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    2020 4* LB Trenton Simpson (Clemson)

    in Rivals Recruiting

    Posted

    1 hour ago, tbone4jc said:

    Didn't say KF was All-American or All-Sec but he was a good player. Y'all seem to forget that awful shoulder injury in 2012(?). Was on the Butkus list for his Jr and Sr seasons. All SEC third team his Sr year. Again, not too shabby.

    Noone has said he was not a good player. He just never developed into the 5* that he was expected to. 

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    2019 Grad Transfer WR Zach Farrar Commits to AU!

    in AU Recruiting Forum

    Posted

    22 minutes ago, abw0004 said:

    From what I heard we were looking for a big and tall WR to replace Slayton so Seth Williams would move back inside. The guy is 6’4”.  

    We shouldn't have to take a GT WR after 6 years of Gus recruiting his own players. If we needed a big WR he should have been recruiting kids with size the entire time. Remember the comment about not wanting to use Kam Martin against the Clemson D his freshman year because of his lack of size? Recruit size out of HS instead of these smaller kids if you are going to do this. SMDH on this one. 

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    Ryan Davis Tribute

    in AU Football Forum

    Posted

    28 minutes ago, toddc said:

    Did you watch the video? That’s what the response I gave was to, the video which is the op of this particular post.

    Strengths in his draft report—. He mainly operated in the short/quick pass game but showed good athleticism and elusiveness to gain yards after the catch.

    My apologies if I misunderstood your point. 

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    Ryan Davis Tribute

    in AU Football Forum

    Posted

    43 minutes ago, toddc said:

    His yac was a thing of beauty and the purpose for using him in so many bubble screens! I think NEPats saw the same thing and I’ll bet they use him in similar ways when all is said and done.

    His yac was NOT  a thing of beauty in the games that I watched. And it wasn’t his fault. RD was hung out to dry by play design. When he was able to break one it was a thing of beauty but he averaged 8.7 ypc. Think about that for a second. In AUBURN history...history...the top 20 receivers yards per catch RD 8.7...the next LOWEST yards per catch is 12.9. I'm trying to find RD stats for every game that shows EVERY catch. I had it pulled up before and it was amazing how many catches he had for 2,3,4 yards or negative yardage. There's a reason he is number 1 in receptions and number 14 in yardage. 

    I HATE THE WR SCREEN!!!

    WORST PLAY IN FOOTBALL!!!

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    Ryan Davis Tribute

    in AU Football Forum

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    1 hour ago, McLoofus said:

    So your take away is that we didn't throw across the middle because Jarrett stidham wasn't accurate enough at those passes? 

    Interesting that a team that has constantly thrown to guys like Wes Welker and Julian Edelman across the middle for over a decade just drafted him and picked up Ryan Davis as an undrafted free agent. Interesting that a team like that would draft a quarterback who is inaccurate on those passes and sign a guy who is built similarly to several of their receivers and even one of their running backs but who is too small and fragile to catch those passes. A team, by the way, which is famous for finding guys that they can use in versatile ways. So versatile, in fact, that their tight ends block AND catch! Even across the middle! Kind of like CJ uzomah started doing once he got to Cincinnati.

    And of course there are specialists in college football. And that has absolutely nothing to do whatsoever with whether or not Ryan Davis should have been one at Auburn or if Gus has a tendency to oversimplify his players' roles on offense. You know this already, though.

    Ouch..

    Drop the mic...

     

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    Ryan Davis Tribute

    in AU Football Forum

    Posted

    6 hours ago, bigbird said:

    The shallow crosses should've been run so much more than they were. Hopefully Hastings and Schwartz can get a few more thrown to them this year. Clear with the deep routs and you have a LB trying to chase them through the zone. With their speed and quickness they would get 20+ easily.  

    Dang! We have so many weapons. I really hope we actually put them in postions of success by attacking the entire field at all levels.

    Imagine...come out in 10,  Twins Gun Rt

    Wk #1: Seth runs a 12-15 drag

    Wk #2: Hill runs a flag breaking at 12-15

    Stg 1:  Hastings/Ja'Varrius Johnson runs a shallow cross

    Stg 2: Schwartz runs a post breaking at 10-12

    RB (Gun right): Chips LE and releases with a 5 yard flare/flat

     

    Thanks Bird. I know what I  mean to say but can't put it in coach speak like you can. 

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    Ryan Davis Tribute

    in AU Football Forum

    Posted

    3 hours ago, AU64 said:

    Those screens were a way to get the ball into the hands of a guy who could make yards.....really was a way to augment the running game when the OL was suspect and no way he would have touched to ball 70 times in a season if he were running conventional pass routes.

    I'm sure I'm in the minority on this point, but what made him valuable to the team's offense was the number of "carries" he had...and most of the time was able to get plus yardage on the plays that involved him.      Take Davis's stats away from JS and I bet he was barely 50%....these were "sure thing" passes and with his quick first step, plays to him were more like an extension of the running game and not the passing game. 

    We are going to miss him and his sure hands.....but I think many people underestimate the value of the role he played in our offense. JMO, but he was a specialist... if he been running conventional pass routes or slants the offense would have suffered as would he have suffered when one of he QBs hung him out to dry on a badly thrown pass. 

    I understand completely what his role was. But he had the ability to take a short slant and create something. I guess the wr screen is my least favorite pass play because you have to catch the ball usually at a stand still and make someone miss that has a direct shot at you before you can cross the line of scrimmage. I was merely saying that of RD could have caught more passes " already in motion " his reception/yardage totals would not be so far apart. And if you were concerned about his qb hanging him out to dry that's a completely different conversation. 

    I loved watching RD and wish him the very best. 

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    Ryan Davis Tribute

    in AU Football Forum

    Posted

    Gonna miss him too. Wish he could have been used more in a Julian Edelman  (sp?) type role. All the wr screens that he was used for made me cringe at times. 

    No 1 all time reception leader

    No 14 (correct me if I'm wrong) all time yardage 

     

    Would have been great to see him running more quick slants

     

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