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Your picks for breakout player(s) and disappointments?
Gladstone
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For breakout I'm going to say Kevin King. I'm banking on him earning the starting job. I loved his H.S. highlights and he hits all the metrics I look for in high potential DBs. He's fast as fuck and plays with swagger.
For disappointment I'm going to Feeney. He has flashed brilliance the past few years but IMO has never put it totally together. He's slowish and I wouldn't get surprised if he gets passed up on the depth chart. Hope I'm wrong. Either way it will be interesting. Or something. Fuck off.
For disappointment I'm going to Feeney. He has flashed brilliance the past few years but IMO has never put it totally together. He's slowish and I wouldn't get surprised if he gets passed up on the depth chart. Hope I'm wrong. Either way it will be interesting. Or something. Fuck off.
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What do you base this off of? Feeney is slowish? Feeney had the 3rd fastest 40 time during the Spring Combine at 4.44 (behind Ross and Hall). Feeney was our best defensive player in the Spring Preview, able to cover the flat in zone defenses and able to stay with the slot WR in man-coverage (as much as the TV camera shows). He was able to shed off OL blocks and was a sure-tackler, wrapping up and bringing players to the ground rather than this new-age bullshit of ramming a guy with your shoulder (though he did that a lot as a freshman).
He might not have put things together as a freshman or sophomore, but he's a junior now and I think he's going to be a bright spot on our D for the next 2 years. To be honest, I think Feeney will excel next year similar to when Aiyewa moved from SS to OLB in 2010.
and Jude as the disappointment
Feeney's SPARQ is alien
Bust? Shaq Thompson. Good player, but the 5-star accolades mean he'll never live up to the hype.
Disappointments- Kasen Williams. I'm worried about his leg/foot injury. Even if he's healthy enough to play, how improved will he be with limited off season work? Luckily we don't need him until September 27th. Mickens and Ross are plenty good to carry the load before conference play begins. If Kasen is healthy, those 3 should make a great trio. I think we will have a really good offense this year.
I'm also super worried about WR depth if Kasen isn't 100%. Allah forbid Ross or Mickens get injured...
Watching Stringfellow during the Hunger Bowl replay is sickening now. Fucking 12s.
and ben ossai as the disappointment.
#abundance
Ask Aubbie.
Disappointment: Kasen Williams - He's been overrated since day one. If the injury saps any of his athleticism he becomes extremely ordinary. Really hope I'm wrong because a big strong number one receiver would help Miles a ton, but I think we're really going to miss Stringfellow.
Disappointment player Offense: Kasen Williams, I really didnt think he looked that great before getting injured. He seemed slow off the line, lacked a change of gears when cutting, is kinda slow when playing, and generally lacked any explosiveness to create separation. Having a leg amputated isnt going to help him there. Its really hard to catch the ball if you cant create separation from your defender.
Breakout player Defense: Marcus Peters great size, speed and instincts. Was only a sophomore last year and should emerge as one of the best CBs in the Pac12 in the next two years IMO. having a pretty good DL should help him a lot too.
Disappointment player Defense: John Timu, has poor instincts, often gets lost in the offensive line on running plays, struggles to meet the RB at the point of attack. Hardy Har Har he was our 3rd leading tackler last year, IDGAF... disappointment is written all over this one.
Bonus breakout: Whoever is playing on the DL opposite of Shelton and Kikaha... seriously One on One every fucking play with the entire offensive lines attention on where those other two guys are... Hudson? also Corey littleton looked pretty great as a sophomore last year too
Bonus disappointment: Shaq... Safety turned LB RB hybrid turned wanna be Jack Miles continues to struggle to live up to his 5 star all superhero sark recruit status. James Atoe former future top 5 draft pick has been no where to be found. Sources speculate that training with Ben Ossai is making sure he is ready to rumble for the up coming season though.
olemisssports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ole-m-footbl-mtt.html
I know I know...Ole Miss Sports is your source?
Callier will be disappointing as he will be lost in depth.
- Kikaha
Offense: John Ross - Speed speed speed!!
Defense: Andrew Hudson - Last chance for him, and he always had potential. I think he has a good year.
This kind of stuff is a crap shoot, though. Who knows what will happen after a coaching change and 8 months in the weight room?