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bke1984 said:
Two things
1) We were trying to limit King’s turnovers
2) King got hurt

I’m not sure the strategy will change all that much. Especially if the defensive improvement continues. The one thing that comes back is the over the top throws. That’s what we missed for most of the year with King hurt.
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You still want verts in your passing game, especially if other teams are going to throw all their defenders into short and medium. I think 2 ended up being a big deal.
 
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mts315 said:
Nothing changed.

We met his number last year and we didn't this year.
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We haven't yet. And, he isn't sure that number will be met anywhere. I think this could be an information gathering exercise and the fact it's taking a while kinda reinforces that. If it is, he and his family are playing smart by not talking about GT at all right now.
 
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orientalnc said:
We haven't yet. And, he isn't sure that number will be met anywhere. I think this could be an information gathering exercise and the fact it's taking a while kinda reinforces that. If it is, he and his family are playing smart by not talking about GT at all right now.
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It would be a monumental miracle for him to play for GT next season. Every other school would have to say not interested for that to happen.

BTW he is on his second visit to Auburn today. I expect he commits today.
 
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gtee91 said:
He will get the money, 247, on3 and ESPN have been hyping him all week.
I think he wants to play for a vertical passing offense. Buster seems to like horizontal and diagonal offense. Is what it is. Chances of a return are not zero but as close as you can get
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If the young man can’t see that Philo took the O vertical, and King, when able, more so, too, maybe he’s better off elsewhere.
 
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AugustaSwarm said:
Yup. ESJ was approached by several "SEC programs" but ESJ turned it down cause he wasn't interested. Something changed between then and now...
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The leaving player thinks he should get more plays called where he can show he can show his talent. Doesn’t matter if its true.

Es has track background and was from 2A school where he was not known. 2 seasons ago He burst on tk scene as freshmen all amdrican when King threw him lots of go long plays where " his track speed was displayed. This year the passing scheme was ultra conservative (must have only 1 interception per year and throw sideline bubble screens) and only to maintain possesion when we couldnt "runnn thee bawwl". When Qb got injured and back ups were not as effective we became ineffective as an offense that tried to run first and sideline pass next.
At Uga Key opening the downfield passing showed what the offense could do if the defense was good as well. With 5 minutes to go we were up 2 scores but took footoff gas.

Players want the ball.
 

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TampaBuzz said:
We still will be....without him. He has already been replaced by a guy with better hands.
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Always seems odd that we fish on our players who transfer out. Singleton was a very good receiver. We have no idea if any of the inbound guys will be as good until they play games for GT. Heck until they do play a game there is no certainty they will play for GT.
 

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Root4GT said:
Always seems odd that we fish on our players who transfer out. Singleton was a very good receiver. We have no idea if any of the inbound guys will be as good until they play games for GT. Heck until they do play a game there is no certainty they will play for GT.
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Singleton’s pure speed brought the deep threat that was necessary to stretch the field and open things up for ouur other receivers. He usually drew double teams on his deep routes (for good reason). He didn’t have good hands (not NFL worthy hands anyway) but might develop into that…who can tell? But as long as the next guy up has that class of speed he’ll do well enough for our offense to thrive as long as he draws double teams….if Rivers can catch better and separate better, he *MIGHT* turn out to be better, but its the threat of deep speed that matters most.
 
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MWBATL said:
Singleton’s pure speed brought the deep threat that was necessary to stretch the field and open things up for ouur other receivers. He usually drew double teams on his deep routes (for good reason). He didn’t have good hands (not NFL worthy hands anyway) but might develop into that…who can tell? But as long as the next guy up has that class of speed he’ll do well enough for our offense to thrive as long as he draws double teams….if Rivers can catch better and separate better, he *MIGHT* turn out to be better, but its the threat of deep speed that matters most.
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Yes, but he could catch the ball, stiff hands notwithstanding, we need a guy who has the speed to get deep quickly and who poses a clear threat to do damage.
 

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MWBATL said:
Singleton’s pure speed brought the deep threat that was necessary to stretch the field and open things up for ouur other receivers. He usually drew double teams on his deep routes (for good reason). He didn’t have good hands (not NFL worthy hands anyway) but might develop into that…who can tell? But as long as the next guy up has that class of speed he’ll do well enough for our offense to thrive as long as he draws double teams….if Rivers can catch better and separate better, he *MIGHT* turn out to be better, but its the threat of deep speed that matters most.
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Folks seem to forget the many tough catches Singleton made and he made a lot. He was very good at tracking deep balls.

He was behind the defense a fair number of times and the derp throws were not good. That cost us several TDs this season.

Hopefully the inbound guys are very good. No one who played for GT could do what Singleton could do.
 
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gtee91 said:
It would be a bonus if he actually wanted to be here
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Yes. I don’t mean this to disparage ESJ, who was a DGJ for 2 seasons. I have all the respect due the young man, thank him for his efforts, and wish him all the best in life. However, fast with pretty good hands is not all that difficult to find. In fact, looks like we may have already found it in Rivers. Right?
 

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stinger78 said:
Yes. I don’t mean this to disparage ESJ, who was a DGJ for 2 seasons. I have all the respect due the young man, thank him for his efforts, and wish him all the best in life. However, fast with pretty good hands is not all that difficult to find. In fact, looks like we may have already found it in Rivers. Right?
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We will know by mid October. Singleton is a Top 3 Portal player for a reason.
 
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AugustaSwarm said:
Yup. ESJ was approached by several "SEC programs" but ESJ turned it down cause he wasn't interested. Something changed between then and now...
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Yeah. My only beef with what you said is that none of us know much of anything st this point. But a lotta folks are projecting their own feelings into the situation and dragging the kid in the mud for no actual reason.

Not aiming that at you, btw.
 

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Root4GT said:
Your opinion is noted. It’s absurd but noted! Not speaking for you but commenting on an absurd opinion.
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All good I'm not here to make you happy or agree with me. Funny I've gotten the same feeling on most of your ramblings. I just chose to laugh at you, but you decided to be smaller man. I'm sure the smaller man 360 degrea.
 
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