Texas recruiting notes 2019

[Katfid54 8631]

1 minute ago, Vertigo said:

[Cairn Horn88 8262]

57 minutes ago, Katfid54 said:

Finally got around to watching Derrian Brown's highlights, after you jagoffs spent the last 12 hours fellating him.  I've gotta say.  I was really blown away by how good he looked. 

Trying to come up with an exact comparison is hard, but my thought is that his film is like if Jim Brown, Jim Thorpe, Ricky Williams, Zach Evans, Adrian Peterson, and Emmitt Smith all jizzed into a cauldron, which was stirred up.  Then an Asgardian Æsir exhaled gently over the concoction, before injecting it into Cronus's head, which was then severed.  And that head was buried under an obelisk in Heliopolis.  After emerging, reborn, from the dead, he wandered the planet until he learned the mystery of astral projection from perusing ancient religious texts scrawled upon palm leaves.  Enlightened, he ventured from the east to the west, traveling through Europe before arriving in Spain, where he decided to don a mask and fight corruption, wielding a sword.

He calls his masked, nirvanic persona The Zorro Astralan.

I was thinking the same thing.

[Bevo 13577]

53 minutes ago, Katfid54 said:

Finally got around to watching Derrian Brown's highlights, after you jagoffs spent the last 12 hours fellating him.  I've gotta say.  I was really blown away by how good he looked. 

Trying to come up with an exact comparison is hard, but my thought is that his film is like if Jim Brown, Jim Thorpe, Ricky Williams, Zach Evans, Adrian Peterson, and Emmitt Smith all jizzed into a cauldron, which was stirred up.  Then an Asgardian Æsir exhaled gently over the concoction, before injecting it into Cronus's head, which was then severed.  And that head was buried under an obelisk in Heliopolis.  After emerging, reborn, from the dead, he wandered the planet until he learned the mystery of astral projection from perusing ancient religious texts scrawled upon palm leaves.  Enlightened, he ventured from the east to the west, traveling through Europe before arriving in Spain, where he decided to don a mask and fight corruption, wielding a sword.

He calls his masked, nirvanic persona The Zorro Astralan.

Geek alert!

 

 

 

 

 

On a separate note, I just wanted to tell you all how much I love Vai Sikahema. My older brother and I went to a high school which was very strong in football at the time. One of my brother's best friends moved to Phoenix for his junior and senior year. When he came back to visit, he kept telling us that Arizona football was pretty good. All he did was talk about this guy named Vai Sikahema. I would be walking in the family room and he would yell out Vai Sikahema and level me from behind. I still have nightmares and when I hear the name, I have to take a quick look around to make sure I'm not about to be leveled.

It is a pretty fun game, I can see Sydney reaching for his keys to his purple girl car and CTJ yelling from behind Vai Sikahema and leveling Sydney in the parking garage.

 

[Masshole Horn 770]

3 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Am I missing something about Brown?

Some dude went full aggy and started comparing him to all-time greats.

[NoName 16351]

Texas players in Transfer Portal (publicly at least)

• Toneil Carter
• Cam Rising
• Casey Thompson
• Mike Williams

[Masshole Horn 770]

Then this board did what it does.

[Katfid54 8631]

3 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

I was thinking the same thing.

Live look at us:

[SydneyCarton 48094]

3 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Geek alert!

 

 

 

 

 

On a separate note, I just wanted to tell you all how much I love Vai Sikahema. My older brother and I went to a high school which was very strong in football at the time. One of my brother's best friends moved to Phoenix for his junior and senior year. When he came back to visit, he kept telling us that Arizona football was pretty good. All he did was talk about this guy named Vai Sikahema. I would be walking in the family room and he would yell out Vai Sikahema and level me from behind. I still have nightmares and when I hear the name, I have to take a quick look around to make sure I'm not about to be leveled.

It is a pretty fun game, I can see Sydney reaching for his keys to his purple girl car and CTJ yelling from behind Vai Sikahema and leveling Sydney in the parking garage.

 

Well played, nice callback.  

The car was blue. Normal blue. I'd mock CTJ's car at the time as well, but it would just turn into another "Oh, I was so poor" rant on his part, and no one wants that shit. 

