever athlete Sark has on the field that he can move around to get certain reads or calls from the defense. Keilan was the primary guy for it in 21/22 and Sark ran him with it more. Last year the improved WR core ate up his play time and the carries given to whoever was motioning declined, which was more in-line with what he did at Bama. I'd expect that to continue this year. 

Edited August 14 by Bodacious Bevo

[Ghost of Shag 2730]

What I hate the most about these RB injuries is that it will only further encourage Sark to be pass first. 

We lost the Washington game because he wouldn’t stick with the run. We need to be a run-first offense.

And maybe y’all all have the confidence in Ewers to run a pass-first offense. I don’t. Too much inconsistency, too many poor decisions, and stretches of looking like he doesn’t know what he’s doing. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Can we get Savion Red back from Nevada? 😔 

[Fondren & Main 6893]

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

Can we get Savion Red back from Nevada? 😔 

He’s down to 216…

[MrBig 5626]

27 minutes ago, Bodacious Bevo said:

I wish we still had Red. Then we'd have five scholarship RBs. 

Experience matters but Red seemed like he was unhappy with his role based on that sideline outburst he had in one of the games last year. Red’s exit paves the way for younger guys like Jerrick Gibson to make their mark at Texas, especially after training with Bijan during the off-season. 

Look how ripped he is, it looks like AI. And he’s our 3rd string RB. We may be down but Sark has fostered a culture where the next man up is just as good as the previous guy. The future is bright here. We’re nowhere near the Kai Money walk-on scenario we were under Herman. 

[futureman 22691]

didn’t gullete run track in high school?  he’s fast right?

[MrX 803]

Retaining Savion and giving him carries is preventing someone with RB talent from toting the rock. 
 

Blue and Wisner with a rotating cast behind them is a legit upper P4 backfield. But another injury would be a very big concern. 

[Machinator 32103]

Ewers and Barron media availability

https://watch.longhornnetwork.com/video/676111

[MichaelDicksonFanClub 2962]

[gmr548 16688]

9 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Baxter also only had 659 yards last year (138 carries).  I'm actually a little tired of the media saying we lost our "best" running back.  That is debatable, in my opinion, especially with the way Blue finished the year.  I had high hopes that Baxter would live up to his hype, but he didn't last year, and Blue looked damn good to me after Brooks went down.

Whatever, we will find out.  

Blue was notably better than Baxter by the end of last year. The idea is that Baxter really has more of an every down profile than Blue and could take a bigger step from Year 1 to Year 2. Moot now of course.

Going to be really interesting to see what they cook up at RB. I am so glad the OL is where it is.

[Funk Doctor Spock 13277]

4 hours ago, 6th Street said:

Deebo more talented than Aiyuk imo

Get him every year in fantasy and all he does is put up 25+ points each week. But he and Wingo are built way differently. Deebo is built more like a slot, a la Moore 

[Funk Doctor Spock 13277]

I really believe Gibson will breakout this season. He's the most ready of the frosh RBs, and he can lay punishment up the middle, along with finding holes (that's what she said). Perfect opportunity to show what he's got. We're fine right now. Maybe for laughs sprinkle in some Colin Page at the goal line. 

[runthebone 8372]

Any future Pro Bowl DEs with jackhammer feet we can play hilariously out of position?

[Sejjr 3250]

1 hour ago, runthebone said:

Any future Pro Bowl DEs with jackhammer feet we can play hilariously out of position?

Are you referring to The Hemi?

[South Austin 53220]

4 hours ago, Spider2YBanana said:

I really believe Gibson will breakout this season. He's the most ready of the frosh RBs, and he can lay punishment up the middle, along with finding holes (that's what she said). Perfect opportunity to show what he's got. We're fine right now. Maybe for laughs sprinkle in some Colin Page at the goal line. 

[Bodacious Bevo 3691]

8 hours ago, MrBig said:

Experience matters but Red seemed like he was unhappy with his role based on that sideline outburst he had in one of the games last year. Red’s exit paves the way for younger guys like Jerrick Gibson to make their mark at Texas, especially after training with Bijan during the off-season. 

Look how ripped he is, it looks like AI. And he’s our 3rd string RB. We may be down but Sark has fostered a culture where the next man up is just as good as the previous guy. The future is bright here. We’re nowhere near the Kai Money walk-on scenario we were under Herman. 

For the record, my comment about wishing we still had Red was a joke that he was the size of 2 RBs, hence having five right now. 

