re: Birmingham Bowl Game Thread - Auburn 13 Houston 17 Final

We completed a sack!

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Not really a shite take to expect a WR to know he is near the sideline and catch the ball with extended arms and not right over his shoulder

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While running full speed? A toe drag catch is an exceptional play. It’s not an expected play.

I sure hope we see DD in this game.

Harsin making poor coaching decisions. guy is losing support fast

Now let's get off the field on 3rd.

Why the DD calls constantly? Jesus do you trust the coach or not.

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While running full speed? A toe drag catch is an exceptional play. It’s not an expected play.

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Toe drag wasn’t even necessary. This isn’t difficult to understand. Instead of running right under the ball he trails it a little and catches arms extended. That’s a catch HS players should make… well at least decent ones.

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Why the DD calls constantly? Jesus do you trust the coach or not.

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I think people just want to see what he can do? I mean folks were talking about playing the youngsters and not caring about winning the game but getting some playing time. Go back and look...

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TJ Finely can’t run or throw. If DD could just run the option, that’d be better than what we have now.

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I think we'll see DD in the second half.

I just recall the press conferences after scrimmages where Harsin seemed so pleasantly suprised by DD's moxy and gamesmanship. Some players just have that intangible in their quiver.

Or it could have been a head coach that knew he had a garbage QB room behind Nix and wanted to keep DD on the roster. I hope we'll find out.

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Think it was an aggregation of all projections. Seen him projected as high as 3rd.

They said he’s got the size and physicality of Sherwood but is more athletic and can cover more ground.

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Most of those sites they are "aggregating" are random draft sites. He gets attention on those sites by being a 3-4 year SEC starter who gets a lot of press, so he's easy to plug into the ~4th round on name alone.

The difference between him and Sherwood is that Sherwood was 216 pounds whereas Smoke is listed at 199 pounds on the roster. The size isn't even close. Hence Sherwood could project to a hybrid LB role in the NFL, whereas Smoke is a skinny Safety who is horrible in coverage. Sherwood is also 10x better as a tackler, hence why an NFL team is willing to try him at LB. Smoke is a guy who likes to launch at vulnerable ball carriers and deliver "big hits", but if you actually watch him try to tackle a guy straight up, it's incredibly hit or miss.