"...but..."
Stu was "a force from day one".
I don't give a fat rat's @ss about comparing Stu to GK. To do so is idiotic and pointless.
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"...but..."
Stu was "a force from day one".
I don't give a fat rat's @ss about comparing Stu to GK. To do so is idiotic and pointless.
All I said was GK to me is a force we haven’t had. Someone else came in with stu
and I just think it’s harder to get players who can be a force up front if you’re a purdue. Not trying to start some shit
No player you can recall has came in and been a force like George? Rondale Moore was the 1st true freshman All American in B1G history, 4th in the history of college football.
Again you have to control for how difficult it is to be a force at Purdue up front … we’ve had great receivers .. how many guys up front have we had who demanded triple teams.
Spectacular player but didn’t have the impact as a true freshman that Moore did, no player since I’ve followed Purdue (99) has had a greater freshman year than Moore.
First true freshman All American in B1G history. It really can’t be debated honestly.
First true freshman All American in B1G history. It really can’t be debated honestly.
did I say “as a freshman?” George was just a more explosive player when you consider how much harder it is to do that at the LOS. In pass happy 2021, I’ll take a defensive end that gets friggin triple teamed over an explosive receiver.
This is an offense where David bell can leave and broc Thompson comes in and gets 200+. Whereas Purdue has always fought an uphill battle in the trenches … and opposing offenses can double a player like George. The only rare cases when this was not true that I can recall were when Ryan Kerrigan played with kawann short or Shaun Phillips played with Craig Terrill.
if kawann short played inside of George and opposing offenses tried to double him, they’d quickly be facing a nightmare in the middle and vice versa. When you have Branson deen, Lawrence Johnson, anthony watts and Lo Meal a coordinator can just yawn and say “yeah sure.. double and triple that guy.”
and therefore you never got to see how good George really is. You will when he goes well before the 49th pick in the draft …
Oh no no I know you weren’t trying.. but I also wasn’t trying to run smack on stu or anyone else. I just feel like .. you give me a great receiver/defensive back OR a great LT or DL and I’m gonna take the latter all the time, because they affect the game more especially here. M
stu, Orton, rondale .. all great players ..
Marcellus Moore and TJ Sheffield were excellent commits at the slot. Also rondale lined up outside a bunch too.
Rondale was a slot guy.
excellent? No. You should turn moore into a four star commit who comes to play … but again.. in most spots things have just gotten better and better so I really can’t complain overall
DE does seem like more of a conversion win than the slot Though
When you said “came in” I took that as “from day 1”. If that wasn’t your intended thought fair enough.
At best rondale had that one year where you could argue he was as impactful as anyone.. however .. I think In the modern era that shows up a lot more tangibly for offensive skill players. The NFL is about to tell everyone how good George is
Additionally.. like I said… Lawrence Johnson has been better, but I don’t think people realize how far below Kawann short Johnson and Deen are. If, like Kerrigan, George played with a player who made it very hard to even double him, let alone triple him, he might have had 20 sacks this year
He has jumped past Joe Strickland on 247 composite to the #27 DL and #217 overall and Strickland is #30 and #256 overall
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I'm not sure on the rule, that's why I asked the ?, maybe Nat can chime in on this
Well they won’t, so run Mixon, and throw lots of quick hitters early to wear out the pass rush. Hopefully the TE can play.
