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How about Juice in the slot when McKay needs a rest?

by BigCougsFan · 9/7/2010

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BigCougsFan
McKay Jacobson or Juice?



Juice caught that incredible pass from Riley Nelson in the endzone... Our first TD of the game/year. I honestly believe everyone else would have dropped that bullet.



McKay dropped a pass or two, which he should have caught. I'm not really sold on him.



How about putting Juice in the slot?



Which two are the fastest? I know speed isn't everything, and perfect route running is the way to go, but I was impressed with Juice and want him on the field more than just being 3rd string RB.



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sandiegoblue
I am excited for what Juice may be able to do in the future. However, in my opinion McKay is our best receiver right now. He missed a couple but he usually has great hands and speed. Plus, he runs the routes correctly from what I can see. As the season goes on, I expect him to be one of the leaders in receiving in the Conference.
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Lawboy
Wow, really? Juice is going to be our feature back soon enough, so why put him in the slot as a receiver?



Amazes we how people react after 1 game and a couple of plays. Long ways to go.
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frdbtr
BigCougsFan wrote:
McKay Jacobson or Juice?



Juice caught that incredible pass from Riley Nelson in the endzone... Our first TD of the game/year. I honestly believe everyone else would have dropped that bullet.



McKay dropped a pass or two, which he should have caught. I'm not really sold on him.



How about putting Juice in the slot?



Which two are the fastest? I know speed isn't everything, and perfect route running is the way to go, but I was impressed with Juice and want him on the field more than just being 3rd string RB.



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Are you serius? You know that if you don't use the "TIC" no one can tell if you are Joking. The pass that Quezada caught his route came from the back field, he is a running back not a slot reciever.



Not only that but the "bullet" you are referring to was thrown from Riley Nelson who is left handed rolling to his right....and he was throwing back to his left. It was far from a "bullet"
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BigCougsFan
I'm not totally saying replace McKay at the slot. I'm wanting to see more of Juice and just thinking of ways to put out him on the field more.



I should have worded the title better.



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I could have worded my first comment better. Oh well...



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frdbtr
BigCougsFan wrote:
I could have worded my first comment better. Oh well...



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Not to get on you too much, but your original comments were that Mckay drops passes and Quezada does not. You implied that Mckay should be benched because of this. I am always shocked at how BYU fans react when wins aren't as pretty as they want them to be (which is 99.9% of the time). BYU actually WON on saturday. Their defense played GREAT, their offense was better then I expected. Bronco is already working on the issues that he saw from the offense and defense to clean up the mistakes in the game. Instead of negativity this week, we should be excited that our young team is playing really well already and is only going to get better.
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BigCougsFan
frdbtr wrote:
I could have worded my first comment better. Oh well...



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Not to get on you too much, but your original comments were that Mckay drops passes and Quezada does not. You implied that Mckay should be benched because of this. I am always shocked at how BYU fans react when wins aren't as pretty as they want them to be (which is 99.9% of the time). BYU actually WON on saturday. Their defense played GREAT, their offense was better then I expected. Bronco is already working on the issues that he saw from the offense and defense to clean up the mistakes in the game. Instead of negativity this week, we should be excited that our young team is playing really well already and is only going to get better.


Like I just said... I could have worded it better. You even quoted it, so didn't bother reading your comment.



Yes BYU won. There were good things. There were bad things. We can always improve, so I'm think we could use Juice at slot.



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frdbtr
BigCougsFan wrote:
BigCougsFan wrote:
I could have worded my first comment better. Oh well...



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Not to get on you too much, but your original comments were that Mckay drops passes and Quezada does not. You implied that Mckay should be benched because of this. I am always shocked at how BYU fans react when wins aren't as pretty as they want them to be (which is 99.9% of the time). BYU actually WON on saturday. Their defense played GREAT, their offense was better then I expected. Bronco is already working on the issues that he saw from the offense and defense to clean up the mistakes in the game. Instead of negativity this week, we should be excited that our young team is playing really well already and is only going to get better.


Like I just said... I could have worded it better. You even quoted it, so didn't bother reading your comment.



Yes BYU won. There were good things. There were bad things. We can always improve, so I'm think we could use Juice at slot.



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I think training him in the slot would cause his learning curve at the RB position that much steeper, and why are we doing this? Because our top reciever dropped a couple balls and Quezada caught the only one thrown to him? Come on, i agree that our team didn't play perfect but this Idea (IMO) is nearly as assinine as the people that wanted to bench Max hall in favor or Nelson last year when max threw a couple of interceptions early.
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Lawboy
I though JD Falsev was back up in the slot. Not sure I even saw him on the field at all. I wouldn't mind seeing Hoffman get some slot calls as well. I seriously think we underutilize our outside WRs, and would love to see BYU move the big guys inside occasionally. And hoffman does look really good to me, love his size and speed combo.
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Lawboy wrote:
I though JD Falsev was back up in the slot. Not sure I even saw him on the field at all. I wouldn't mind seeing Hoffman get some slot calls as well. I seriously think we underutilize our outside WRs, and would love to see BYU move the big guys inside occasionally. And hoffman does look really good to me, love his size and speed combo.


Absolutely agree. Hoffman has looked amazing out there on the field in practice.
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BigCougsFan
Lawboy wrote:
I though JD Falsev was back up in the slot. Not sure I even saw him on the field at all. I wouldn't mind seeing Hoffman get some slot calls as well. I seriously think we underutilize our outside WRs, and would love to see BYU move the big guys inside occasionally. And hoffman does look really good to me, love his size and speed combo.


I like that idea. That would be good.



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McKay Jacobsen never needs a breather, the air needs him.
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1- McKay Jacobsen is by far the best WR on the team right now. I expect him to show better in almost every game left on the schedule than he did in Game 1.

2- Ross Apo looks like he'll be the #1 WR by the time he's a Jr. His surgery probably cost him the #2 spot this year (he's currently #5). He's like the version of Chambers that we all hoped Chambers would be- not that O'Neill isn't good. He's our #2 guy for a reason.

3- Quezada should take Kariya's runs/receptions as the #2 back behind JJ. Same size and power but more speed. Not as good a blocker yet though, still learning the playbook.

4- McKay's back-up in the slot should be McKay's current back-up in the slot, Matt Marshall (special teams captain). The guy is actually a pretty decent blue-zone threat across the middle, despite being very short. No awareness of impending doom at all.

5- If an RB was to play the slot, it would be JJ, who played the slot in Spring camp.

6- I really like Quezada, but he had more drops and fumbles than McKay in Fall camp by a long shot. He's very talented, very unselfish, but young still. Too busy fixing mistakes to learn a new position.

7- Same with Hoffman. Cody needs to do a lot of work to get his execution at WR on the same level as his athleticism and talent. Throwing him in the slot would be exceptionally foolish at this point. He also had a bad Game 1. He should come on much stronger as the season progresses.
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bigbluepuma
We'll be seeing a lot more of Juice. We have gotten so excited about this class of players that we tend to forget that they are just freshmen, and that we have some pretty good talent already in the program. JJ has never had a chance to shine, but is showing that he is a pretty good RB. Juice's chance to shine is coming.
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