I noticed this too, couldn't get Akil Jones' name right...then struggled to recall pretty much anyone else's name. Granted there's 100's of other reasons this could have happened, maybe he just hates interviews? But it was strange.
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Spring Game on March 18th
- Thread starter Buffnik
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I think he at least showed enough to allow Lytle to keep the redshirt on if we needed our 3rd QB in there for mop up duty.
I lol'd.
Bliff Cranch
Well-Known Member
It could simply be nerves and I can accept that.
Proved himself to be #2? Not really.
Yeah. Montez took off on that run up the middle that was blown dead but might have got 40 yards in a real game. The zone read on the goal line, too. He makes plays with his legs that put a defense on its heels. Pocket passing with a vanilla offense against a vanilla defense isn't going to show off most of what makes him special.
8Jah
Well-Known Member
Throw was not off the back foot, which clearly lifts off the ground at the end of the motion. Technique is just more explosive than fluid.
FlatironsBuff
Well-Known Member
I flat out didn't come because it was a practice. I want a spring GAME.
BUffsNation
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IMO Casey Marksberry was the offensive player of the day and Dante Wigley on defense. He is def going to help fill Tedric Thompson's shoes.
The back foot critique is more about not stepping into the throw and having a clean follow through, which is clearly the case in this throw and many others. He needs to clean it up.
I think keeping the RS on Lytle is important. Having that WO who can give you some competent snaps and take mop-up duty is a big help.
I am also hoping that we don't need to worry about going three deep this year. Montez is a much better athlete than Sefo was but I hope that the coaches will limit the number of times he is running the ball. I also think that his running style lends itself more towards staying healthy, he has the speed to get outside and find the sideline or pick up a first down and slide. Also think based on last year and a little of the scrimmage that Montez has a better pocket sense and can avoid some of the big hits from pass rushers.
Sefo all to often seemed like he was looking for somebody to run into, not a recipe for staying healthy. He also often seemed to move into contact instead of away from it and he took a lot of big hits while he was standing high opening himself up to getting hurt. One of the toughest SOBs I've ever seen playing QB for CU (or anyone else) but it seemed like he played his whole career through various injuries due in part to his style of play.
I mentioned him in my 2 cent post. Very athletic kid, I was impressed.
HCMM mentioned him after the game as well
yeah it's not like he's throwing fadeaways or something, but he clearly doesn't step into his throws frequently. He doesn't really use his legs to throw, which is kind of amazing at the same time. Dude has a cannon
bigbang2
blindslighted
Depth chart prediction going into fall. Backups for some positions still up for grabs.
QB- Montez, Noyer, Lytle
RB- Lindsay, Adkins, Bisherat
TE- Keeney, Frazier, Bounds
LT- Irwin, Kaiser
LG- Kough
C- Huckins
RG- Lynott
RT- Haigler
DE- Mulumba,Franke
NT- Edwards, Tuiloma, Lopez
DE- Jackson, Umu
OLB- Mccarthney,Hamilton
ILB- Gamboa, Jones, Lewis
ILB- White, Moeler
OLB- Hasselbach, Falo
FS- Fisher
SS- Laguda
CB- Oliver, Wigley
CB- Udofia, 'Blackmon, Julmisse
This is just my personal observations heading to fall.
QB- Montez, Noyer, Lytle
RB- Lindsay, Adkins, Bisherat
TE- Keeney, Frazier, Bounds
LT- Irwin, Kaiser
LG- Kough
C- Huckins
RG- Lynott
RT- Haigler
DE- Mulumba,Franke
NT- Edwards, Tuiloma, Lopez
DE- Jackson, Umu
OLB- Mccarthney,Hamilton
ILB- Gamboa, Jones, Lewis
ILB- White, Moeler
OLB- Hasselbach, Falo
FS- Fisher
SS- Laguda
CB- Oliver, Wigley
CB- Udofia, 'Blackmon, Julmisse
This is just my personal observations heading to fall.
bigbang2
blindslighted
I have a hunch that by the end of this season a lot of teams around the country would be perfectly happy with those "freshman level mechanics" if they could have the total package that goes with it.
I think we're going to see a lot of Umu this year.
Anybody ever met Montez? I'm guessing he has some mits. Arm talent and that is a good thing to have.
Hasselbach over Falo at OLB? White and Moeller at ILB? Seems a little far fetched
ILB is going to be a major, major problem in 2017. I think the Dline really hid that position for the most part in 2016. Gonna have to hope the new Dlineman can take a big step forward in fall camp, otherwise I really think that is the most glaring weakness on this team.
Think we can be solid throughout the rest of the team. Team has good athleticism and size even compared to last years spring game, IMO.
Think we can be solid throughout the rest of the team. Team has good athleticism and size even compared to last years spring game, IMO.
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Medford M.
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Im not worried about one ILB spot as Gamboa is a very smart, good player there. Just isn't fast at all. The other spot... We will see. I think both Jones and Maka are a year and teb lbs away from being majot contributors, but both have great potential.
Having Javier is going to be huge for these guys. He looks like a guy who can eat up blockers and keep the ILBs clean.
Bliff Cranch
Well-Known Member
And the WRs?...
Arguably maybe the toughest position to call. The easy bet is Fields, Bobo, and Ross but with Ento coming on, Winfree coming back, and Shenault and Nixon arriving, I'm glad I'm not making the decision.
He looked strange out there in a one digit uniform number, probably should have a three digit number instead. He's big enough for an area code.I see what you did there
