Both miss too many tackles, but Thornton basically doesn’t look like he can be left in coverage at all. Poyser is good in coverage and better with angles. Thornton is just a one dimensional box player, an eraser. There’s a place for guys like that in cfb but he’s definitely limited
Poyser can play in NFL has to clean the tackling up.
What’s your thoughts on Nickel as QB next year?
I’ve always been a fan. I’m not at practice every day though. Definitely a stronger arm than Emory Williams for example, and I think he has a CHANCE to be this team’s starting QB.
I think this bye week has come at a good time for guys to heal up, for coaches to watch some tape and address some issues on Oline, DB, RB, in particular. CMC seems to be really locked in especially since going on that playoff run so I’m sure they will clean up some stuff going forward.
Overall, I am proud of the grit of this team this year.
Yeah, Thorton just needs to be a rover on the LB line of some sort, no more pass coverage.
No one bats 1.000 on evaluations. And he is doing a lot of his job well. And we are playing pretty good defense with him in the lineup. There’s also the possibility that maybe he plays less snaps when Fitz can move back to nickle or safety as our corners come back.
It’s Hetherman’s job to either hide him and outscheme OC or upgrade him with the next option. I mean Mo Torre gets lost/cooked in coverage a lot and we ended up with an excellent defense last year with him as the #1 LB.
Great list Skeeter. I find myself depressed by our performance in the last two games. While our pass defense is awful, we’re No. 1 in defence against the rush. Yet, we’re way down the list on tackles for loss. I cannot remember a season where I’ve seen so damn many missed tackles. We seem very able to penetrate opponents back fields only to miss tackling anybody. I tend to agree that we are not getting our Nil money’s worth out of Wilson. Thankfully our 2027 is Mario’s best recruiting class ever, filled with LBs and Edge rushers and the best WR group ever. While I think Nickel will compete well as next year’s QB, I think Abrams will wind up our starter. With so many WRs, I believe some of them may find their way over to the defensive side of the ball. What a bummer it has been this year losing Josh Moore early in the season. One thing I’d like to see on offense is taking advantage of our two fastest players-Pringle and Spafford. I think Spafford could have burned ND deep, and Pringle could be devastating on a safety valve pass out of the backfield. Speed kills in football.