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Frak

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I can think of a good half dozen guys it could wind up being. Just for one, they tried Porter back there, and if he’s put on some muscle, he might be the guy.

That will be interesting. Obviously, a healthy Milton is the favorite to reclaim his PR duties. KR, I think that you keep Jirehl Brock back there in one of the spots just because you need someone with decent speed as a lead blocker. The other spot if I were to guess, will end up going to Sanders, Silas, Purchase or Noel. Depends on whether they are willing to burn a RS for KR duties (if one of those guys is going to play anyway, it doesn't matter). If they decide to use an upper classman, maybe someone like Darrell Wilson?

KR is all about making the right decision whether to fair catch/kneel or run it out. And the second part is being able to take a hit and not fumble. If you add that to the ability to make one cut and turn on the burners, then you have the total package like Kene.
 

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Kickoffs through the end zone...please

It will be fun to see what happens at KO when the walk ons show up this fall. Ogamba wasn't terrible, but after he got hurt, we really struggled kicking deep. Just a competition between Ogamba and Mevis would be a huge improvement from the end of last year. And if one of the walk ons ends up like a Chris Francis, who put a majority of kicks into the end zone, that major weakness is gone.

The other thing is that we have guys that in a normal year would be starting at LB and DB due to spots opening up and they are going to be running down on kick coverage. Plus we get Rory Walling back!
 
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t-noah

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Howard Brown.

Oh sure, you can catch him, but it's gonna ******* hurt.
If he's running away from you and you try to tackle him, it will hurt.

If he's running towards you and you try to tackle him, it's going to hurt a lot! :D
 

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It's hard to temper my excitement about the experience and talent we now have at K and P. I don’t think we've ever had a combination of experience and strong legs like these guys. Still it seems there is always an element of luck involved on FGs and so I hope there aren't too many games that come down to that.