Spring Practice thread: Report: OT Noah Banks has been cleared to play

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Mullen will open up the passing game when he has a QB he can count on to make those throws.
 

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The kid just isn't going to see the field anymore this year than he did last year unless he suddenly sprouts up to 6'6" 245# or unless Franks and Trask go down to injury.
You do realize Franks' size has little to do with him starting. Jones is plenty big enough at 6-2, 200. It comes to who can make plays.
 

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The kid just isn't going to see the field anymore this year than he did last year unless he suddenly sprouts up to 6'6" 245# or unless Franks and Trask go down to injury.

EJ is already ahead of Trask. Trask had his shot last season and got hurt dropping the clipboard on his foot. I understand. Holding a clipboard for so long gets heavy.
 

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Nothing has changed. Frank's has always had a big arm, and we have always had wrs who can get open deep. We can hope the game continues to slow for him, and that he becomes better at pre and post snap reads.

You must admit...we have more good WRs.

We can hope Coaching is learned and with each day we get closer to Bama.
 

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Krull and Ancrum were in non-contact jerseys today:


 

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Normally begging for a like would get a dislike, but your my boy so there ya go.
 

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Some updates from TOS on today's practice (some positive OL comments):

Moore and Greenard got into a fight after a play (glad to hear Moore showing some fight).

Moore is playing RT in place of Delance w/ 1st team and RG (normal position). Delance did play later.

Tarquin held his own vs. Shuler....then Shuler has his way w/ Tarquin.

Eguakun had solid reps vs. Langham.

Ethan White has a pancake block (no mention of who he pancaked).

Jalon Jones given extra attention from Brian Johnson on passing technique.

McWilliams has a sack on a blitz.

Several bubble screens thrown, good blocking by TE's.

Lots of drops today.

Steele seemed to get picked on (and beaten) often today.

Diabate had a sack.

Good and bad coverage by Huggins and Reese.

Ended practice w/ field goals.
 

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Based on reporting, Franks runs with the ones. He is the clear starter and has outplayed EJ to the point it isn't close. EJ runs with the twos but gets reps with the ones as well. Trask runs with the twos and threes. It has been that way all spring. As for Jalon, his head is spinning and he looks awful just like EJ did last year.

I listened to de la Torre and Spivey's recent podcast about spring ball. They both said they have been told EJ is ready. He looks really good. Franks just looks better. Assuming this is true, it means we are in great shape. We have legit competition at the QB spot. EJ will take that job is Franks doesn't progress into a genuine QB.

As for the o-line, de la Torre spoke positive about the starting unit. As for the 2nd team, he said it is a disaster. He did say Ethan White has looked impressive. He also said Gouraige is cross training at both tackles and guard spots. This may be why he hasn't looked good this spring.
 

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Story from fat Bob at 247:

Mixed review from Mullen about last week’s scrimmage

Mixed review from Mullen about last week’s scrimmage

Not coughing up any names, Florida head coach Dan Mullen said there were things he was happy about and some things he still needs to see from his football team after the first real scrimmage of the spring that the team held last Thursday in front of the media.

Much like his team during last season, Mullen was happy with the effort of his guys, and happy that things seemed to get a little hyped when the team practiced in the Swamp for the first time during the first half of the 15 spring practices.

“I was somewhat pleased how they went after the day,” Mullen said Thursday in front of the Florida media. “I thought guys played hard. …when you step into the stadium … I expect everybody to go hard every day. …I hate the term ‘I’m a gamer’ – because I want to see you do it all the time. I want to see you do it every day. I want to see you perform at a high level and compete every day to be your best and to push yourself. But when you do step into the stadium… there’s gotta be a step up of intensity. It’s like, ‘hey, if I go on my morning run and then I got in a race, it’s a little more intense because you are trying to beat other people.’ Just that slight step up once you hit the stadium, so I was pleased with that.

While most of the team is working on technique and fine tuning an offense and defense they practiced and played in a season ago, there are plenty of guys that didn’t see the field a lot that Mullen is trying to find out if they are ready to take a step in that direction this spring. And for the experienced guys to continue to a positive progression.

