AOC is coming Back!
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This is awesome news!
Edit: Our offense will be a nightmare for opposing teams.
Edit: Our offense will be a nightmare for opposing teams.
This is great news. However, our offense still has a lot of questions.
We have problem at RB that needs to be worked out. Our OL should continue to be better, but it is not consistent, especially against teams that have great DLs.
We are losing one of the best WRs that has ever come through Purdue. I am hoping that Wright will be the person that takes up that role, but he has not been consistent. Yaseen looked Bell like, but how will he come back from his injury. Rice has not been able to stay healthy his entire career at Purdue, maybe next year is his year? At WR, maybe someone like Burks or Sullivan put it together in the offseason.
The one area that we are good at is TE though.
It'll be interesting to see what decision Alaimo makes based on this announcement. Although I love seeing O'Connell come back, we could see Alaimo transfer...
Great news and smart decision.
He can put together a complete season and solidify himself as a draft pick.
He can put together a complete season and solidify himself as a draft pick.
This is a really tough call for Alaimo, AOC has been hurt before and he would be most likely next man up. I know everyone is in love with Allen but it is really rare for a true freshman to come into our offense no matter what arm talent someone has.
Does anyone know what the gap was between Alaimo and Plummer, like was it pretty close and that is why Plummer left because he knew that he could get passed up this off-season?
Maybe. But the backup has seen a lot of action for this program in the past how many years. With Plummer gone, Alaimo is one bad hit or twist of an ankle away from starting.
Meh don’t think so.. if anything this is good because if Oconnell gets shaken up, hurt or we are up big, now we can go right to alaimo without wasting those reps on someone who isn’t likely to be next. This likely ensures that we go straight from a really good QB who is ready to make decisions with speed and accuracy to another QB who is the same. This was the best case scenario
That's absolutely true. And that's my concern. If he believes AOC gets the lion's share of playing time next year and Allen's coming in below him, it could cause him to want to go somewhere he won't have as much competition. And then our QB depth goes to crap...
To your third paragraph .. brohm can go to the very best receivers in the portal and say “how would you like to come to David bell U and catch passes from the third highest rated passer in the nation in 2021.”
Don’t be shocked if we land a huge fish or two … huge.
Honestly, I think brohm’s offense is not something you can master as a RS freshman (Allen in 2023) unless you are the cream of the crop mentally and in terms of coordination.
Look at this from Alaimo's point of view. He's likely not going to get the starting nod come September. He has Allen coming in behind him who looks like the real deal and who might be more than competing for the starting job the following year. If I'm someone who wants to be a P5 starting QB and get to the NFL, this is about the worst news I could get.
I agree with the fact that AOC is injury prone, which could open things up. And I want Alaimo to be there if that does happen. But is Alaimo willing to take that chance?
Sindelar seemed to learn it OK after a season...
Now that they know they will have Aiden throwing to them!
There are always going to be questions and holes to fill. Brohm got it done with Mahoungou, Philips, and Anthrop. WR is our deepest position, with at least 5 guys who are more talented than the 2017 group.
Aidan must be pretty confident in these guys to come back and bet on putting up some strong numbers and improving his stock.
The biggest help will be a serviceable running game. It literally has nowhere to go but up = #127 out of #130 teams in rushing offense in 2021. James and Marks should help immediately.
I agree with you on this. The offense will be more dependent on how the OL progresses than it ever will on who our WR's are. And when you look at the talent and depth of our WR corps, wow...
When I read that AOC is coming back in 2022,my day got off to a great start.This is the news all of us fans wanted to hear,so Boiler up May all of us be thrilled at this announcement.
And to what program is a totally unproven guy like Alaimo going to transfer where he has a better position than the #2 guy for a P5 program with a dynamic passing offense? And then the inside track to be a 2 year starter.. I'm not saying he might not put out feelers, but there are two sides to the equation. This isn't Justin Fields we are talking about.
Isn't James, the iu transfer, expected to step in as our RB1 next season?
Not something I hope they go back to continuously
This is a great thing for Purdue this season.. I think saying “what if a guy who held the ball almost as long as Jack plummer when he got to play vs Connecticut decides to leave” is similar to “Oconnell shouldn’t make a throw if there’s a possibility a pre arrival tackle on the WR could lead to a pick six if not called”
I love the situation from Purdue's perspective, assuming that Alaimo stays. It's not bad news for Purdue. It's bad news for Alaimo. I just hope he decides to stay.
My source last week was hyping up both:
Purdue to run the table after Pedo St.
Aidan to be in NYC for the Heisman presentation.
Biased, yes, but still.
I don’t think penn state is going to be any sort of lock to beat us
I'm not sure they are even going to be favored at R-A.
Much more concerned about Wisconsin (as always)
Patience is a virtue. The portal does not help one develop patience. We'll see what happens soon enough.
Amen to that. My hope is that each of these kids see their situation and options as clearly and realistically as possible. But "the grass is always greener" is a popular saying for a reason.
Pretty confident Indinia would welcome him with open arms given their situation...
There will be plenty of options available to him certainly...just depends on what he feels his situation at Purdue is vs what he perceives it to be somewhere else.
James barely played there...does not mean that he is not better than anyone at Purdue, but, not as if he is going to step in and suddenly Purdue is set at the position.
He is very talented...but, OL has to be exponentially better for that to even matter.
At least he has a QB that will put pressure on the defense, so, it helps him and others in that regard.
It would be nice to have Horvath back...and Doerue returns...so the talent at the position is better than it was.
Hard to imagine Indinia landed a guy from Auburn and another from UNC this week already...and Purdue is picking up guys that did not even play Div 1 football.
RB and OL are huge questions, although the question at RB is less...just compounded by the question at OL.
WR obviously can't/won't be the same, but, there are some guys at least there that have shown that they can play or have promise. Perhaps with this news and some positive energy again around the program, they can find someone there in the Portal.
I totally understand that.
If you have your degree, and you’re a running back with any pro aspirations, you’re really just taking more tread off the tires by coming back for a 6th year.
Honestly would you rather have a low impact (so far) Upper P5 transfer or a low level D1 or even D2 stud (someone looking to jump up)? A mix of both is probably the answer but I kind of like the guys that are going up
Seems we’ve had more success with the transfer up guys than the transfer down guys.
Agree.. appreciate Horvath a lot. We’d have been screwed without him amongst others
Where are the RB's? I suspect with Horvath graduating and Cross hitting the portal that Purdue is primed for a portal transfer. Sure, Sampson James will get opportunities, but to have a true RB that can catch like Jackson Anthrop has to be a template Purdue is chasing. Any hints out there?
Jackson has mostly been WR with some RB work as of the back half of the season. 48 Rec, 496 yards, and 5 TD's is nothing to scoff at when you have a QB who can put the ball on the money like A. O'Connell can. Flip the script to RB who can do WR work and you have a great game changer.
Jackson has mostly been WR with some RB work as of the back half of the season. 48 Rec, 496 yards, and 5 TD's is nothing to scoff at when you have a QB who can put the ball on the money like A. O'Connell can. Flip the script to RB who can do WR work and you have a great game changer.
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