@uagrad93 Last night, I spoke with a friend of mine that works with the "quality control" aspect of the offense. There's a few reasons I'm bring this up; QB battle, how the offensive line is shaping up, etc.
It's old news that one of the attributes of Barnett is his ability to keep his eyes downfield when he's scrambling. It doesn't sit well with me thinking about any of the QB's scrambling but it is what it is. When I mentioned Dom and the right tackle position he sounded like a politician; almost. While his comments were short and succinct, they were filled with words like progressing, maturing, learning, growing, developing ... Bottom line, I took the comments to mean the staff feels Dom is coming along as expected. Most importantly, coming along.
It seems everyone wants to talk about Cotton. We knew he had a lot of potential coming in and if it wasn't for him being a bit banged up we'd probably be hearing some glowing reports about him today. While I'm not saying he fits the mold of Barrett, there is a confidence that he can handle any position on the offensive line. That is important to me due to thoughts (my interpretation here) that Ryan may be our best option as back-up for Cam if he happens to get hurt.
Funny thing about Lester when I step back from the trees and look at the forest, so to speak. With the talent committed on the line, he needs to make his mark this year. If not, he may find himself looking at opportunities to get on the field due to the new guys being that well groomed for collegiate action.
On what I consider to be an interesting note: There's a growing sense that our defensive backs in this last class may be better equipped to handle play early than the ones the staff brought in last season. (We're seeing that Fitz and Harrison) That reference was used more than once when he was talking about guys like Williams, Jones, Baldwin, et. al. and what may happen with Cotton and the playing rotation.
Then, if they are able to land Little? :eek1:
This may be old news to you (or everyone here) or it may be an update. I know in the thread
@PhillyGirl posted about players you were interested in seeing Dom topped your list on offense. I'm still thinking Ross is the key. He, by the way, was described with one word, "solid."
Should be a good day for updates all around. I'm expecting my phone/email/etc. to blow up! Looking forward to the obs and comments this weekend into next week.