[Thiefery 5108]

8 hours ago, Ghost of Shag said:

What I hate the most about these RB injuries is that it will only further encourage Sark to be pass first. 

We lost the Washington game because he wouldn’t stick with the run. We need to be a run-first offense.

And maybe y’all all have the confidence in Ewers to run a pass-first offense. I don’t. Too much inconsistency, too many poor decisions, and stretches of looking like he doesn’t know what he’s doing. 

it didn't help that both RBs had drive killing fumbles as we were gashing them towards the endzone

[Codaxx 6243]

6 hours ago, Spider2YBanana said:

I really believe Gibson will breakout this season. He's the most ready of the frosh RBs, and he can lay punishment up the middle, along with finding holes (that's what she said). Perfect opportunity to show what he's got. We're fine right now. Maybe for laughs sprinkle in some Colin Page at the goal line. 

I think he is going to be better than people think. I think Gibson can provide some tough running when the OL is not dominating. That is something we havent seen from any of the currnet RBs.  

Edited August 14 by Codaxx

[MonkeyDoughnut 10803]

1 minute ago, Codaxx said:

I think he is going to be better than people think. Blue has a great game vs Tech, but not so much vs OSU and ISU. I think Gibson can provide some tough running when the OL is not dominating. 

I expect a top 3 RB recruit to be really good, so Heisman it is.

[BurntOrange&White 41846]

7 hours ago, MichaelDicksonFanClub said:

Juan Davis Heisman year?

7 hours ago, Machinator said:

Ewers and Barron media availability

https://watch.longhornnetwork.com/video/676111

Unrelated to 2024 fall camp but could you find the tweet or article where CDC says Texas won't engage with the on the playing field sponsorship logos?

[South Austin 53220]

5 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Juan Davis Heisman year?

Juanna be startin’ something?

[MontereyMX 952]

11 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Juanna be startin’ something?

smgdh 

 

[Mother mopar 3383]

Are you referring to The Hemi?

I'm in.

[BigOrange1 6611]

11 hours ago, ousux said:

16 hours ago, 6th Street said:

Baxter does things like help out in pass protection that the others have not proven. He's also a good runner in between the tackles in as far as we want to wear down defenses. Huge loss 

I could be wrong, but didn't Baxter get banged up first game last season? If so we haven't seen even a full game with a healthy Baxter, and won't until next year.

i like to drink during football season too, but to completely black out for the entire season is impressive.

[markstanco 12785]

1 hour ago, Mother mopar said:

6 hours ago, Sejjr said:

Are you referring to The Hemi?

I'm in.

not surprised, username n shit. 

[Blackcat00 769]

People are not realizing how good Wisner is. That dude can scoot and has great vision. 

[Machinator 32103]

IT team notes 

Spoiler

There were no injuries at running back. I repeat, there were no injuries at running back. 

The team took the field on Tuesday night for a practice in half pads. The story of the practice was there were a number of shifts on the first team, not that those changes are permanent. It’s just a reminder that competition is still taking place and will until after the third scrimmage.

There were no injuries at running back. I repeat, there were no injuries at running back. 

The team took the field on Tuesday night for a practice in half pads. The story of the practice was there were a number of shifts on the first team, not that those changes are permanent. It’s just a reminder that competition is still taking place and will until after the third scrimmage.

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Offensive line
Kelvin Banks–Cole Hutson–Jake Majors–DJ Campbell–Cameron Williams. Hayden Conner played center on the second team. I suspect this practice was designed to get him more reps in the event he’s needed as a backup behind Majors and Hutson at center. It it sort of telling that Hutson was at left guard rather than Neto Umeozulu. 

Having Hutson as a Swiss army knife interior player is a cheat code.

Secondary
Jahdae Barron–Michael Taaffe–Derek Williams–Jaylon Guilbeau–Malik Muhammad. Barron was at boundary but we’re used to that by now. It was interesting that Andrew Mukuba wasn’t with the ones. I’m still not certain how safety will play out but Taaffe does appear to be a constant.

There were no injuries at running back. I repeat, there were no injuries at running back. 

The team took the field on Tuesday night for a practice in half pads. The story of the practice was there were a number of shifts on the first team, not that those changes are permanent. It’s just a reminder that competition is still taking place and will until after the third scrimmage.

[Buy Paul Wadlington’s Thinking Texas Football, the premier UT and SEC season preview!]

Offensive line
Kelvin Banks–Cole Hutson–Jake Majors–DJ Campbell–Cameron Williams. Hayden Conner played center on the second team. I suspect this practice was designed to get him more reps in the event he’s needed as a backup behind Majors and Hutson at center. It it sort of telling that Hutson was at left guard rather than Neto Umeozulu. 

