(03-28-2019, 06:30 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(03-28-2019, 05:50 PM)BlueEyedJag Wrote: As an Ole Miss alum, I got to painfully watch all the Offensive talent get wasted by a Division 2 OC that should have stayed down there.

The Offense had the following NFL quality talent:

3 WRs: Metcalf/Brown/Lodge
2 RBs: Wilkins (Colts drafted last year) / Scottie Phillips (who will come out next year and I like him more than I did Wilkins)
3 OL: Little/Patterson will be drafted this year and A. Givens is a stud of a RT who will most likely come out next year
1 TE: D. Knox
2 QB: S. Patterson/J. Taamu

Yet they sucked against any competent Defense b/c the OC scheme was trash.  He was quoted saying his playbook is around 15 plays and that he likes to let the WRs/QB improvise after the snap.  Once the C/RG/RT got injured, Taamu basically locked onto Brown and force fed him too many passes while ignoring other pieces.

But as for Knox, I actually like him better as an all around TE than Evan Engram.  He can run the routes and after his pro day tomorrow will show off his speed and is a damn good blocker.  Engram was a willing blocker but just lacked the size/bulk whereas Knox is a hoss.

How do you feel about Little?  I was a Little fan but the more i watched him im not so much now

Well he isn't Tunsil...who I really wanted.  Still dont understand how a guy that never gave up a sack in his 3 years fell so far.

I think Little is going to make a really nice LT in the right scheme.  I felt his pass protection was always on point but he didn't get much push in the run game.  Maybe a zone scheme would be his best opportunity to succeed. He definitely doesnt have that mean streak that Tunsil had.

I wouldn't be terribly upset if we took him in the 2nd but I just think there will be other better options for us. If he is still around in the 3rd I think you have to take him...he was projected as a top 10 pick after his Sophmore season and his play stayed pretty much the same.

As far as off the field the dude is a nice as can be and really involved with the community so I don't think he would ever be one to worry about off the field and his ego won't get out of control...I could see that being an issue with Brown/Lodge but Metcalf and Little are really down to earth and wouldn't do anything to embarrass themselves.

Unless you count the "marking the endzone" by Metcalf against MS State.

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