Brandon Bryant the most freakish athlete in the SEC according to NFL.com

Commence your own freak outs now. "He didn't tackle last year...yada, yada, yada". Mullen is doing a great job in finding freak athletes.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sat...-sec-west/amp/

http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap30...akish-athletes

I could make a case that Brandon Bryant isn't the most freakish athlete on our team. I could go with Jeffrey Simmons or Montez Sweat and you would be hard pressed to argue with me. We have some talent on our team. Is it enough at all the right positions? We will find out.

Hope he hits like a freak this year too aka Nickoe Whitley

Heard he had some personal struggles last year. Hope he's better and gets his game back. He's got the tools.

I don't think there has ever been any question that Bryant is a hell of an athlete.......the problem is that his athleticism has yet to translate to the football field. I really hope that he puts it all together this year and turns into an all conference player, but I will believe it when I see it. I just really don't buy the story line about personal struggles.....personal struggles don't cause you to take piss poor angles, give up on plays where you could have made the tackle (especially if you have the blazing fast speed that he is reported to have), etc.

I'd love nothing more than to be proven wrong, but any hopes I have about seeing quality safety play are pinned to Mark McLaurin, Brian Cole, and Jonathan Abram.

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I don't think there has ever been any question that Bryant is a hell of an athlete.......the problem is that his athleticism has yet to translate to the football field. I really hope that he puts it all together this year and turns into an all conference player, but I will believe it when I see it. I just really don't buy the story line about personal struggles.....personal struggles don't cause you to take piss poor angles, give up on plays where you could have made the tackle (especially if you have the blazing fast speed that he is reported to have), etc.

I'd love nothing more than to be proven wrong, but any hopes I have about seeing quality safety play are pinned to Mark McLaurin, Brian Cole, and Jonathan Abram.

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Well put and I agree.

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Originally Posted by sandwolf

I don't think there has ever been any question that Bryant is a hell of an athlete.......the problem is that his athleticism has yet to translate to the football field. I really hope that he puts it all together this year and turns into an all conference player, but I will believe it when I see it. I just really don't buy the story line about personal struggles.....personal struggles don't cause you to take piss poor angles, give up on plays where you could have made the tackle (especially if you have the blazing fast speed that he is reported to have), etc.

I'd love nothing more than to be proven wrong, but any hopes I have about seeing quality safety play are pinned to Mark McLaurin, Brian Cole, and Jonathan Abram.

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I'm right there with ya, sandwolf. Bryant lost me last year (too much loafing and giving up on too many plays).

For a freakish athlete, the tag line with Willie Mays Hayes from Major League pops into my head -- when his coach says "you can run like Hayes but you hit like shit." Bryant's got a big hole to dig himself out of for me to be happy seeing him in the starting 11.

I'm gonna guess none of you all lost a parent while in college. Hard to put into words what it's like to lose a parent let alone doing it while your 20. Say what you will about his angles and such but don't think that the loss of his dad didn't play into it.

Also, changing to coaching a bit our safety coach from last year was not good for Bryant either

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I'm gonna guess none of you all lost a parent while in college. Hard to put into words what it's like to lose a parent let alone doing it while your 20. Say what you will about his angles and such but don't think that the loss of his dad didn't play into it.

Also, changing to coaching a bit our safety coach from last year was not good for Bryant either

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We obviously all hope your right, & hope that he turns things around this year.

In what is still be biggest question, if things were so bad for him last year, why did our coaches continue to throw him out there?

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We obviously all hope your right, & hope that he turns things around this year.

In what is still be biggest question, if things were so bad for him last year, why did our coaches continue to throw him out there?

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His play got less and less as the year went on. Keep in mind he was and is one one out better pure athletes. Coman and McLaurin played a lot as well

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Originally Posted by sandwolf

I don't think there has ever been any question that Bryant is a hell of an athlete.......the problem is that his athleticism has yet to translate to the football field. I really hope that he puts it all together this year and turns into an all conference player, but I will believe it when I see it. I just really don't buy the story line about personal struggles.....personal struggles don't cause you to take piss poor angles, give up on plays where you could have made the tackle (especially if you have the blazing fast speed that he is reported to have), etc.

I'd love nothing more than to be proven wrong, but any hopes I have about seeing quality safety play are pinned to Mark McLaurin, Brian Cole, and Jonathan Abram.

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You won't see cole this year. He is going to have to redshirt.

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Originally Posted by Dawgfan77

Keep in mind he was and is one one out better pure athletes.

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My bad, I thought they were playing football, not competing in the Olympics

Brandon will be an All SEC player this year.

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My bad, I thought they were playing football, not competing in the Olympics

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Your right I mean who the hell puts the best athletes on the field.....

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Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew

Brandon will be an All SEC player this year.

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I hope you're right.

Jonathan Abrams has also been a huge positive in Brandon's turn-around. He see's how he plays and he wants to be the "alpha dog" on defense. These 2 guys may be the best safeties in college football. We are loaded at safety. Either one could also play a hybrid safety/linebacker position. We've got some serious talent on defense and its just a matter of how long they take to mesh.

I'm just tired of hearing about Brandon's turnaround.

You don't get to talk about your turnaround until you do it on the field. I've read a half dozen times about how Brandon has found his mojo, got his juice back, etc & frankly it hasn't translated to the field.

I want him to succeed very badly. He is a dawg & I support all dawgs, except Stingray, but, as for his "football ability" & "turnaround", I'm withholding getting on that bandwagon until he shows me.

