re: Spring Football

Any sort of injury report? Did we have any?

I like Wilkins. I'm glad he took a RS and I m glad he's got time to develop. By his Junior year him and Brazley will be a nice one-two punch, I think.

You can watch a replay on ESPN3. It's worth a look.

It's hard to judge a spring game, but the team looked crisp and hungry. No one was " going through the motions". When 1st string defense and offense met, it could have gone either way. I think that's what you want.

Quarterback:
Bo is the clear starter, but people who crowned Kincade as the automatic back-up definitely jumped the gun. Ryan is the most natural looking QB we have. He never gets hurried in the pocket. Kincade looks good, too, but this is a tight race. Does also has a bright future at QB. Liggins needs to accept a position change, IMO.

Running Back -
We stacked. SEC fricked. Mathers has hit another gear. He broke one off for 96 yards yesterday. The only reason it didn't go for a TD was that Kailo ran him down at the 3 yard line. He fast. Walton didn't play due to a hammy. Dodson looks good and so do Wilkins and Brazley. Wish Dodson would take a RS, though.

WR -
We're thin, but talented. Obvious standouts are Quon and Quincy, but Collins Moore and Cody Core really looked good yesterday. Vince was out with some sort of injury.

OLine -
Same as WR, talented but thin. They looked much better than I had anticipated, though. If they can stay healthy we will be damn good here. Ben Still looks to be our guy at Center, which I'm ok with because we need Conyers at tackle.

Tight End -
Engram is back and looks as good as ever. Channing Ward looks good and I think this is a great move for him. He needs polishing in the passing game, but he has picked up blocking very well.

DLine -
Veterans are all great. As for newcomers, Haynes looks really good. Huge upside there.

Linebackers -
DT is going to be a good replacement for Marry. Very solid . Russell is fast, but lost. He'll get better. Strong made a few good plays, but he was against the 3s.

Corners -
I can't believe it, but this is the position I'm most excited about. Quez and Hilton look great and both some fun plays. Jones hung with Quon on a couple plays. Kailo has a good upside for his speed alone. We're in a great position here.

Safety -
Stacked. Cody is Cody. Trae looks improved. Alford is solid. Hampton looked very impressive for a true freshmen. He got I position for a nice INT that he dropped. Conner had a very nice PBU over Quincy at one point.


All in all, I don't want to get my hopes high based on a spring game, but knowing that we have more help coming to the OLine this summer (Cooper, Morris, Taylor) has me cautiously optimistic.

I just watched it last night.

Just checked again. It's there under "Replays". At the very top for me.

Well you should tell the coaches how stacked we are at WR because they, too, think we're thin.

It might be better than years past, but it's still comparatively thin. An injury to Quon or Quincy would leave us pretty well screwed.

Freeze likes to play 4 and 5 wide a lot.

Quon
Quincy
Sanders

Those are our proven starters. After that we have Collins Moore, Core...aaaaaand? Yes, Pack will be here in the fall, but he's a true freshman. We can't expect all our freshmen to be Quon or even Quincy.

Despite what we've had in the past , we're still thin at WR right now and for what Freeze wants to run.

Don't forget Engram plays out wide most of the time and so will Sammie Epps and Dayall Harris. I think we are fine at WR.

The only two positions that worry me in regards to injury are QB and LT

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Him and Kailo both.

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I was adament that Kailo needed a RS. I never thought he would work out at RB and figured last year would be a total waste from the standpoint of his development. If we have the CB depth (oxymoron I know) I would like to see him RS this year while he learns the position.

Is he that fast? I don't know shite about track.