Let Bailey eat as the starter, quit the Maurer experiment Find some linebackers Find some more dbs Get and keep everyone healthy for the opening kickoff
Having another contender can only be a good thing, with where we are. To me, Hooker just didn't look like a starter candidate. Maurer is a cool dude but just doesn't command much confidence in protecting the ball. Bailey hasn't clicked... So ya, why not, could end up being Milton.
My only concern is a wrench into team chemistry which seems to be at a multi-year high right now. Milton needs to he head and shoulders better than what we have to start, but his playing history doesn't show him to be.
I still think Maurer is the leader in the clubhouse, and that they want to see if Milton has the tools. I think Bailey is good, but after seeing that he had one drive with the ones and against the ones yesterday(which admittedly was a TD drive) I'm not so sure what we saw yesterday was indicative of where he's at. Hooker is clearly last, however.
Surprises were just how thin we are at LB. Some guys (Whitehead especially) are gonna have to move to LB. I wonder if they'll try to get some weight off of Bryson Eason this summer and get him at lb as well. If we're going 4-2-5 then I think with DT's you gotta have Simmons, Middleton, Emerson, Bailey and Thomas rotating, then at SDE there's Bumphis, Garland, and Baron if Eason gets moved back wwhich should be enough depth. WDE is thin, only Harrison and maybe Morven Joseph splits time between there and LB(EDIT: forgot about Byron Young, seems like a playmaker). Then you have Banks and Solon Page? Aaron Willis will play some and so will Kwauze Garland, but behind them it's DIRE. Hell, Aaron Willis is the only true MLB in that group and he desperately needs a redshirt year. Juwan Mitchell would cure a lot of ills. So would Whitehead figuring it out(am I a broken record on this yet?) Then at CB if Martinez can get something out of Tyus Fields and Kenneth George then we have a decent set of guys there. Safety is deep and it depends on if the extra DB is a true NB or a Jack type of player. If they want there to be a true NB then we're in trouble. If its a Jack that they want then McDonald, Jackson, or even McCollough can fill that role with Flowers and Slaughter holding it down at safety(and McCollough preferably at S) Also Kaemen Marley seems like a safety to me as well. But yeah LB needs HELP.
It’s hard to imagine Milton transferred here to switch positions. And being from Orlando I’m sure this staff has some good insight into him. If this offense really is gimmicky enough to take some of the processing away and let the kid play, his athleticism would be a nice upgrade at the position to provide even more of a threat. He could be nasty in a few years if the system fits him well. One look, two look, take off could help us beat some of the teams that out talent us.
From the Ubben article in which his private QB coach was interviewed, I'd say the chance of Milton transferring with switching positions on his radar is 0%.
Maurer is trainwreck on the field. I like him, but it's either a spectacular play or a terrible turnover
This pretty well nails it. Also like to see us try to add some more depth at DT if we can find a decent transfer or two.