[Babytime 96]

17 minutes ago, NoName said:

Texas players in Transfer Portal (publicly at least)

• Toneil Carter
• Cam Rising
• Casey Thompson
• Mike Williams

I thought Porter instead of Williams.

[Vertigo 20285]

Just now, Babytime said:

I thought Porter instead of Williams.

Porter and Shane both may need to graduate before they do anything public. I am not sure of the rules on that. 

[BigBenBamboozle 1952]

24 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Am I missing something about Brown?

Something about a spider and two bananas..

[NoName 16351]

7 minutes ago, Babytime said:

I thought Porter instead of Williams.

that is per IT

[UcancallmeSurly 451]

41 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Geek alert!

 

 

 

 

 

On a separate note, I just wanted to tell you all how much I love Vai Sikahema. My older brother and I went to a high school which was very strong in football at the time. One of my brother's best friends moved to Phoenix for his junior and senior year. When he came back to visit, he kept telling us that Arizona football was pretty good. All he did was talk about this guy named Vai Sikahema. I would be walking in the family room and he would yell out Vai Sikahema and level me from behind. I still have nightmares and when I hear the name, I have to take a quick look around to make sure I'm not about to be leveled.

It is a pretty fun game, I can see Sydney reaching for his keys to his purple girl car and CTJ yelling from behind Vai Sikahema and leveling Sydney in the parking garage.

 

Bet he yelled out Ali Haji-Sheikh before he levelled your Mom from behind.

[NaTeWHO 852]

56 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Am I missing something about Brown?

[sunset87 240]

3 hours ago, NoName said:

One guy ran the 4th fastest 40 time ever at the NFL combine (4.27)

the other guy ran a 4.33

those 40 speeds are in the 99th percentile of football players in the world

Smith's is reported to be a 4.4 40 guy (but who knows, can't find any timed)

next thing we know you are going to complain he isn't as fast as Rondale Moore (4.33 40 @ The Opening)

come on. 

I'm not complaining in the slightest.  The point of the post was about expectations. 

As an example I brought up the boards expectations for Jake Smith and specifically a lot of talk about his speed. He's fast, not elite but plenty fast , along with other great attributes. It's not a knock on the kid at all, just the hype certain recruits/incoming freshmen get before they step foot on the field.

It's interesting to me how those expectations play out and how often they end being off base. 

Shit, I hope he ends up being an all-American, it wouldn't surprise me.

[Scholz 11943]

OB War Room:

 

War Room:

 

(Anwar)

 

I recently had a conversation with someone associated with the program and wanted to talk about the team’s lack of explosive plays this past season. That is when I informed that person about the focus on my recent Sunday column, which was about this team’s need for playmakers. The person I spoke to pointed out the Longhorns did not have an offensive play over 50 yards this past season. Texas receiver Devin Duvernay had a 48-yard reception, followed by Lil’Jordan Humphrey (47 yards) and Collin Johnson (45 yards). However, when it came to the run game, the lack of explosive plays was hard to miss. Former Texas running back Tre Watson led the team with a 39-yard carry, followed by Keaontay Ingram (31 yards) and Daniel Young (30 yards). In 2017, Chris Warren’s 41-yard carry was the team’s longest run that season. Toneil Carter registered a 38-yard carry, while Young had a 36-yard run. Yes, in the past two seasons, the longest carry by a Longhorn running back was 41 yards. That is when incoming freshman Jordan Whittington’s name came up. There are high hopes for Whittington, who will enroll at Texas in a few weeks. The plan is to use Whittington as a hybrid offensive player, meaning he will play running back/slot receiver at Texas. The hope is by spreading Whittington all over the field, he will add an explosive dimension to Texas’ offense everyone within the building desperately desires. Basically, they intend to use Whittington similar to New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara and Carolina running back Christian McCaffrey. In fact, one person told me he would not be surprised if Whittington received 100 touches out of the backfield and 40 to 50 receiving targets. The hope is Whittington will make guys miss and compile more yards after contact than what previous running backs have produced the past two seasons. Clearly, Whittington has to prove himself this offseason. However, if Whittington lives up to expectations of the staff, he will see a lot of playing time in 2019. ******

 

--- The biggest area of concern entering the offseason is linebacker. Junior college linebacker Caleb Johnson will be given an opportunity to compete for a starting spot this season.