Having Hutson as a Swiss army knife interior player is a cheat code.

Secondary
Jahdae Barron–Michael Taaffe–Derek Williams–Jaylon Guilbeau–Malik Muhammad. Barron was at boundary but we’re used to that by now. It was interesting that Andrew Mukuba wasn’t with the ones. I’m still not certain how safety will play out but Taaffe does appear to be a constant.

There were no injuries at running back. I repeat, there were no injuries at running back. 

The team took the field on Tuesday night for a practice in half pads. The story of the practice was there were a number of shifts on the first team, not that those changes are permanent. It’s just a reminder that competition is still taking place and will until after the third scrimmage.

[Buy Paul Wadlington’s Thinking Texas Football, the premier UT and SEC season preview!]

Offensive line
Kelvin Banks–Cole Hutson–Jake Majors–DJ Campbell–Cameron Williams. Hayden Conner played center on the second team. I suspect this practice was designed to get him more reps in the event he’s needed as a backup behind Majors and Hutson at center. It it sort of telling that Hutson was at left guard rather than Neto Umeozulu. 

Having Hutson as a Swiss army knife interior player is a cheat code.

Secondary
Jahdae Barron–Michael Taaffe–Derek Williams–Jaylon Guilbeau–Malik Muhammad. Barron was at boundary but we’re used to that by now. It was interesting that Andrew Mukuba wasn’t with the ones. I’m still not certain how safety will play out but Taaffe does appear to be a constant.

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At this point I expect Barron to pair with Muhammad and start at boundary corner. 

With all the experience in the secondary the DB’s are good at disguising the different calls. That could be a subtle story for the defense this season. 

Wide receiver
Isaiah Bond–DeAndre Moore–Silas Bolden. Even after a strong scrimmage from Matthew Golden, Moore was with the ones at slot receiver. That’s not much of a surprise since any one of the Top 6 receivers could start but it’s worth noting. 

Bond beat Gavin Holmes on a deep ball where Quinn Ewers looked off the defense then swung back to hit Bond on a skinny post. 

Notes 
***The defense got the better of the offense, though there were a couple of good runs towards the end of practice. The defense did a good job of creating pressure, forcing Ewers to hit the check down. 

***Ewers did hit Silas Bolden on a deep crosser and Arch Manning hit a deep ball to Ryan Wingo but overall the quarterbacks didn’t connect much down the field. That’s a good sign for the secondary. 

There were no injuries at running back. I repeat, there were no injuries at running back. 

The team took the field on Tuesday night for a practice in half pads. The story of the practice was there were a number of shifts on the first team, not that those changes are permanent. It’s just a reminder that competition is still taking place and will until after the third scrimmage.

[Buy Paul Wadlington’s Thinking Texas Football, the premier UT and SEC season preview!]

Offensive line
Kelvin Banks–Cole Hutson–Jake Majors–DJ Campbell–Cameron Williams. Hayden Conner played center on the second team. I suspect this practice was designed to get him more reps in the event he’s needed as a backup behind Majors and Hutson at center. It it sort of telling that Hutson was at left guard rather than Neto Umeozulu. 

Having Hutson as a Swiss army knife interior player is a cheat code.

Secondary
Jahdae Barron–Michael Taaffe–Derek Williams–Jaylon Guilbeau–Malik Muhammad. Barron was at boundary but we’re used to that by now. It was interesting that Andrew Mukuba wasn’t with the ones. I’m still not certain how safety will play out but Taaffe does appear to be a constant.

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At this point I expect Barron to pair with Muhammad and start at boundary corner. 

With all the experience in the secondary the DB’s are good at disguising the different calls. That could be a subtle story for the defense this season. 

Wide receiver
Isaiah Bond–DeAndre Moore–Silas Bolden. Even after a strong scrimmage from Matthew Golden, Moore was with the ones at slot receiver. That’s not much of a surprise since any one of the Top 6 receivers could start but it’s worth noting. 

Bond beat Gavin Holmes on a deep ball where Quinn Ewers looked off the defense then swung back to hit Bond on a skinny post. 

Notes 
***The defense got the better of the offense, though there were a couple of good runs towards the end of practice. The defense did a good job of creating pressure, forcing Ewers to hit the check down. 

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***Ewers did hit Silas Bolden on a deep crosser and Arch Manning hit a deep ball to Ryan Wingo but overall the quarterbacks didn’t connect much down the field. That’s a good sign for the secondary. 

