The Junkyard

do you consider special teams a big part of playing?

I gotta agree on the offensive side with m&m, however, I hope, and my heart hopes, it is a three headed monster on offense that announces itself in the Dome as "Boo, I'm King Crowell!"

On defense I gotta go with the nature boy John Jenkins.

I think that Moore could have had a significant impact if he could have enrolled early and participated in spring drills, but I am concerned with any freshman playing a safety position in a complex 3-4 defense with only a month of preparation and practice. I think he will be huge in the future, possibly by mid-season, but a combination of shawn williams, the hit-man, and b. smith better be ready by that Boise game (I am also taking for granted that Rambo and B. Boykin are a given in the other secondary positions)!

I think MM will have an instant impact on offense if we can simply find ways to get him the ball in space. Can you imagine a package that puts him, orson, and b. smith on the field at the same time!! Imagine the things that you can do with t. king, MM, orson, and any other combination of WR's, then add in the fact that you have a fullback that can also split out or become a receiving option out of the backfield. I am frustrated with how vanilla our offense is at times (and predictable), but Bobo should have a fun summer thinking of ways to distribute the ball this year. I think if MM can quickly learn some set plays, run good routes, and pick up the intrinsic details, we can have a really good receiver corp sooner rather than later. So I think MM makes the bigger splash, at least early on in the season.

It is a dang shame moore couldn't enroll early

Easier to learn what to do at WR than DB so Mitchell. Hands down.

The biggest difference between Mitchell and Brown was the level of competition. Marlon played against arguably the worst competition East of the Mississippi in high school (private school Tennesssee football), while Mitchell played in arguably the toughest region in the souteastern US. It takes a lot longer for a player to adjust to SEC competition when they only played against the worst in HS.

In addition, I don't think people are really giving enough credit to the fact that AJ Green accounted for the vast majority of our receptions over the last few years. It's difficult for any WR to make an impact when AJ is on the field, simply because that WR isn't going to get nearly as many opportunities.