--- Obtaining JUCO linebacker Lakia Henry is a priority. The linebacker position is a real concern. Keep an eye on his recruitment.

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(Suchomel)

I talked about Virginia offensive line graduate transfer R.J. Proctor in this week’s 3-2-1, noting that he and Herb Hand had a conversation last weekend. Proctor doesn’t have a Texas offer yet and we’ll see how hard UT pushes to eventually get him on campus, but in talking to Proctor, there’s no doubt that his interest in the Longhorns is legitimate.

“To get an offer from there would be huge for me,” Proctor said. “I would definitely take a visit there, check out the campus, talk to the coaches. That would be a blessing.”

Along with Texas, schools like Florida State, Penn State, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Florida touched base with Proctor in the couple days after he put his name in the transfer portal. Florida State has already offered, while several others have indicated they’ll be visiting Proctor in the spring and will likely offer once they sit down with him face to face.

As a grad transfer, Proctor will be looking for immediate playing time and said depth charts will be a huge factor in his decision. He likes that Texas has two guard spots that will be open for competition and he said he liked that Herb Hand didn’t beat around the bush about UT’s offensive line needs.

“That’s always the big question, who exactly do you have? Who is going to the draft, what’s their need? That’s big, when a coach calls me doesn’t dance around it. Coach Hand went straight to that, so that was good,” Proctor said.

Proctor won’t graduate until May so there’s plenty of time for this race to take shape. If Texas wants to make him a priority, it does sound like the Longhorns will be a major factor in this one.

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Sticking with offensive linemen, I was able to catch up with Arizona Western offensive lineman Desmond Bland this week for a quick update. The 6-4, 300-pound Bland is committed to Nebraska but is still evaluating options and said he’s hoping to take a Texas visit before he signs in February.

“I would like to visit Nebraska, Florida State and Texas as of now,” Bland said.

Bland has been in contact with Herb Hand. The talks haven’t been too aggressive, but Bland said there has been talk about getting him on campus.

“We have not had that much communication but he said he wants me to come in and start and lead the younger guys,” Bland said. “And yes, he said he is going to come talk to me in Arizona about visiting.”

If Texas picks up its interest, it sounds like Bland would have a legitimate interest but he’s been committed to Nebraska since June and said it won’t be easy for any school to get him to flip his commitment.

“I’m still with Nebraska. I’m not sure what would get me to change from Nebraska. It would take a lot,” Bland said.

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I mentioned earlier in the week that it doesn’t look like Deondrick Glass will be brought in for an official visit this weekend. Glass had previously mentioned that it was a possibility, but look for Texas to stand pat with its running back recruiting unless a back pops up that’s just too good to pass up.

The running back room isn’t exactly loaded since Toneil Carter is expected to transfer, but this one does make sense when you consider that the Longhorns do have Derrian Brown signed, and as we reported last week, the staff has talked to Jordan Whittington about him playing some running back as well to utilize his versatility.

Kyle Porter was a player who was discussed as a possible transfer candidate early in the fall but we’ve heard talk this week that he’s likely to be a part of the team this spring.

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I didn’t connect with Texas commitment Javonne Shepherd directly this week, but another reporter I spoke with was told that Shepherd will in fact be taking his Texas A&M official visit this weekend.

Shepherd also talked about taking visits to Alabama and Georgia, but we’ll see if those visits come to fruition. I just don’t see him going that far from home, and in talking to one Alabama source this week, I was told Bama is unsure at this point if they’ll have room for another OL in this class. Georgia, on the other hand, does have a legit interest from what I was told this week.

Texas still has its official visit left so getting Shepherd on campus for the last visit could certainly work in UT’s favor. I still like Texas’ chance to hold onto Shepherd’s commitment in the long run but this weekend could certainly make things interesting for the Houston North Forest standout.

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Dodge City Community College linebacker Lakia Henry opened his recruitment this week when he decommitted from Tennessee, and Texas is one of the schools Henry has said he plans to visit.