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***”The defense held its ground at the point of attack.” Bill Norton looks and acts the part of someone willing to do the dirty work while others around him make plays. 

***Wide receiver Ryan Niblett got a carry or two at running back but struggled with ball security. Derion Gullette was at linebacker. We don’t anticipate Gullette making a switch to offense. 

***Jaydon Blue had a couple of nice runs but he wasn’t out there in team a whole lot. Tre Wisner had a screen during ‘3rd and 7’ drill that probably would have gone to the house. On this play, the offense punished defensive overplay and Wisner hit the sideline for a big gain. 

***Juan Davis looked good mixing it up at H-back. Davis doesn’t lack for want-to as a blocker. Amari Niblack also had some good snaps. Overall, tight end is in a good spot.

***Special teams got a lot of work though it was mainly field goal and kick off. Both Bert Auburn and Will Stone were burying their field goals.

***I don’t believe Morice Blackwell practiced during team which opened the door for Tyanthony Smith at second team Will linebacker. Sources are extremely high on Smith long-term.

 

[Sock Monkey 734]

12 hours ago, jdhorn92 said:

Who is the Ramonce Taylor of this WR corp?  He lined up as a back and played both very well before the backpack incident.  That would be our answer.  Not saying RT ran between tackles much, but if we have a guy like that in the WR depths, we should be fine with Blue, Gibson, TW and then spreading some carries to an athlete or two.

Silas Bolden or Nibbles, but I don’t think anyone will successfully fill that role.

[Sgt Hulk 14425]

Can we have one offseason without a Swiss Army knife cheat code that doesn’t do shit 

[futureman 22691]

3 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Can we have one offseason without a Swiss Army knife cheat code that doesn’t do shit 

yeah that shit is annoying.  he’s a fucking cheat code, off the bench.  just brilliant. 

[Dennis Taylor 19343]

11 hours ago, Bodacious Bevo said:

I wish we still had Red. Then we'd have five scholarship RBs. 

If we were moving a WR, my first thought would be Bolden. He had 21 career carries at Oregon State. But I don't think we're moving a WR for reasons that have already been discussed here. 

 

Also, just for reference, here are the RB carries and distribution in Sark's time here. 

2023: 444 RB carries (31.7 per game)

• Brooks 187, Baxter 138, Blue 65, Red 30, Robinson 12, Wisner 12

2022: 421 RB carries (32.4 per game)

• Robinson 258, Johnson 93, Brooks 30, Robinson 25, Blue 15

2021: 367 RB carries (31.6 per game)

• Robinson 195, Johnson 96, Robinson 45, Brooks 21, Watson 10

Average: 410.7 carries (31.6 per game)

• RB1 19.4 carries per game, RB2 8.8 per game, RB3 4.4 carries per game
  • These are injury adjusted numbers (2021 Bijan had his carries across 10 games). Player carries per game do not add up to team carries per game for that reason.

My takeaways: rushing attempts per game has been consistent over Sark's tenure. In a perfect world, we're looking at something like Blue 18 carries per game, Wisner 10, Gibson 4. We don't live in a perfect world though and the situation is more grim than I thought prior to doing this math. We can still overcome it with some injury luck, but we'll likely be counting on Gullette/Page/whoever to give us a minimum of 40 carries this year. Probably more like 60 and it could go over 100 if our top three guys miss more than a couple games. Especially if we have a 16 game season. 

Two subpackage/scheme things to watch: 1) Wildcat. Roschon and Red probably ran that 25+ times per year. I imagine that's probably dead now given that it's success was declining and we now don't have the body type for it. 2) Sark's use of motion. People like to call it the Keilan role, but it's flexible. It's just whichever athlete Sark has on the field that he can move around to get certain reads or calls from the defense. Keilan was the primary guy for it in 21/22 and Sark ran him with it more. Last year the improved WR core ate up his play time and the carries given to whoever was motioning declined, which was more in-line with what he did at Bama. I'd expect that to continue this year. 

I saw a highlight of Bolden that was a 92 yard TD on a jet sweep, so that was nearly half the 202 career rushing yards on a single play. He's on the roster as 160 meaning he probably weighs that while holding his helmet.  I'd be willing to bet the majority if not all his carries were jet sweeps or hitches behind the LOS.  He ain't lining up at tailback weighing what he weighs. 

[WinningIsHard 4171]

10 hours ago, Ghost of Shag said:

What I hate the most about these RB injuries is that it will only further encourage Sark to be pass first. 

