Story about Pitt WRs in PPG

[NNFAN]

Good news... frosh Dontavius Butler-Jenkins has been impressive early.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...dontavius-butler-jenkins/stories/201707200095

 

[VAPITTALUM]

The WR group has a good crop of young, talented players. Ffrench, Matthews, Smith, Butler-Jenkins, etc. should all make an impact this year or next. Add them to Henderson and Weah and this group could be very productive with a QB who can really stretch the field.

 

[Cathedral Lawn Frisbee]

Don't sleep on Flowers

 

[rhyno527]

not worried about the wide-outs at all, PITT always seems to find skill guys.

 

[Chescat]

The WR group has a good crop of young, talented players. Ffrench, Matthews, Smith, Butler-Jenkins, etc. should all make an impact this year or next. Add them to Henderson and Weah and this group could be very productive with a QB who can really stretch the field.

I expected Mathews to play a lot this year, even before Tipton's injury. Weah, Henderson, and Mathews form a very good threesome IMO. I feel the others are
definitely a very good group of back ups. French and Lopes both have game
experience and the newcomers all seem to be talented enough that maybe one
or two of them will see the field this year.

 

[TTOWN2]

Don't sleep on Flowers

Ditto!!!

 

[vegasgreed]

Unless we have a slew of injuries, I see Butler taking a RS this year.

 

[Revenge Of The Noise]

I agree there are many options wth good potential. Yet it was interesting Narduzzi spoke as of Tipton was his 3rd or maybe even second ONLY receiver, and was citing examples of only two or even one WR Sets and two TE schemes as a result of his loss . So either he is jaggin the reporter in effort to put off our opponents, or he's thinking of a REALLY conservative offense, or he thinks the other receivers stink. Hopefully the first.

 

[Revenge Of The Noise]

When did a nitter EVER say anything approaching the truth about anything?

Jerry Micco once said Vincent's was the best pizza in town. I think we can all agree that's one thing we could probably trust him on.

 

[Cathedral Lawn Frisbee]

Vincent's on Ardmore is the best in Pgh. BTW his long time chef left and started Shelly's pies in Turtle Creek.

Jerry Micco once said Vincent's was the best pizza in town. I think we can all agree that's one thing we could probably trust him on.

 

[Revenge Of The Noise]

Vincent's on Ardmore is the best in Pgh. BTW his long time chef left and started Shelly's pies in Turtle Creek.

See, there ya go

 

[Pitt-Chains]

Vincent's on Ardmore is the best in Pgh. BTW his long time chef left and started Shelly's pies in Turtle Creek.

Shelly pie is the old VFW.. to me her pie is short on condiments...

 

[Cathedral Lawn Frisbee]

Yep park behind building. What condiments go with pizza? I normally get pep and banana peppers.

Shelly pie is the old VFW.. to me her pie is short on condiments...

 

[Revenge Of The Noise]

Yep park behind building. What condiments go with pizza? I normally get pep and banana peppers.

I love anchovies and bana peppers. NOBODY else I know, or have ever known, will touch that combo though. So I typically have to get myself a pie that way just for me. Wife doesn't even want it included in the same order though.

 

[Panther Parrothead]

Plat ... rivals member "since today". Nice profile!

I'm sure that he's been here before. Only his name changed.

 

[JokePa]

Good news... frosh Dontavius Butler-Jenkins has been impressive early.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...dontavius-butler-jenkins/stories/201707200095

Can anyone post the story here?

 

[Panther Parrothead]

Can anyone post the story here?

Here it is. The writer is Brian Batko of the Post-Gazette (July 21, 2017...link at bottom):

At Pitt football practice, it wasn’t uncommon for Tre Tipton to saddle up to Avonte Maddox with a request.

“Can you go against me?” effervescent wide receiver would ask seasoned cornerback.

“Yeah,” Maddox would shoot back with a smile. “I can go against you anytime you ask.”

Maddox will need to find a new sparring partner, and the Panthers will have to find some different answers at receiver.

Naturally, coach Pat Narduzzi would prefer none of his players get hurt. But if he had to see his squad sustain a season-ending season-preceding injury at any position, he thinks the Panthers are relatively well-equipped to do so on the outside, where he already knows he’ll be [URL='http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/Pitt/2017/07/10/tre-tipton-injury-pitt-football-2017-season-acc/stories/201707100150']without Tipton’s services for all of 2017.[/URL]

“I’d rather be down a wideout than a quarterback, because you always have to play with a quarterback,” Narduzzi said last week at ACC media days. “You always have to play with a left tackle, right tackle. We don’t have to play with wideouts on every down, so that’s comforting that way.”

What’s discomforting is the loss of a player of Tipton’s character, and in such an uncomfortable way. Clearing up the nature of what initially was announced as a “non-football knee injury” for Tipton, Narduzzi said the former Apollo-Ridge High School star was hurt in a bicycle accident. His coach seemed downright dismayed that Tipton was worried he was about to be hit by a car, so he jumped off his bike.