He lost a coach and a father on one year. The article I read about him said he had lost his desire to play football when his father passed. Plus he had to play for Sirmon. Probably as confused as the rest of the D last year. I read where Grantham sat down and talked with him when he came on. If Bryant has got his drive back I expect him to surprise everyone this year and make his Dad proud.

Ron English is a HUGE help not only for BB but for the entire secondary and defesne

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I'm just tired of hearing about Brandon's turnaround.

You don't get to talk about your turnaround until you do it on the field. I've read a half dozen times about how Brandon has found his mojo, got his juice back, etc & frankly it hasn't translated to the field.

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Were you at practice this spring or do you know the future? If not, you can't make the statement above because you don't know whether it has or hasn't.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

I'm just tired of hearing about Brandon's turnaround.

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Think about what you typed.

A positive story about an athlete who plays a sport you love, at a school you love, is imposing on you somehow? Have some perspective man.

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Were you at practice this spring or do you know the future? If not, you can't make the statement above because you don't know whether it has or hasn't.

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No, I was not at Spring practice & I'm kind of a "show me" type guy.

Am I supposed to believe he's turned it around off of hearsay?

I can make whatever statement I want to, because until he shows it in a game, he hasn't officially turned anything around.

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He lost a coach and a father on one year. The article I read about him said he had lost his desire to play football when his father passed. Plus he had to play for Sirmon. Probably as confused as the rest of the D last year. I read where Grantham sat down and talked with him when he came on. If Bryant has got his drive back I expect him to surprise everyone this year and make his Dad proud.

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Maybe CDM could get Dak to come talk to him. Dak lost his mother and turned it into drive instead of losing interest.

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Think about what you typed.

A positive story about an athlete who plays a sport you love, at a school you love, is imposing on you somehow? Have some perspective man.

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What's the positive story?

When he clogs on the hole on 4 & 1 against LSU or makes a game saving tackle or int, then it will be an unbelievable story & I'll love to read that story. But until then, it's just hope.

Hope is cool, it brings people together & makes you feel good, but it isn't a story worth telling yet.

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Originally Posted by PassInterference

Heard he had some personal struggles last year. Hope he's better and gets his game back. He's got the tools.

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It's called lack of coaching

He kinda reminds me of the guy listed right by him....

Tony Brown... all the talent in the world, but circumstances just haven't aligned to get solid, regular production....

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No, I was not at Spring practice & I'm kind of a "show me" type guy.

Am I supposed to believe he's turned it around off of hearsay?

I can make whatever statement I want to, because until he shows it in a game, he hasn't officially turned anything around.

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Agreed. I heard Peter Simon was good. I heard our current staff is good.

I don't want to hear anymore arguments for why or how our staff and players have gotten better. I want to see some ass being kicked on the football field.

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It's called lack of coaching

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Blaming Brandon Bryant playing like a scared 13 year old girl on coaching is just wrong. Having him in the game after he continually played like a scared 13 year old little girl is acceptable. If he is ever going to be an SEC player he better dig down and find some backbone. He sure as shit didn't have one last year. It was sickening to watch him quit during games and even more sickening to watch our coaches not put anyone else in the game, which enabled him to continue to play without a backbone.

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Well put and I agree.

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His position coach said he had a great Spring- needs to work more in the film room. But 100% NFL body

Maybe we should be thanking Bryant for helping to end the Peter Sirmon experiment expeditiously. Had he given his all we might have been staring at a second year of Sirmon right now.

There was no meaningful defensive coaching going on last year. Brandon Bryant was an elite level talent in hs, but only few knew it, luckily, it was us.

Brandon Bryant is gonna make all his doubters look like a bunch of shitbirds... Don't be a shitbird.

He looked good year before last, I expect him to be at least that good. Probably better. Y'all piling on Brandon for last year but the whole defense was shit. Starting with the HC meddling with his shitty hire of a first time DC. Grantham is gonna have us raising hell on D

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You won't see cole this year. He is going to have to redshirt.

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Wait, what? You put this out there this morning and no one has asked about it... Are you saying because of grades?

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Originally Posted by Dawgfan77

I'm gonna guess none of you all lost a parent while in college. Hard to put into words what it's like to lose a parent let alone doing it while your 20. Say what you will about his angles and such but don't think that the loss of his dad didn't play into it.

Also, changing to coaching a bit our safety coach from last year was not good for Bryant either

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Its partly on Bryant and partly on our entire defensive coaching staff last year for continuing to put him out there. You can also color me skeptical about how losing his dad may have affected his effort, but that is not for me to judge. I know he sucked, and our coaches had to know he sucked, and yet they kept trotting him out there. To me, thats on them. Bad effort still being rewarded is a horrible thing for any football program, regardless of the reason for the bad effort.

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Wait, what? You put this out there this morning and no one has asked about it... Are you saying because of grades?

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Cole is gonna RS

BB and Mac will start as Safety- with Abrams being the swing guy that will play both.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

What's the positive story?

When he clogs on the hole on 4 & 1 against LSU or makes a game saving tackle or int, then it will be an unbelievable story & I'll love to read that story. But until then, it's just hope.

Hope is cool, it brings people together & makes you feel good, but it isn't a story worth telling yet.

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Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
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I'll be the first to admit that I called for benching BB after the 2nd time I saw him give-up on a play. I'll give everybody 1 play. I was adamant about benching him, because you give 100% and finish every play and too many times BB didn't.
Now at the time I did not know about his fathers death, but whatever the reason, if you don't give 100% you sit. This because your effort affects 21 other players, this is about the team and no 1 player is greater than the team.
Now, I am willing to give BB another chance this season, I think Grantham will have a fairly short leash. I need to see 110%