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I don’t know why we would expect the previous staff to improve on their 6-win season with a worse all-around roster against improved conference opponents and conference opponents playing at home. Would this year’s iteration of Bo Nix put up the type of performances that he did against Arky, Ole Miss and LSU?

Don’t early enrollees get to practice with the team as well? That could be huge for the development of young players.

Pretty sure Pieology opened towards the end of my last year at AU. Remember it being a very mediocre pizza joint that tried to look fancy. It was not college student cheap either. Dunno why you’d go there when you can get a better slice around the corner at Little Italy’s.

So, not surprised that spot flamed out.

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Schwartz - 2nd

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If Schwartz runs a 4.2 or something then I maybe see some playoff team like the Chiefs or Saints take him late in the second. I think that’d be a reach though. AS is basically John Ross with worse college production.

Realistically, Schwartz should be a 4th or 5th round pick. He’s not particularly elusive, he hasn’t shown the ability to make a lot of tough catches in traffic, and he’s not really explosive. If you think about the best “speedy” players in the NFL, they always have some other trait to complement their speed. AS doesn’t have that rn.

I do think he could become a 2nd round receiver if he spent another year here and worked on his route-running. That’s where he could stand to improve the most. If you look at Calvin Ridley with the Falcons, he kind of shares some similar deficiencies as AS.

Ridley is a bit more elusive, but he’s not really incredible after the catch, and while he made some contested catches, that’s not really a strength for him either. He is one of the best route-runners in the league though, and uses his speed and footwork to create a ton of separation. If AS can become even 75% the route-runner that Ridley is, then he’d for sure be a 2nd round pick.