Mullen seems much more set on building depth on the roster with new guys that can step on the field on Saturdays and not take a step backward in doing so.

“The key is talking to guys about what their understanding is of what’s important, which is the guys who are getting ready to play,” he said. “Guys are earning reps, so there is separating yourself from other guys. There (are) guys to me that have played a lot of football and I’m comfortable with how they are going to play on Saturday. I’m looking at them to make, maybe not as big improvements, but slight improvements every day in how they are getting better. Then we’re looking for guys that when we step on the field on a Saturday, they’re ready to go start taking reps in a game. And I thought you saw some separation in that. And we want to see how the guys respond… guys that aren’t quite ready, are they going to take a step and get ready? The guys that are 10-play guys, are they looking to take steps forward the next couple of weeks or 10 more days of spring ball to get to 15 or 20 plays, and then hopefully to 30-play-a-game guys as regular rotators in the season?”

On any roster there are going to be guys that just aren’t ready and maybe that one group that needs more work than the others.

“Overall, some good and bad and some areas you can see that we still have some guys – we’re still really, really young and inexperienced on the offensive line,” he said. “But we still have a long time until we have to play a game. You see guys that are not ready to play but are making big strides.”

There was good and bad in the scrimmage that was visible by everyone in attendance. We posted out top players of the scrimmage afterward and had a few quarterbacks and receivers (on the list), Mullen agreed.

"I thought… the thing is the guys you're expecting to make plays made plays,” Mullen said. “I think our quarterbacks and receivers made some pretty good plays. You know? You flip the ball to Kadarius Toney, something exciting is going to happen. Good and bad. If he knows where he's going.”

Mullen reiterated his stance on needing the guys that didn’t see a lot of action last year doing something new. Along those lines, redshirt freshman Emory Jones was unofficially 6-for-17 for 76 yards and a touchdown while running eight times for 64 yards. Redshirt sophomore Kyle Trask was 11 -for-21 for 143 yards and two touchdowns through the air. True freshman quarterback Jalon Jones was unofficially 2-for-4 for 55 yards through the air and ran twice for 17 yards and a touchdown. Redshirt freshman Iverson Clement had the best day of all the running backs running the ball 10 times for 40 yards unofficially in the scrimmage.

He wants to see those young guys step up.

“I can sit there on Saturday's scrimmage and have Perine carry the ball 32 times,” he said. “I could just find just ‘give-it-to’ touches for Kadarius Toney, but we already know that stuff is going to happen. How do we execute the other things? I thought there were a lot of positives with guys that we knew had experience. And to see them actually continue to grow and even get better at what they've done.”

Of course, he’s an offensive coach at heart, but as a head coach it is important for Mullen to make sure the offense and defense grows over the spring.

“I want to make sure we're developing everything we need on both sides of the ball,” he said. “I'm not concerned with whether or not the offense or the defense wins the scrimmage as much as 'are we developing as a program?' The offensive guys all want to win and the defensive guys all want to win. In between I want to make sure we develop."
 

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His improved numbers are mainly the result of Mullen reigning him in and improving his awareness. He made some improvement on his throws as the season went on. Mainly what he did was get better as a leader.

He gets a lot of credit for his improvement over the last three games without acknowledgement that it was:

1) Flipping Idaho
2) A terrible FSU team
3) Michigan without six of its starters on defense

I like Franks, realize his tangibles and obviously want him to do well. I'm far from convinced at this point.

Actually the turn came in the 2nd half of the SC game. He definitely feasted on lesser/down/wounded opponents, which he should and that’s not something we had seen for a long while.

The question is how he (and the rest of them) perform against top opponents. We beat LSU and MSU with Franks making some key plays but not stellar play from him overall. There is plenty to correct for him and others in the losses.

As the other positions come into better shape that helps him. Ironically, as he is getting better there is less pressure on the position. As his reads improve his accuracy and timing will as well.

His ability to help the OL get their calls right is critical for 2019.
 

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My expectations for Franks are low - I do not expect him to be starting by the end of the season.

If I'm wrong, so be it. I just want to win games. If Franks is lighting it up, no one is going to be behind him more than me.

The good news he has to earn it. So much better than watching LDR fend off Appleby.
 

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