re: Auburn Fall Camp 2018 Thread

I don’t think Gus has a scouting issue at QB. I think he just wants the wrong thing.

Gus’s major flaw is that he wants his QB to be a blank slate when they get to him. The more a QB knows about the position the more he has to unteach. Super raw, sky high upside players are his wheelhouse.

Nix was practically gifted to us which is great because I’m not sure he would have necessarily made Nix his top priority at the position.

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Thank goodness for Stidham (another transfer) and Nix

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I truly feel the need to slow everyone down on Nix. Though very promising, he has not played a down yet

Remember

SIAP. Projected depth chart following fall camp

ETA SPOILER ALERT.....Stidham is listed as the starting QB

We are talented on D.

what are we expecting out of Montavious this year? Can't believe he's already a senior

I wonder if Marshall/Siposs will be situational. Wouldn't surprise me if Marshall is listed as the official starter and comes in when he have a short field. Bring Siposs in for all the other punts until if/when he improves enough to take over full time.

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BUT, of the first five games, LSU was probably the most formidable opponent.

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Our third game that year was on the road, on a Thursday night, facing one of the greatest HCs in CFB history, leading a P5 conference team ranked #20 coming into the game, who would end the regular season divisional champs and ranked #9 before losing their conference championship and their bowl game and finishing ranked higher than us at #18.

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And some how we ended up with the status quo of an 8 win season

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Our 2014 schedule included 7 teams that ranked in the AP top 10 at some point during the season (we defeated 3 of them), and our bowl opponent was ranked #11 at the end of the regular season.

Of course we also lost to two different teams that season who had been beaten 59-0 by the last P5 team to play them prior to them playing us, so there's that

5 Auburn players who gained, lost most during Fall Camp 2018

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Gain: WR Matthew Hill

All of Auburn's freshmen receivers earned early praise during fall camp but Matthew Hill might have the fastest path to the field due to his position. Hill is at the H/slot/3 receiver role, where Will Hastings was so effective last season. With no proven players at that position, Hill may not need long to see significant action on offense and he's among the players working on both punt and kickoff return.

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Gain: RB Asa Martin

The lead running back role was never going to be contested and JaTarvious Whitlow entered fall camp in the No. 2 spot and locked it down, but Asa Martin carried momentum from what was a solid spring as an early enrollee and is in contention for the No. 3 spot at running back

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Gain: C Kaleb Kim

Kaleb Kim opened fall camp as the first-team center and remains the projected starter, so how did he gain? First, the players he competed with during the spring, Nick Brahms and Tucker Brown, were not factors in the position battle during fall camp.

Then when Mike Horton was taking reps at center and Calvin Ashley was at right guard, it was possible for Kim to wind up the backup once again. But he proved worthy of being the starter and should be in line to do so.

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Loss: QB Joey Gatewood

Joey Gatewood lost when Auburn signed Cord Sandberg. Adding another competitor in the quarterback room for 2019, when the Tigers will also have Bo Nix, makes for a fierce competition in the future.

In the short-term, it also means one will get to work with the third-team and the other will be with the scout team.

When he was live during fall scrimmages Gatewood played well, so he's far from out of the picture.

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Loss: Buck T.D. Moultry

T.D. Moultry entered fall camp as the projected starter at Buck and he could still end up with the job, so how did he lose? With Nick Coe splitting time at Buck and defensive end it puts Moultry's grasp on the starting role in jeopardy.

Defensive line coach Rodney Garner also demanded more from Moultry.

"T.D.'s just got to keep coming," Garner said. "He's got to really get that track mentality out of his head - oh my ankle don't feel good today, my hamstring don't feel good today. That's football."

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Loss: RB Malik Miller

Malik Miller entered fall camp among the players with the most to lose and unfortunately he did. A minor injury, which Gus Malzahn described as a "soft tissue issue" set him back early in camp and true freshmen Asa Martin and Shaun Shivers moved ahead of him and Harold Joiner is also contending for reps.

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Completely disagree with this. Cord Sandberg will never come close to seeing the field. Joey Gatewood is miles ahead of him as a player and a QB.

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Yeah. That was pretty stupid. Especially when they go on to say how well Joey played in the scrimmage.

Dumb. And they listed two banged up young OL as 'lost,' Brahms and Hamm, who will both likely be starters in future years. How does 5* signee Calvin Ashley getting beat out not make the list? How about guys like CBs Broussard or Malcolm Askew?