I’m guessing he isn’t what we thought he was? Year 2 and he’s not starting. He 100% is playing in the wrong position.
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Hopefully it’ll all click at the perfect time. Aka Alshon
I’m hoping man, I just think he belongs on defense. I mean that one pass he caught, he had no awareness of where his feet were for sidelines.
I agree. He isn't where he needs to be, but I'm not ready to give up on him yet.
I just feel like we’re wasting more ELITE talent. Carolina has been FAMOUS for under-utilizing talent. It started with Jared Cook, for me.
Well he isn’t going to play D and he’s not a starter at receiver so it’s hard to say we’re wasting his talent and he sure hasn’t shown he’s elite on the football field!
He does not want to play D. If you force him to, that will be a quick way to get him on the Portal. They are not under-utilizing anything. They are trying to teach him, and he is going to become a great WR because he has so much talent. But it is not like he was doing it all through HS. It takes time to learn. They are not wasting talent. They are developing talent.
It's true you can't force him, but a conversation could be had at some point.
If his abilitynto play at the next level is on one side of the ball (IF), then he needs to be working towards that.
IE many of our players that were/in the NFL. Most were QBs, RB’s and were transitioned into DE’s/DB’s and such.
I still think he would make a great Free-Safety. I mean, you’re 6’5 with ELITE speed and can cover enormous amounts of ground with closing speed.
With all the previous NFL coaches on Beamer's staff, I am sure they have had conversations with him.
He needs to listen, WR isn’t for him. He will probably transfer soon.
It's just not hard to learn to catch the ball. It's just not hard to learn how to run routes. If he is not doing it, it's because he doesn't want to. The hardest thing about being a receiver is reading the defenses and knowing what to do off those reads. Other than that it just isn't that hard. It takes wanting to and it takes intense concentration and blocking everything else out.
It will take awhile to develop. He did not play receiver in HS, if memory serves. Again, there was no spring practice as he was wanting to go to the olympics, but he found out the pro runners have elite speed.
Thatbis a good question.
What position does he think is his ticket to the leqgue (i know it started as WR), and what position do the coaches think is his ticket to the league.
He came here to run track football was second and it's a position he still has to learn either we live with it or don't not our choice.
Honestly we be better with an ave guy that knows the position from the portal. He looks lost.
It does make you wonder what sort of WR or WRs his NIL money could buy.
My humble opinion
He is world class fast
One of the fastest in 100 in college football
Plus 6” 5’ and 235 lbs
Let’s give him time
Let’s give him a handoff or a pitch on a sweep
How about some more slant routes? Shit was working and then we just stopped….
Some kids have dreams and are stubborn about making to change positions, especially O to D.
DK Joiner should have switched from QB to DB like Derion Kendrick at Clemson and is a starting CB in the league now making $$.
Willie Gault was an Olympic athlete, it took him a couple years to pick up the WR position.
DK Joiner should have switched from QB to DB like Derion Kendrick at Clemson and is a starting CB in the league now making $$.
Willie Gault was an Olympic athlete, it took him a couple years to pick up the WR position.
True, but we would have lost to Georgia that year he saved us.
Do you think the same for Luke Doty?