Henry is currently on an official visit to Arkansas. He’s scheduled to visit Ole Miss on January 25. There was talk on Thursday that Henry is set to visit Texas next weekend (January 18) but I’m told that visit isn’t fully locked in just yet. Assuming everything checks out with Henry’s grades, I’d be a little surprised if Texas didn’t work to get that visit set up. I’ll let you know as soon as I have anything confirmed.

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A couple quick-hitter OL recruiting notes on some names to file away …

Texas has made contact with Iowa Western Community College offensive lineman Willie Tyler, but things are in the very preliminary stages here. Tyler has been told that UT may stop by in the spring to get an in-person look. If Texas was to pick up its interest, Tyler told me the Longhorns would be one of his top schools.

Arizona Western Community College offensive lineman Dontae Powell was committed to Washington State but the two parted ways this week. Powell told me this week he hasn’t heard from UT yet, but Herb Hand did give him a follow on Twitter and Powell sent in his film to Hand to evaluate. He also told me he’s “highly interested” if Texas does start to pursue him.

Interestingly, there’s a report that Washington State moved on from Powell to pursue another JUCO OL, Tyler J.C. product Jimmy Price. Price hasn’t heard from Texas yet but said he hopes they do and his interest would be high. Price doesn’t graduate until May so like Willie Tyler, he could be a guy the staff continues to evaluate this spring.

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A wildcard name to file away …

Gray (GA) Jones County defensive end Ja’Darien Boykin tells me has had some recent contact from Texas, and the Longhorns are a school he’s very much interested in.

“They’ve been talking to me since last week or the week before,” Boykin said. “They’ve been saying they’re going to come down after the dead period, think about offering me.

“They would fit well (if they did offer). I just know about diff players that came from Texas.”

Boykin’s stock has been on the rise of late, with schools like Maryland, Louisville and Miami extending scholarship offers this week. He’s scheduled to visit Miami on January 18 and Louisville on January 25. If Texas wants to bring him in, Boykin said the Longhorns would get a visit.

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In one of the most interesting recruitments in the 2019 class, Duesseldorff, Germany defensive tackle Joseph Darkwa tells me has been in contact with Texas. Darkwa told me Texas has talked to him about the possibility of a visit but nothing is set up yet.

The 6-5, 260-pound Darkwa has seen his stock surge this week, with offers coming in from Penn State and Colorado. Darkwa is scheduled to visit UCLA this weekend, Virginia on January 18 and Penn State January 25. He does have one visit remaining (also visited Rutgers in November). We’ll see if Texas picks up its interest but he’s certainly an intriguing option.

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Not much new to report with DB McKel Broussard, who competed in the All-American Bowl last weekend. He’s still waiting to see if Texas will reach out. If they do, he said he’d quickly schedule a visit and get to Austin for a visit.

Edited January 11, 2019 by Scholz

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

2 hours ago, closetojumping said:

It’s crazy that Derrian Brown would end up being the wizard who would shine the light for me on the level of absolute dumbfuckery that some hillbillies on this board are capable of achieving.

[rickyspub 801]

1 hour ago, Katfid54 said:

Live look at us:

Pretty sure the sister whose head is further back is saying, 'Vai Sikahema'.

[markstanco 12577]

On 1/10/2019 at 7:09 AM, BurntEyes said:

This Jake Smith kid has a very generic name, so a big strike against him.

However, he does not have generic quicks, in fact he's rather insanely fast so that is very good.

[texifornia 56945]

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Kyle Porter was a player who was discussed as a possible transfer candidate early in the fall but we’ve heard talk this week that he’s likely to be a part of the team this spring.

[Hiphopopotamos 20869]

I think Kyle may be one of those rare kids who understand the value of a degree from Texas (and McCombs) - while at the same time realizing his own limitations on a football field (he isn't going pro).

[texifornia 56945]

Just now, Hiphopopotamos said:

I think Kyle may be one of those rare kids who understand the value of a degree from Texas (and McCombs) - while at the same time realizing his own limitations on a football field (he isn't going pro).

I think we were all hoping he'd realize those things by graduating early and grad transferring to Rice or an Ivy.

