yep, won;t be able to crack that outstanding playbook knowing record breaking secondary from last year...nope, ain't gonna happen. (whoops, Okie State just scored on another long pass play as I typed) Stud superstar athletes a lot of times can get by without knowing all the pesky little details...wonder how many times Dorsett missed holes because he was young and in experiences as a freshman.. Probably plenty but he was the best man for the job based on his athleticism. .
Sounding a lot like martavis Bryant a few weeks ago with his partial reinstatement
We'll see man. Two years ago you'd have had a way better chance of being right, but we have decent depth and talent now. If he doesn't redshirt, I'll go on record as saying he doesn't start a single game at any DB spot, and that the reps he does get will primarily be on special teams and in certain special offensive packages. We have good young players who have been practicing and played by college football for two years.
That doesn't make sense and obviously this post is BS.
What are they waiting on? Nothing will happen with him Saturday or Sunday.
some of these knuckleheads think he would start every Sunday this fall if he was allowed to go straight to the pros. He's a very talented kid and a huge get for Pitt but the fact is this ain't the WPIAL, and he hasn't practiced or played one rep of college football and the season starts in 2 weeks. Nobody is questioning the kid's talent but he isn't going to be ready to get meaningful reps at safety when the season starts. He's way behind and despite what some of the more football-ignorant posters seem to think it isn't just a matter of going out there amd succeeding on nothing but athletic ability.
He's slotted to play safety, not corner, right? He won't be up on the LOS playing press, and he will have to know how to call the switches and route checks. Ask Whitehead how easy that was when he went from boundary safety where he was an extra LB to field where he had to know that stuff. He struggled badly defending the pass amd communicating switches with the other DBs, and was called out for it publicly by Narduzzi.
He's a shut down corner?
Yeah for ford a true freshman this is valuable time he is missing. As stated in this thread though none of that compares to the single most important thing here... him being on the roster. As long as he is 100% officially part of this program and we don't have to go through the risky process of him having to re-sign into next year's class I'll be satisfied.
So we got the really good news, which is Ford is a Panther and we don't have to worry about losing him. As for his stepping in and being an impact player after missing 3 weeks of practice with the season starting in less than 2 weeks:
Problem is practice during the season is focused on game planning and prep for the next opponent as opposed to getting in football shape, learning the scheme, the reads, the calls, the techniques and the fundamentals of the position. That's what spring and fall camp is for. He may play some this season but it will be spot duty.
2 years? The expectations for Ford are unbelievable on here. Paris Ford may be a good college football player. He may even be an NFL draft pick. However, the chances he leaves for the 2020 draft are extremely miniscule.
Just s guess bro based on his pub.
His pub? He is a big recruit for us, but he was still, at best, behind 50 other recruits. I hope he is great, but the expectations need to be dialed back.
I swear no matter what is said on this board somebody would be pissing about it
