2026 Spring Practice Thread

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Dale said:
Ash can’t defend a good offense. Typical.

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CJ Carr lighting up what could be the best secondary in the country because he’s winning the mental game pre-snap???

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allenm5333 said:
Not saying he is a 3. Honestly, only order i am confident in is 1 and 2. The rest are all guys competing for 3-4 spots in the rotation.

But at some point availability is a skill. And he hasn’t shown that is a strength
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Realistically Burress isn’t playing actual minutes this year barring injury. Neither is one of Williams or Porter (also injured).
 
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arrowryan said:
I don’t think he’ll move to the 3’s, but he’ll absolutely get passed up if he can’t recover from what seems to be the longest hamstring injury in history.

There are some very talented receivers that’ll take advantage of the available reps and Greathouse might not get them back.
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If he’s hurt, he’s hurt. He’s not going to get less minutes then our third string field and boundary WRs who have never played a snap of competitive football if he’s healthy.
 
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II had Frazier, Flanigan, Zackery, Williams and Walton has guys who rotated with the expected 1s. DL is a different story as that was a large rotation.
 
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Again not much on Keeley. Sanders got a lot of positive buzz for his run support from Nickel spot. Too bad Talich probably will usurp any opportunity that gives him
 
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I have an admittedly dumb thought, but I think that at "secret" times during the play drills, I'd go to CJ and say: OK I know this isn't what you'd do in normal games, but this time, just to keep him sharp, stare down Leonard's coverage and try to beat him anyway.
 
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Old Man Mike said:
I have an admittedly dumb thought, but I think that at "secret" times during the play drills, I'd go to CJ and say: OK I know this isn't what you'd do in normal games, but this time, just to keep him sharp, stare down Leonard's coverage and try to beat him anyway.
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I bet Carr does. But some of the passes are his guy or out of bounds/dirt
 
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Old Man Mike said:
I have an admittedly dumb thought, but I think that at "secret" times during the play drills, I'd go to CJ and say: OK I know this isn't what you'd do in normal games, but this time, just to keep him sharp, stare down Leonard's coverage and try to beat him anyway.
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At this point, I think most offensive coordinators that are game planning for ND's defense have already written off throwing in Leonard Moore's general direction.

There's just one big chunk of land that is basically off-limits to offenses every Saturday.
 
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I think most of their takeaways were covered but II pod’s but do want to add that they thought Tionne Gray was the best of the starting DL.

Also hand up I didn’t think Fitz Jr was going to be anything more than a depth piece when we offered. Looks like that’s going to be wrong.
 
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Crazy Balki said:
At this point, I think most offensive coordinators that are game planning for ND's defense have already written off throwing in Leonard Moore's general direction.

There's just one big chunk of land that is basically off-limits to offenses every Saturday.
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With the safeties ND has that takes away a lot of the deep throws as well. Got to be a nightmare to know you have large portions of the field that are by and large no fly zones.
 
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arrowryan said:
Any feedback on the receivers? I’m assuming they had a good day because Carr had a strong day. Just wondering if there are any specifics?

I honestly couldn’t tell you the last time the receivers had consistent success against the defense. What I witnessed last August, the secondary had the receivers clamped to all hell.
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Faison and Graham had the production, in general it seems like the vibes on those two all spring are accurate.
 
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Pretty good breakdown here by Sampson, for Athletic subscribers.

www.nytimes.com

Notre Dame spring football: A running diary of the Fighting Irish’s open practice

Quarterback CJ Carr dazzles, the offensive lines show promise and Spencer Porath hints Notre Dame may have kicker during spring practice.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

Short version for those who aren't: Sounds like Absher and Lambert had rough days, but Carr is skilled enough to cover for it, while Black and Knapp were great. Grubbs looks good. RB depth is not a concern. Zackery gets the 2025 Christian Gray treatment of having to defend all the throws. Talich's a ballplayer. And we seem to have about a dozen dudes on the DL. Also the new kicker is excellent. All well.
 
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stlnd01 said:
Pretty good breakdown here by Sampson, for Athletic subscribers.

www.nytimes.com

Notre Dame spring football: A running diary of the Fighting Irish’s open practice

Quarterback CJ Carr dazzles, the offensive lines show promise and Spencer Porath hints Notre Dame may have kicker during spring practice.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

Short version for those who aren't: Sounds like Absher and Lambert had rough days, but Carr is skilled enough to cover for it, while Black and Knapp were great. Grubbs looks good. RB depth is not a concern. Zackery gets the 2025 Christian Gray treatment of having to defend all the throws. Talich's a ballplayer. And we seem to have about a dozen dudes on the DL. Also the new kicker is excellent. All well.
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Reading way too much of it, wonder if Jagusah takes on RT and GL moves back to guard where he was excellent.

I expect Jagusah to be starting by Oct 1 or sooner.
 
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stlnd01 said:
Pretty good breakdown here by Sampson, for Athletic subscribers.

www.nytimes.com

Notre Dame spring football: A running diary of the Fighting Irish’s open practice

Quarterback CJ Carr dazzles, the offensive lines show promise and Spencer Porath hints Notre Dame may have kicker during spring practice.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

Short version for those who aren't: Sounds like Absher and Lambert had rough days, but Carr is skilled enough to cover for it, while Black and Knapp were great. Grubbs looks good. RB depth is not a concern. Zackery gets the 2025 Christian Gray treatment of having to defend all the throws. Talich's a ballplayer. And we seem to have about a dozen dudes on the DL. Also the new kicker is excellent. All well.
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  • Walton/Osborne situation reminds me of Adms/WIlliams or Folston/Bryant situation. Lower ranked rb impressing. I know O isn't practicing, but monitoring.
  • Not concerned about Lambert. New position and the people who beat him are DUDES. Absher.... idk man. I think he can be a fine OL but to get to the heights we want, Jagusah or someone emerging is key.
  • Zackary is worth monitoring because I just don't see it
  • Love having a kicker
 
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