[Dbeasy 15049]

How about this prediction. One of the reasons (besides Whittington) we aren’t moving forward with Glass is that Porter stays. And.......he not only plays significant snaps next fall........he actually becomes a solid contributor.

[satyanash 14484]

1 minute ago, Dbeasy said:

How about this prediction. One of the reasons (besides Whittington) we aren’t moving forward with Glass is that Porter stays. And.......he not only plays significant snaps next fall........he actually becomes a solid contributor.

Predict less.

[Hank_Hill 18804]

I'd be fine with that if it came to fruition, but I would bitch the whole way until it did.

[Beau Vine 54221]

5 hours ago, Digdogger said:

I thought Amos Zereoue

Siran Stacy, IMHO.

[Burt Macklin 19023]

13 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

How about this prediction. One of the reasons (besides Whittington) we aren’t moving forward with Glass is that Porter stays. And.......he not only plays significant snaps next fall........he actually becomes a solid contributor.

[Machinator 32099]

TFB transfer updates

***Am told that Texas QB, Cam Rising is currently on a visit to Utah. Nothing has been decided but it does sound like Utah has offered Rising.

***The latest I’ve heard from my sources regarding Casey Thompson is that he is considering returning to Texas despite having put his name in the NCAA transfer portal. We are working to confirm that this weekend.

***I can tell you that the Sugar Bowl win and Texas’ ability to get certain young players on the field was big for them with certain young players. There were rumblings of a few higher profile freshmen who were considering a transfer but now that issue seems to have been assuaged. There is still one player who I am awaiting word on as to whether he will return. If I hear that he won’t be, I’ll pass the name along.

***Also, I can continue to hear that coach Jason Washington would like to bring Texas A&M DB, Jordan Moore on as a transfer. No final word on whether Herman will ok the transfer but Moore is wanted by certain members of the staff.

***With Deondrick Glass no longer visiting for an official this weekend, I would imagine Texas is going to be on the lookout for a grad transfer running back. I’ll see if I can find some names on that front.

***Also, I know there was some talk of Alabama offensive lineman, Alex Leatherwood following a couple Texas staff members and whether that means he may transfer. On Wednesday evening I asked a source to check the transfer portal and was told Leatherwood, at that time, was not listed.

[Ricky Butler 2716]

Exciting news about Whittington. We are recruiting elite players that fit our scheme and have a plan on how to use them. It's been so long.

[bEastTexas 497]

The only good thing about Kyle Porter staying is he would force us to save a Scholarship for the 2020 class by taking up another year. 

[ShowmeyourTDs 1141]

2 hours ago, Katfid54 said:

Finally got around to watching Derrian Brown's highlights, after you jagoffs spent the last 12 hours fellating him.  I've gotta say.  I was really blown away by how good he looked. 

Trying to come up with an exact comparison is hard, but my thought is that his film is like if Jim Brown, Jim Thorpe, Ricky Williams, Zach Evans, Adrian Peterson, and Emmitt Smith all jizzed into a cauldron, which was stirred up.  Then an Asgardian Æsir exhaled gently over the concoction, before injecting it into Cronus's head, which was then severed.  And that head was buried under an obelisk in Heliopolis.  After emerging, reborn, from the dead, he wandered the planet until he learned the mystery of astral projection from perusing ancient religious texts scrawled upon palm leaves.  Enlightened, he ventured from the east to the west, traveling through Europe before arriving in Spain, where he decided to don a mask and fight corruption, wielding a sword.

He calls his masked, nirvanic persona The Zorro Astralan.

Could you put this in a gif?

[Beau Vine 54221]

4 hours ago, pacman said:

Boyd's been inspired by the Chargers defense against Baltimore. He made a pretty interesting case, given how well Jones, Foster, and theoretically Overshown are around the ball.

I think Mensa is smart enough to know that there are huge advantages to quit worrying about what to call positions and putting your best 11 players on the field.  Jones, Foster, and Overshown are all big and fast enough to become the second coming of Darren Woodson.  

[Tex Pete 20351]

1 minute ago, ShowmeyourTDs said:

Could you put this in a gif?

I've got it.

 

[HenryJames 66049]

1 hour ago, Katfid54 said:

Live look at us:

1,2.

