Random Poster's rumors from Fall camp

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

I love Warren & he will be a good coach, but even he admitted to Rosebowl the other day that Jenkins should have started over him at LT

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I've only done it once and I fast forward through our Diaz defense, but Jenkins was abused Everytime they put him out there against the Bears. Now maybe he has improved. But he couldn't block anyone from tsun.

If we have had the best offenses in our history since Dan has been here, with bad ol play, then our ol play before Dan must've been the worst in the history of college football.

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Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog

I've only done it once and I fast forward through our Diaz defense, but Jenkins was abused Everytime they put him out there against the Bears. Now maybe he has improved. But he couldn't block anyone from tsun.

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I'm terrible at evaulating our oline play. Was Jenkins just missing assignments or just couldn't physically block om guys? I'd much rather you tell me it was mental than physical

It was the issue that he was a rsFR lining up against a deep and talented DL that brought blitzing, slanting pressure at the edge all game last long. You cant bust on him too bad

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Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog

Jenkins wasn't even marginal last year, he was awful.

Rankin is an unknown.

I agree Clayborn is better than marginal.

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My take on Jenkins is based on him showing, "flashes" as a newby, and factoring in his youth last year. I think he realizes a lot more of his potential this year. Clayborne is a kid who also looked really strong at times, but was young & inexperienced. He's a strong dude, and another I think is poised to take a big step forward.

Our O-linemen come in less ready...so need more time to develop. Until we fix the recruiting problem with Hev, this will mostly remain true, and be an obstacle to taking the next step with our program, namely contending for the SEC on a somewhat regular basis.

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Originally Posted by Westdawg

It was the issue that he was a rsFR lining up against a deep and talented DL that brought blitzing, slanting pressure at the edge all game last long. You cant bust on him too bad

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Agree on this. For a rs freshman Jenkins played pretty well all year. The team ran the ball a whole lot better when Calhoun and Jenkins were in together.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

We also had Chris Brown of Smartfootball.com tweeting about how he thought MSU underutilized Dak.

Just because our stats were "good" doesn't mean that they're optomized.

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I think he meant that MSU didn't showcase how talented Dak was in the ways that NFL scouts typically look at -- here's his clarification (though there's a typo so its muddled) "Hard to explain; Dak balled at MSU, but almost optics of power runs his skil to NFLers." If you pair that with his first tweet "Super mature kid, I never thought Miss St totally showcased his skills. Bright future" it doesn't read as too much of an indictment of Dan.