re: Jamie Ffrench to texas

TCU made the playoffs… So did Washington. Are they elite?

Meh, he’s not that good anyway

That’s debatable

I don't know much about Hankton.
What do the players say about his ability to develop receivers?

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I don't know much about Hankton.
What do the players say about his ability to develop receivers?

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I would imagine Brian Thomas Jr. and Malik Nabers have pretty good things to say.

Neither were 5-stars coming out of high school and both ended up as 1st rounders.

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I’m not sure what you mean by “handle all the talent” but making the 4 team playoff is pretty good

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See teams above.

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we’re getting cooked on the trail (minus meadows of course).

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I have no inside knowledge but my take is that we know we can "shake a tree in Louisiana and WRs come falling out" so we are spending our bigger NIL bucks on positions we can't stock in state such as OL.

Just my guess.

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we’re getting cooked on the trail

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Are you high? We have one out-of-state receiver in the top 50 overall, plus the two best in-state receivers in this cycle. The only difference between this cycle's receiver group and our very best ever WR hauls is that there aren't multiple top-100 overall receivers in Louisiana this year.


In any event, a lot can change between now and signing day in terms of both rankings and further additions. Entering his senior season, Kylan Billiot was ranked similarly to where Phillip Wright is currently (and behind where francis is), and Billiot ended the cycle as a top ~100 overall guy. Francis and Wright both have the track times to make big jumps if they perform this year. Hell, the same could even be said for Meadows. Like, there's a very realistic outcome where we finish up this cycle and we have a universal 5* receiver and two other guys in the top 150 nationally. On top of that I wouldn't be surprised if we added another guy, too.


And even beyond all that: WR is a position where, *especially* if you have the big time QB and the offensive infrastructure already in place, it's absolutely possible to go portal hunting and land a stud. If you made me bet on it, I'd bet that we won't have a need to go after a top portal WR - but if we do, it's a position where guys can 100% be had.


Bottom line: I'm sorry but the idea that we are "getting cooked on the trail" at the WR position is just ludicrous. Last year we landed 3 4*, including one in the top 100 overall and another in the top ~125, plus trey'dez green, who you could consider a WR if you wanted to, and this year we've got a top 50 overall guy, another 4*, and a high-3* we like. If that's "getting cooked" then boy it's gonna be an absolutely terrifying sight if we ever start losing only modestly. On that scale, average has gotta be like 3 5*s in a cycle.

I love getting highly ranked WRs like the rest of us but we’ll be fine with the Louisiana produces WRs.

Wr is not a position I worry about. La athletes are always terribly underrated. Id go as far as to say that the lower star LA Wr we have will be as good or better in three years.