We lost the Washington game because he wouldn’t stick with the run. We need to be a run-first offense.

And maybe y’all all have the confidence in Ewers to run a pass-first offense. I don’t. Too much inconsistency, too many poor decisions, and stretches of looking like he doesn’t know what he’s doing. 

Sark likes to run the ball more than he passes on average throughout his whole career. I know there are a few games where we pass more than we run but he's pretty darn consistent with a balanced offense that runs more than throws. 

[Red Five 41703]

41 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Kelvin Banks–Cole Hutson–Jake Majors–DJ Campbell–Cameron Williams. Hayden Conner played center on the second team. I suspect this practice was designed to get him more reps in the event he’s needed as a backup behind Majors and Hutson at center. It it sort of telling that Hutson was at left guard rather than Neto Umeozulu. 

We also have Robertson and Cruz at center. I would think Conner would be fourth in line at that position. Considering he can also play tackle, I'm cool with him being the first OL off the bench. 

[Newy25 7916]

11 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Can we get Savion Red back from Nevada? 😔 

He’s currently running fourth string at Nevada. 

[kwood4408 768]

Get him every year in fantasy and all he does is put up 25+ points each week. But he and Wingo are built way differently. Deebo is built more like a slot, a la Moore 

Except for the games he misses yearly due to injuries.

[perfectchaos007 6780]

3 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

He’s currently running fourth string at Nevada. 

Even with our banged up room he’s not going to be a 20+ carry/game guy. I think he’s best suited for a role similar to what we had him in last season which was a 4th and short specialist. He was useful in that role, but since he apparently wanted a lot more carries he wasn’t going to get those here. 

[utexas8 1701]

Was bond like this at bama? Practice wise or whatever the rumors are

[Codaxx 6243]

33 minutes ago, WinningIsHard said:

Sark likes to run the ball more than he passes on average throughout his whole career. I know there are a few games where we pass more than we run but he's pretty darn consistent with a balanced offense that runs more than throws. 

He is pretty balanced, but I believe the OnTExas guys looked at the opening drive or first 2 drives last season and it was pass heavy. More of a pass to open the up the run strategy. He seems more creative in the pass game and coming from BYU, I think that is where his passion lies. 

Edited August 14 by Codaxx

[Royale with cheese 1491]

19 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

He’s currently running fourth string at Nevada. 

What I'm seeing shows him as first-team starter. 

[Machinator 32103]

2 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Unrelated to 2024 fall camp but could you find the tweet or article where CDC says Texas won't engage with the on the playing field sponsorship logos?

Couldn't find it

[texifornia 59010]

Bama's down to one RB, it's not just us:

 

[Voluminous Banality 1162]

56 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

He’s currently running fourth string at Nevada. 

Savion Red is quite possibly the most overhyped, barely three-star, consensus #1414-rated recruit of all time. In a heated recruiting battle, Texas beat out Kansas, SMU, and Mississippi Valley State for his services.

In two years with the Longhorns, Red totaled 131 rushing yards, more than half of which came against Texas Tech in the late 3^rd and 4^th quarters of a 57-7 blowout.

After two seasons of ascent, Red managed to climb to 5^th or 6^th on the depth chart before transferring to Alabama Nevada where, reportedly, Red has been equally impressive and has been praised for his “moxie” and for “getting the defense riled up” during practice.

This underwhelming list of achievements hasn’t kept half of Surly from ruing Red’s unfulfilled potential and devastating departure from the program. Even before the injuries to Baxter and Clark, these talent-evaluating cognoscenti would have gladly shipped off Jake Majors and Michael Taaffe to secure Red’s return. Taking injuries into account, they wouldn’t hesitate to throw in Hayden Conner.

[6th Street 6686]

Sounds like Juan Davis could be used in a Kyle Juszczyk type FB role for lead blocking and potentially short yardage.

[Hookem2147 22012]

12 hours ago, Ghost of Shag said:

What I hate the most about these RB injuries is that it will only further encourage Sark to be pass first. 

We lost the Washington game because he wouldn’t stick with the run. We need to be a run-first offense.

And maybe y’all all have the confidence in Ewers to run a pass-first offense. I don’t. Too much inconsistency, too many poor decisions, and stretches of looking like he doesn’t know what he’s doing. 

I too believe we should be a run-first offense when we are 6 deep at WR, 2-3 deep at TE, return 4 of 5 starters on the offensive line, only have three scholarship RB's and have a third-year starter at QB. That screams pound the rock and play ball control.

Edited August 14 by Hookem2147