The House of Blue

Great news. I'm starting to think that our passing game will be much improved. We'll have Sweat, LaRod King, Demarco Robinson, Rashad Cunningham, AJ Legree along with returning vetrans EJ Fields and possibly Bookie Cobbins. Looks good.

Would not count on Sweat in anything but the return game and would not count on Legree in the passing game, at least this year.

If he's special he'll contribute as a freshman barring injury. Thats been the bottom line for me. The guys who are truly special get on the field here as freshman. I'm counting on the fact that Max Smith delivers a nice catchable ball to help. We gotta get some production out of our TE's. That picked up a little bit when Smith started last year it seemed. I also like Smiths ability in the dink and dunk game. He throws those passes with the right tough and accuracy to give guys a chance to get some YAC. I still think we need guys like Bookie and Whitlow to step in and help.

If that is the case we still should be improved over last year. But like I said I'm still counting on a couple of guys like Sweat, Legree, Whitlow or Bookie to step up and take a spot.

Great news, for sure. Gotta hope they all get their crap together and start catching some balls.

I'm actually hoping they get passed. It would mean alot if a few of our young guys could step up and take spots. It would mean a lot for the present and the future. But hey if Gene or EJ turns in a solid year that would be great as well. Bottom line somebody is gonna have to step up and play SEC caliber football.

I don't think there is any question that Collins and Robinson will produce. King will be the #1. Other than that we're gonna have to find a way to use Whitlow and Bookie in the offense. We need special plays and packages to get the most out of those guys. Both can throw, catch, and run. Put em in the backfield at times. I'm hoping Sanders will be creative with those guys but I have my doubts. Joker need to make sure he find a way to use these guys. And I'm really hoping like you that Sweat will be our #2-4 pure receiver with Robinson and Collins. Definitely agree that we've got some young athletes that could be exciting but like I said its about finding a way to accentuate their strengths.

I LOATHE Sanders'playcalling as an OC. Zero creativity. There is a LOT more that any remotely creative OC could do with our playbook, but he seems terrified to find creative ways to get that ball in our playmakers' hands and he seems to latch onto plays that work a few times and runs them over and over again, even when the D is stopping them. I will be the first to admit that I want him gone so bad I can't stand it.

I really believe that Adams would still be here if Sanders would have altered our offense alittle so he could have got the ball alittle more... Everyone knows how complex our scheme is, we all know Randy could have dialed up a play were Adams ran the shallow crossing route that Roark always got... I see no way Adams gets ran down by a Ole Miss LB like Roark did. Against Miss St or Ole Miss I was so pissed because Roark caught a crossing route and got ran down by a freaking LB in open field with no angle... If Randy would have just threw Adams a bone he would probably be primed and ready to be a solid WR this year.

Some of the catches Adams made late in the year blew my mind. The kid was so fast it's untelling how good he could have been, he did drop easy passes i've heard (during practice sometimes) but he made some diving catches that showed great hands and athleticism... I really wish Adams was still on the team his quickness and speed were elite, we need Cunningham to step up. We need a proven "X" WR very bad, especially one that can block and go over the top of smaller db's, we need to find the next Mathews, Stevie, King type kid. I'm worried about our WR's, I hope these young guys are ready because Gene just doesn't have it anymore. I know he's a good kid and Joker loves him but he has no shake left, his knee is shot...

The problem with Adams was sometimes when you threw him a bone it hit him square in the mouth. The kid had talent and I talked him up probably more than anyone but he was so inconsistent it was sad. Yes he was worse than Roark. Adams would make a catch and completely wow you, then he would drop 2-3 gimme's.

That's a huge problem right now becasue we really don't have another receiver on the team that looks like an X WR right now IMO. AS you say Adams would have been the natural replacement for King but there isn't anyone else there that can truly fill that spot next year IMO.
I hope we bring in at least 2 recruits in this class that could fill the spot.

Cunningham is the future at the X. 6'4", 4.5 40, great vertical, but he auto-RS'ed last year, so no one thinks about him. Legree is two. Sweat is more in the mold of a Y and Collins and Cobbins are more like Z's. The future at WR is bright, along with RB and Qb, the skill positions are looking up for UK. same on D at most spots. now if the damned OL could shape up better.