“Anytime you lose one of your top players, and a guy who is a motivational guy, too — he’s a great kid — to lose him is disappointing,” Narduzzi said.

Then, there’s the matter of the production Tipton was set to provide. According to SBNation.com’s advanced statistics website, Football Study Hall, the 6-foot, 190-pound Tipton caught 12 of 15 passes thrown his way last season as a redshirt freshman.

Tipton averaged just 11.5 yards per reception, but the above resource rated him as the ninth-best “possession” receiver in Football Bowl Subdivision, based on that 80 percent catch rate.

“He always wants to get better. I know it’s a heartbreaking thing for him, but I feel like God has a plan for him and there’s a reason why He’s doing it,” Maddox said. “He’s gonna come back and go harder; that’s just who Tre is.”

In the meantime, it’s a chance for sophomores such as Aaron Mathews and part-time cornerback Maurice Ffrench (whom Narduzzi said is more offense now) to seize their moment behind Jester Weah and Quadree Henderson. If they don’t, new offensive coordinator Shawn Watson will adjust.

“The great thing at wideout is we don’t have to play with three every snap,” Narduzzi explained. “We can play with one of them if we want to. We can play with zero of them, if we really want to, and still run a lot of jet sweeps. We can get down to the goal line with [fullback] George Aston and [tailback] Qadree Ollison, things we’ve done in the past.”

Narduzzi also mentioned using more two-tight end sets, banking on a couple of transfers in Chris Clark and Matt Flanagan to be useful in that capacity. You never know when left tackle and, more important, Piesman Trophy winner Brian O’Neill might end up with the ball in his hands, but O’Neill himself simply vouched for Clark’s ability to help the team this season.

O’Neill also gave a shoutout to incoming freshman tight end Charles Reeves, calling him “a physical specimen” at the 6-5, 280 pounds he’s listed as on the preseason roster. Beyond Reeves, but sticking with new freshman pass-catchers, O’Neill cited 6-footer Dontavius Butler-Jenkins as one to watch.

“Dontavius has done a great job,” O’Neill said of what he observed in some player-run workouts. “He’s earned the respect of all the quarterbacks. We were really excited about him. I watched 15 minutes of our 7-on-7 the other day and was like, ‘All right, this kid can go. He’s gonna be good.’ ”

With Tipton down, Narduzzi said one of the three wideouts in the 2017 class “is going to have to step up for sure.” Unbeknownst to O’Neill, Maddox tossed out the same name when asked for any early standout newcomers.

“Dontavius is a pretty smooth route-runner. I like his game,” Maddox said. “I go up to him — and usually I don’t do this with freshmen — but when he comes up, I’m like, ‘Let me go get him, see what he can do.’ ”

OK, so maybe Maddox has plenty of options with whom to spar.

Brian Batko: bbatko@post-gazette.com and Twitter @BrianBatko.

Link:

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...dontavius-butler-jenkins/stories/201707200095

 

[Pitt-Chains]

Yep park behind building. What condiments go with pizza? I normally get pep and banana peppers.

Canadian bacon and onion..

Try Comforti's in Irwin, same old Vinnie pie with plenty of condiments.
Actually, Drew's in Forest Hills has the Vinnie pie recipe, worth a shot.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Try Comforti's in Irwin, same old Vinnie pie with plenty of condiments.

Conforti's used to be a Vincent's. There was some sort of dispute between the people running the place and the people who own Vincent's (I believe it had to do with the owners not paying all of their royalties or something like that), so they took down the Vincent's name and started using Conforti's. As far as I can tell it's the same pizza made the same way, the store just has a different name.

 

[Pitt-Chains]

Conforti's used to be a Vincent's. There was some sort of dispute between the people running the place and the people who own Vincent's (I believe it had to do with the owners not paying all of their royalties or something like that), so they took down the Vincent's name and started using Conforti's. As far as I can tell it's the same pizza made the same way, the store just has a different name.

You are correct, Conforti's was not paying the name royalties.. what really strikes me, Conforti's is never busy? Not sure if the same ties(wink to the lead in the finger group).

 

[Pitt-Chains]

You are correct, Conforti's was not paying the name royalties.. what really strikes me, Conforti's is never busy? Not sure if the same ties(wink to the lead in the finger group).

Almost forgot... Only difference.. white paper versus brown paper for your pie togo..

 

[PittMan2003]

We need to make a living off of kids like Butler. He was an under the radar find by the staff who looks promising. His offer sheet was really poor and yet he is standing out among an impressive receiving corps.

 

[joeydavid]

This happens every year when the recruits start top mix it up with the team. Last year it was Maurice Ffrench. Half of this board thought he was at best a reach when he committed.

We need to make a living off of kids like Butler. He was an under the radar find by the staff who looks promising. His offer sheet was really poor and yet he is standing out among an impressive receiving corps.