re: Sage Ryan and major burns haters

Practice is not the same as a real game situation. If players were judged on practices alone, they would all be five stars. As the famous Allen Iverson said in his famous rant, "Are we talking about practice?"

I don't dislike either player, but the reality is the film doesn't lie. Ryan came in as a 5-star and he hasn't come close to living up to that lofty ranking. There have been countless times where he has been totally out of position, missed a tackle, took a poor angle, got run over or simply got beat on the play. As for Burns, there have been a few times when he's stepped up and made a big play, but there have been more times when he been out of position, missed a tackle, called for pass interference or let a WR run completely uncovered.

Could their dismal play have something to do with poor coaching? Maybe, but I don't think it's all on coaching. Big time college football has a way of quickly exposing those players that were clearly not as good as their ranking and this may be the case with these two players.

Listen, I hope both come out this season and ball out and show us all they really are as good as advertised coming out of high school. As of now, the game film tells a much different story.