[Katfid54 8631]

2 minutes ago, ShowmeyourTDs said:

Could you put this in a gif?

[ClubWhatever 12140]

17 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

How about this prediction. One of the reasons (besides Whittington) we aren’t moving forward with Glass is that Porter stays. And.......he not only plays significant snaps next fall........he actually becomes a solid contributor.

Programs on the rise don’t do this

[Chili dog 1787]

34 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

How about this prediction. One of the reasons (besides Whittington) we aren’t moving forward with Glass is that Porter stays. And.......he not only plays significant snaps next fall........he actually becomes a solid contributor.

You’re going to hell for saying that. 

[Dbeasy 15049]

Texas will sign a graduate transfer RB. And that RB will be.....one Kyle Porter. He will be recruited away from Texas by another program..... only to return to Texas before the season starts.

[pacman 7355]

18 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Programs on the rise don’t do this

Programs on the rise don't take underwhelming freshman, basically redshirt them, and improve them for their 3rd year in the program? I would argue that is exactly what they do.

 

The further along in the season, the more I felt we saw Watson improve. I can't help but credit Drayton there.

Ingram is more talented than Porter, for sure, but he had issues keeping up as a true freshman, just like Porter.

Edited January 11, 2019 by pacman

[Hank Scorpio 17729]

Porter isn't going anywhere. He tried but he kept falling down every 3 yards or so and finally just gave up. 

[ClubWhatever 12140]

4 minutes ago, pacman said:

Programs on the rise don't take underwhelming freshman, basically redshirt them, and improve them for their 3rd year in the program? I would argue that is exactly what they do.

 

The further along in the season, the more I felt we saw Watson improve. I can't help but credit Drayton there.

Ingram is more talented than Porter, for sure, but he had issues keeping up as a true freshman, just like Porter.

If you think Kyle Porter getting significant snaps next year is a positive development for the program, then, well, yeah. 

[Beau Vine 54221]

3 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

I wonder how many consecutive gifs we can clog this thread with before CTJ loses his fucking mind. I feel like we're already close. 

Can we get Phlegm in the thread?

[Newy25 7668]

Utah does not really have an open path to the starting job. They have an entrenched starter and they signed their best QB prospect in years in 2018. Their depth chart is no more open that ours. 

[Tex Pete 20351]

3 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Can we get Phlegm in the thread?

It would be a marked improvement.

[Tex Pete 20351]

15 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Texas will sign a graduate transfer RB. And that RB will be.....one Kyle Porter. He will be recruited away from Texas by another program..... only to return to Texas before the season starts.

[pacman 7355]

9 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

If you think Kyle Porter getting significant snaps next year is a positive development for the program, then, well, yeah. 

You haven't seen him take a significant snap in a year. If our program is a grade above dog shit, he has improved enough to "contribute" if called upon. That's all I am saying.

 

You are inserting "significant snaps".

Edited January 11, 2019 by pacman

[NoName 16351]

34 minutes ago, bEastTexas said:

The only good thing about Kyle Porter staying is he would force us to save a Scholarship for the 2020 class by taking up another year. 

i mean "taking up" is a bit over the top here. He clearly isn't Carter (the only non-freshman who played in 0 games this year) but he is what he is.

the guy is good enough to play some, as evidenced by the fact he played in the first 4 games of the season then had DNPs the rest (mainly because people thought he was going to transfer)

 

[ClubWhatever 12140]

3 minutes ago, pacman said:

 

You are inserting "significant snaps".

It’s exactly the phrase dBeasy used, whose prediction I was originally responding to.  

[GRHorn 105]

4 hours ago, pacman said:

Boyd's been inspired by the Chargers defense against Baltimore. He made a pretty interesting case, given how well Jones, Foster, and theoretically Overshown are around the ball.

I listened to Greg Cossell on a podcast this morning just talk about that. Chargers played almost the entire game in “Dollar” defense. 3DL, 1LB, 7 DB. And they were able to shutdown Baltimore run game which had been strong. 

[Beau Vine 54221]

22 minutes ago, pacman said:

 

Ingram is more talented than Porter, for sure, but he had issues keeping up as a true freshman, just like Porter.

No, not "just like Porter."