'25 Portal Thread

#578
#578
I think Nico is getting to where you need him to be there is still a little bit of an issue with deep ball accuracy but I think as he gets even more experience and continues to settle into games even more that will improve.

I think you have to go after some top OL in the portal we have a good group of young guys but I think they may be too green to contribute at a championship level across the board.

And then I think you go after a top portal WR since our top 2 most productive after this season run out of eligibility. I am high on Matthews and Staley and I think that Leacock has all the physical tools to be amazing if he takes a step in the scheme. Still think taking another elite WR prospect out of the portal would really be beneficial I do think WR play is a big part of what we are missing from 2022 even though I know we play differently now that we have a competent defense.
 
#581
#581
Franklin_Vol09 said:
5th rd pick is going to have a 3 year contract. His first contract will be much more as a 3rd.

So he has to play 3 years at 5th rd pay to get that second contract
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4 years. All drafted rookie contracts are 4-yr deals with the exception of 1st rd picks in which the team has the right to exercise a 5th year option.
 
#582
#582
If Karic can return, do we still need an IOL from the portal?

LT - Heard
LG - Karic
C - Satterwhite
RG - 1 of 10 guys in the room
RT - Sanders

I think Sham can win that RG job. He is going into Year 3.
 
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#583
JT3 said:
If Karic can return, do we still need an IOL from the portal?

LT - Heard
LG - Karic
C - Satterwhite
RG - 1 of 10 guys in the room
RT - Sanders

I think Sham can win that RG job. He is going into Year 3.
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I think it might be the case that David Sanders might not be ready to start until his second season here. A lot of 5 star OL are not ready for a season or two and often times they play a few games at guard first kind of like Paris Johnson did. I do think you have to go after OL in the portal as well for depth and as insurance if some of the young guys are not there yet. There will be a learning curve for some of these guys next year if they do start.
 
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#584
volstudent26 said:
I think it might be the case that David Sanders might not be ready to start until his second season here. A lot of 5 star OL are not ready for a season or two and often times they play a few games at guard first kind of like Paris Johnson did. I do think you have to go after OL in the portal as well for depth and as insurance if some of the young guys are not there yet. There will be a learning curve for some of these guys next year if they do start.
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I feel you and don't necessarily disagree but we gotta start playing the kids on the roster. We will have 3 guys going into Year 4 and 3 guys going into Year 3. Not to mention 5 guys will be going into Year 2. Thats 11 dudes!!!! Somebody gotta be able to play lol.

I think RT is Sanders job to lose imo. I think they will do everything in their power to make sure he has every chance to win that job going into next year. Ideally him RSing would be great.
 
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volstudent26 said:
I think it might be the case that David Sanders might not be ready to start until his second season here. A lot of 5 star OL are not ready for a season or two and often times they play a few games at guard first kind of like Paris Johnson did. I do think you have to go after OL in the portal as well for depth and as insurance if some of the young guys are not there yet. There will be a learning curve for some of these guys next year if they do start.
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Ideally Sanders red shirts
 
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#588
Jackcrevol said:
Always the positions where we have little depth. Why not go through Spring?
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Depth at WR will be fine. Brazzell, Matthews, Squirrel, Nimrod, Staley, and 3 freshmen. I would guess Smith gets some playing time next year. Might even take a transfer. We only play 4-5 unless someone gets hurt.
 
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#589
cncchris33 said:
4 years. All drafted rookie contracts are 4-yr deals with the exception of 1st rd picks in which the team has the right to exercise a 5th year option.
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Yes but I’m talking reality. Typically they will renegotiate the final year if a team wants to keep and sign to a longer contract. So usually they play 3 years under a rookie contract if they are going to get a sizable bump in their second contract.
 
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#590
BigOrangeTrain said:
Ideally Sanders red shirts
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walkenvol said:
If you’re a top 10 ranked recruit out of hs, you don’t plan to hang around for your 4th season more less a fifth season. Red shirting him would be useless
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I'm not an Oline coach, but it seems to that the best way to "develop" these o-linemen is to play them. The assumption in that statement is that their body is ready. If so, game reps are way better than any sled work with the O-line barking at them. Look at how much better Heard is now than against Ark. The Proctor kid from Bama is much better this year than last. Another example is Campbell at LSU. He was lost as a freshmen, but you can't coach size and they played him. He's now a first rounder.
I know it's easy for me to say (I have no concept of how complex the system and communication is for this offense), but would love to see him play early if he's physically ready.
 
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Have we gone after anyone yet within the portal or is it still too early to tell? I can’t even remember the whirlwind of transfers last year to recall when it all started trickling in.
 
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Was a star at OU in 2023 and didn’t play in 2024, not sure why. Looks like he’d be a good get, probably and upgrade from Webb. Maybe a bru replacement, big physical wideout.
 
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Adam Sandler said:

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Was a star at OU in 2023 and didn’t play in 2024, not sure why. Looks like he’d be a good get, probably and upgrade from Webb. Maybe a bru replacement, big physical wideout.
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Injury. He came back against us for a few snaps and got injured again. Never returned. Probably a question of if OU has a QB.
 
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