Wilson Missed More Than Ever This Week
by Akula Wolf on Nov 1, 2011 4:04 PM EDT
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PrintOr never missed less, depending on your perspective. Carolina's feeling a little relieved that they won't have to deal with Russell Wilson:
North Carolina freshman receiver T.J. Thorpe said the Tar Heels are "slightly relieved" that Wilson is in Wisconsin for his final college season."And I think that his experience probably would change the game a lot more for them," Thorpe said. "But the fact that he's not playing, I think that takes a lot off our back and relieves a lot of the pressure that we're going to have to face on defense."
That's true, but then again, a hell of a lot of guys are going to be a relief next to Russell Wilson's extremely rare combination of football IQ, speed, accuracy, and arm strength. On a side note, how on earth was Russell Wilson just a two-star recruit in high school? It's can't be all about his size. Seems like, in hindsight, the attributes that made Wilson a great player should have been more apparent. Wilson was Scout's 67th-ranked QB and he came in as and played exceptionally well as a redshirt freshman, which says nothing if not that many scouts whiffed big time. But that's our good fortune, because NC State may never land him if he's actually rated appropriately.
Anyway, I hope Mike Glennon has been paying attention to these comments. For that matter, I hope the receivers have been paying attention to these comments because I'm tired of watching passes bounce off hands. No more drops, you guys. I have had it right up to here.
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lately i have been wondering if State's receivers this year
are so much worse than last year’s receivers with regard to being able to get open, or were last year’s receivers able to get open more often due to Wilson buying enough time for them to do so with his mobility.
one also has to wonder if Wilson just plain threw a more catchable ball-had a better touch than Glennon-in view of all the drops this year.
Add-on to other post I replied on...
No, I think these WRs are less experienced, first, and not as well-handed as last year. As much as it pains me, Owen Spencer, Jarvis Williams and Darrell Davis were far superior to TJ Graham, Jay Smith and the George Bryan of this season.
Really looking forward to Hakeem Flowers if he is as good as they say, next year. Glennon, throws a great ball by all standards, and these kids shouldn’t have this much trouble making these receptions. You got a scholarship for a reason.
Sbas, what do you think of Larussa’s retirement?
not to much one way or the other.
i was for Texas in the World Series. depending on which team he coached, i was a fan or not. when he coached Oakland with Canseco, i pulled for his team (an American League fan i am), with this year’s Cardinals not so much.
as to the World Series, i think the Texas manager made too many bad decisions. however, in the end, it was the home field advantage deciding the Series as the teams were pretty equal.
see that Brackman was released?
I was going for Tejas as well
Seattle fan since I was little, so I was really hoping to see a team from the division win it. Still shocked to see Larussa step away.
Did not hear Brackman was released… he’ll be picked up by another club quickly. In the few times he got to pitch at the end of the year, he looked pretty good against good competition.
Our best receiver this year (Graham) hardly cracked the lineup with those other guys around
And you think there’s something to do with the catchability of the ball?!
The new kids can't catch and ...
Bryan is getting a ton of defensive attention, (probably because he’s the only one that can catch)
The fact that this crop makes me long for Owen Spencer's hands
is remarkable.
Not that I’ve caught passes from either, but it does look like Glennon throws harder, but a D1 receiver should be able to handle that
by ginger avenger on Nov 2, 2011 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions
It is not like Glennon is
Harrison Beck and just chucking the ball as hard as he can everytime he throws it.
Typing this made me really miss the Beck meme Akula had going for awhile.
by PACKHOOLIGAN on Nov 2, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
I would argue that George Bryan
has been our most criminally consistent victim of the “dropsies.” His drops in the Wake Forest game were killers, and he hasn’t exactly shed the stone hands since.
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by RiddickAndReynolds on Nov 2, 2011 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
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