Sorry to interrupt

[BKCBully]

Tsun/Lil sweet season, But does anyone else feel that besides K, Wr will be our biggest weakness this year?

 

[engie]

I think it's a bigger need than K.

We brought in 3 of those this offseason.

 

[BKCBully]

Yea we have experience with no height and height with no experience.

 

[57stratdawg]

We are going to really struggle at WR this year. Just get ready. There are very high expectations around our TEs though.

There is going to be a lot of pressure on Couch to produce. I expect him to be an easy target for frustrated MSU fans the first half of the season.

 

[GloryDawg]

I think we will be alright. Those DB's are going to have in the back of their minds that Fitz could take off and run at any time. This will help WR get open.

 

[Shamoan]

We need to be a run heavy offense. Maybe not having anyone to throw to might dissuade Mullen from passing so much.

 

[Palos verdes]

Yep, it will be the main reason we can't beat LSU, and one of the reasons we won't win at Auburn. BKC nailed it for the most part.

Combine that with our lack of a kicking game, and makes it really really hard to score any points whatsoever against LSU, and Bama. All they really need is field goals to beat us.

 

[Requiem For A Dawg]

Donald Gray is gonna carry the load. 900 yards receiving and 10 TDs.

 

[BlueRidgeMtns]

If we aren't in good shape with the kickers we have coming in, then there is clearly a special teams coaching problem. However, I think we will be fine with our kicking game for once.

WR is a huge concern and we will need young guys to step up sooner than later.

 

[coach66]

If we have the success on the ground I think we will have then the passing is

going to be a lot easier. We need to add some talent at WR for sure but we have enough to be effective.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

No excuse not to have serviceable WR's in the SEC....heck Croom in his worst years has better WR than we do now...

 

[ezsoil]

The JUCO kicker is solid and the freshman will hopefully be a good one....

 

[ababyatemydingo]

I think the lack of quality receiver depth is going to put a lot of pressure on the offensive line (line coach) to perform. Because we will absolutely need to run the ball with someone besides #7. Running the ball should make things easier for WRs (captain obvious, here).

 

[philduckworth]

It's going to be 8 in the box all year to contain our run game. Our WR recruiting the past 3 years has really been poor.

 

[Moe Cabelle]

You're going to have to convince me of that. DG is a very good reciever and the TE's will be fine. Yes, we lack WR experience, let's see if they produce before you make the croom claim.

I'm still trying to figure who you're talking about. One year we had the tall guy that could catch a slant...that was about it.

 

[engie]

No excuse not to have serviceable WR's in the SEC....heck Croom in his worst years has better WR than we do now...

Come again? Will Prosser was our best receiving threat for half of Croom's tenure. Let that sink in. He recruited one 4* pass catcher in 5 years ---by the name of CoEric.

Mullenz will put 4 or 5 different 4* pass catchers on the field this year. Although I agree that WR recruiting has really been lackluster compared to everywhere else on roster the past few years.

 

[tcdog70]

the Kid form the coast--Austin Williams will step up.. book it

 

[HaleStater]

Um Donald gray and who are 4 stars? Malik Dear is injured.

 

[BKCBully]

I really wish Gabe Myles would have a breakout year,and be what we all thought he was going to be in 2014. I know he's had an injury or two but he has kinda disappeared, and had some ugly drops last year.

 

[patdog]

heck Croom in his worst years has better WR than we do now...

No. He didn't. In his best year, his WR were maybe arguably about equal to what we have now. Even then, it's a bit of a stretch.

 

[engie]

Um Donald gray and who are 4 stars? Malik Dear is injured.

I didn't know we were in the middle of the season, my bad**

If you can't count them, I sure can't count them for you.

 

[Moe Cabelle]

no doubt we've missed on targets - no one is denying that. I just can't stand when people make any comparison to croom when I'd guess it's a safe bet that will probably surpass crooms top 3 years combined in this year alone. That's what I think of croom and any reference to his offense. I'd like to see a comparison of DM's worst offense vs Croom's best.

 

[Utah_Chaney]

As Fitzgerald's completion percentage goes up, which I'm believing it inevitably does, our WR's arent going to seem as "mediocre" as some of you think. We definitely have some talent at the position, so before you go off an hanging it up on the position group, let's at least give them an opportunity to play a bit.

 

[philduckworth]

Mixon is going to have to be a playmaker at slot. We have had some nice players at that position under Mullen: Bumphis, Jameon Lewis, and Fred Ross. The concern with Mixon is his size at 5'8, 175 and he was more of a RB in HS so still needs to be more consistent with his hands.

Gray is under-sized on the outside. He would probably be ideal in the slot but has to play outside out of necessity. He has shown he can get the job done as a no. 2. We will see how he does as the no. 1 target with defenses focusing on him.

The other spot is a big question mark with unproven guys like Couch and Gabe Myles.

 

[patdog]

If our WRs could catch the damn ball, Fitzgerald's completion percentage would already be up.

 

[engie]

To be fair there, the Fitz balls we have seen thrown in the past were very "heavy" throws. Partial blame for the drops we had definitely belongs to him. But I expect that to improve...

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

As Fitzgerald's completion percentage goes up, which I'm believing it inevitably does, our WR's arent going to seem as "mediocre" as some of you think. We definitely have some talent at the position, so before you go off an hanging it up on the position group, let's at least give them an opportunity to play a bit.

I have to agree that Fitz is the key. We have a good group of TE's and in our offense, this is very important.

Tall WRs are great to have, but give me guys with good hands. I think Fitz's slow development through the season coupled with things like Fred's drops left a bad taste in last season for everyone and give us the impression we will suffer on the receiving end.

I think Gray makes a big step up this season too.

 

[maroonmadman]

How good or bad our WRs look depends upon how good or bad Fitz throws. There is room for improvement on Fitz's part. Maybe he'll go to the Dak Prescott QB camp this summer....

 

[Xusuromohses]

This team is building towards another run in 2018. We will have ups and downs in 2017. Anyone expecting better than 6 or 7 wins is deluding themselves.

 

[BKCBully]

I expect 8 or 9. There's no way we are not improved on both sidesides of the ball, and as bad as last year was, we were just a couple of gnats whiskers away from being 9-3.

 

[KurtRambis4]

What are you smoking?

Yeah, that Will Prosser was a badass SEC WR!!!1*