Again with the insults.....You have to be in junior high.
Actually CJ Smith was good enough to make the field and was probably going to get a bigger role this year, but decided to leave. He just wasn’t their top threat. Do I have reason to believe he isn’t talented enough to play at Purdue. Nope. Do you? Nope.
They did make it onto the field for Georgia though. Both of them. Morrisette got snaps on a title team. Got himself into some trouble and now he’s here. Smith, by all accounts, was a guy they’d have rather kept. But now he’s here. These guys need to show that they can stay healthy and perform, but the talent is an upgrade for Purdue, and it’s ok to acknowledge that.
I just hope Mock holds onto the ball better this year.
He sure did. I was on here saying he was nearly unplayable at one point last year. But he’s an upperclassman now that has done a lot of good things for us. We don’t need to worry about this. He’s fine.
BTN is supposed to hype, but they don’t unnecessarily hype. If it’s not a strength, they will say it’s a question mark, not a strength. The reason they didn’t talk about roster issues as much with Purdue is because there aren’t near as many as last year. Makes sense in year 2 of a rebuild.
The local writers give honest reviews. Maybe a tick on the positive side. But I agree. National is better. And the only national view we have to look at is the BTN tour bus. They were high on Purdue. Especially the WR position. They weren’t high on other teams, meaning they call a spade a spade. Revsine said this is clearly not the worst team in the big ten.
I hope he does well. But people here are trashing last years WRs and sowinski rode the pine behind them. Then they are salivating over the new guys yet do sowinksi get so much better over the off-season he leapfrogged this elite new group?
Literally the only people here saying he is starting are people who read a hammer and rails article that had him listed as or with like 3 other dudes. Dienhart has said minimal about him. Like, he’s the 3rd slot receiver on the depth chart behind true freshman and transfers.
Meh. There’s smoke here. Kam Brown and Morisette had missed all of camp up until last week. At this point he was the only healthy body there.
Haha Tom just put out his depth chart and a paragraph on the WR’s. Zero mention of Sowinski. Zero smoke. Don’t recall seeing Morisette listed as out anywhere.
Ya. Tom has said Edrine and Smith outside and Dixon-Veal is the slot. Either way, it’s a really good starting group tbh.
Edrine, Tibbs, and Leland Smith. This is the ISU game depth chart projections.
I liked Tibbs last year. Outside of pre injury Klare was one of the few guys or maybe the only guy who could catch reliably in traffic.
I thought JDV started to come on at the end of last year. Smith was injured all the time I thought?
Just a few days ago H&R projected smith to be a reserve and special teams (while projecting sowinski as the starter). Will be interesting how many snaps each takes.
Honest question. Does anyone at hammer and rails represent at practice or anything?
Fair. But drew Schneider has been just as high on sowinski (he wrote the WR article). I don’t think H&R has full press credentials. When Travis was there he sometimes cracked into Events but I don’t think he has the ability to converse with coaches the way Tom does. I also don’t believe it is their full time job to cover Purdue athletics. Tom is almost 100% football. I believe even drew covers other sports and other schools.
Grew up in Lafayette. First person in my family to NOT go to Purdue. UGA was free since I was in state at the time so that was an easy choice.
they were good enough to be recruited by UGA. There's very few players PU is competing with UGA on for recruiting. Virtually all the UGA players are being recruited by schools like ND, OSU, Bama, Tex, etc. So, there's an upgrade in talent. Question is, can Walters tap it.
Real interested in Tibbs in the slot. Did not see that one coming. Didn’t see him as the quick type to be in the slot, but if he runs great routes at his size that will be a nice weapon
