‘21 AL QB Riley Leonard (Duke Transfer - Notre Dame Verbal)

[GrangerIrish24]

Wish we had him for another year. He absolutely makes a difference on the field. Most importantly great cultural fit and excellent representative for the university.

 

[LifelongFan]

I won't pretend I'm a huge RL fan, but only two fumbles on the year is incredibly impressive.

 

[Pete]

After watching the games yesterday, I'm sorry for ever suggesting the staff may have made a mistake passing on Will Howard for Riley Leonard. Leonard certainly has flaws (like we saw the interception trying to throw down the field yesterday) but is also a true playmaker that has stepped up when it mattered in 11 out of 12 games this year.

I’m right there with you.

 

[SWirishfan]

I won't pretend I'm a huge RL fan, but only two fumbles on the year is incredibly impressive.

You jinx'd it, thanks.

 

[jprue24]

Notre Dame can win the 2024 national championship with RL at QB.

 

[NorthDakota]

Notre Dame can win the 2024 national championship with RL at QB.

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If it happens I'm gonna publish a book of all my worst hater takes

 

[jprue24]

If it happens I'm gonna publish a book of all my worst hater takes

RL had to get a lot better for me to believe. He has. I had to believe there weren't any juggernaut teams. There aren't.

Right now, I believe on it's best day, ND can beat anyone. Ducks, Dawgs, Tide, Bucks, all those sons of bitches.

 

[INLaw]

If it happens I'm gonna publish a book of all my worst hater takes

Include act scores and someone bitching about dei

 

[Me2SouthBend]

I’ve been a believer and supporter of his from the jump. 1 bad game 11 good to excellent ones. A perfect fit for this offense. Great guy, great rep of the University. Keep it up RL. Go Irish.

 

[bumpdaddy]

Rewatching his INT couple times, it looked awful, but I think RL actually had the right read based on the coverage. I can’t remember who the receiver was—maybe Mitchell—but I thought with the DB sitting topside he should have broken his route off and taken the 15yd stop route instead of continuing up the field.

Fair to question the playcall, but TO ME it signaled more poor WR coaching and communication than Riley just uncorking a bad ball.

RL was asked post-game if it was just a miscommunication between him and Mitchell on that play and he said, no, it was just a very poor throw by him.

 

[irishff1014]

RL was asked post-game if it was just a miscommunication between him and Mitchell on that play and he said, no, it was just a very poor throw by him.

Riley is 100% a good person. I don’t know that he would have admitted that it was miscommunication.

 

[pumpdog20]

It was a horrible throw, Mitchell should have walked into the endzone.

 

[irishff1014]

I’ve been a believer and supporter of his from the jump. 1 bad game 11 good to excellent ones. A perfect fit for this offense. Great guy, great rep of the University. Keep it up RL. Go Irish.

You are 100% correct you have been.

He is a great rep for the university, great teammate, great fit for the offense. All of that is correct.

But he is a good QB, he is not great or above average. His arm is still to inconsistent. And I think that’s 100% ok. He gives it his all on every play and isn’t a prick. That’s still a win.

The WR’s have let him down some. But even on short crossing routes it’s 50/50 if he can get the ball out in front of them.

 

[IrishBoognish]

You are 100% correct you have been.

He is a great rep for the university, great teammate, great fit for the offense. All of that is correct.

But he is a good QB, he is not great or above average. His arm is still to inconsistent. And I think that’s 100% ok. He gives it his all on every play and isn’t a prick. That’s still a win.

The WR’s have let him down some. But even on short crossing routes it’s 50/50 if he can get the ball out in front of them.

I'm just a small town pizza lawyer, but where I'm from... good is better than above average.

 

[bumpdaddy]

Riley is 100% a good person. I don’t know that he would have admitted that it was miscommunication.

I think he is a good person too. I also think he's capable of making a bad throw and he did on that play. Even if he thought Mitchell was supposed to run his route to that spot, he threw the ball right to the defender. He didn't put any loft under the ball to give KM a 50/50 chance, he just threw it straight to the spot where the defender was standing. So I believe him when he said he just made a bad throw. It happens.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

 

[NDohio]

Prior to the season starting, there was some angst on IE about him being injury prone. It seemed to stem from him having one injury. RL played this season with abandon without missing a start. Here is to four more healthy games from Riley.

 

[irishff1014]

Prior to the season starting, there was some angst on IE about him being injury prone. It seemed to stem from him having one injury. RL played this season with abandon without missing a start. Here is to four more healthy games from Riley.

That has been proven to be false other than one game.

 

[allenm5333]

Hopefully he comes back to campus as a fan. Hartman still does and he was terrible

 

[Fbolt]

I don't think your replica jersey and baseball cap contributions trump Hartman's year-long efforts for the Irish. Concur with the thumb's down.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Hopefully he comes back to campus as a fan. Hartman still does and he was terrible

He was throwing to 3 or 4 healthy scholarship receivers by mid-season @ Louisville. But okay, let's go with "terrible." Great take

 

[ndfanatic78]

If it happens I'm gonna publish a book of all my worst hater takes

Heck, you can just go into the game day threads. Shit take after shit take in those. You would think we had the shittiest coaching staff in college and we lost every game.

 

[TNUtoNotreDame]

Heck, you can just go into the game day threads. Shit take after shit take in those. You would think we had the shittiest coaching staff in college and we lost every game.

I have quite a few horrible takes every single game. I pissed my pants in every thread I believe.

 

[NorthDakota]

I have quite a few horrible takes every single game. I pissed my pants in every thread I believe.

It's not your fault ND doesn't play flawless football for 60 minutes.

 

[DONTH8]

A Message For My Notre Dame Family | By Riley Leonard

We’re done being afraid of anything — I know that much about this team. I know that, win or lose, we’re going to do it our way: We’re going to dare greatly.

www.theplayerstribune.com

 

[irishu]

Such a good little Irish lad

 

[NDVirginia19]

Riley Leonard strikes me as the type of dude who was the main character in a Mike Lupica youth sports novel lol

 

[rtrn2glory]

A Message For My Notre Dame Family | By Riley Leonard

We’re done being afraid of anything — I know that much about this team. I know that, win or lose, we’re going to do it our way: We’re going to dare greatly.

www.theplayerstribune.com

Thanks for posting.

Great read if you haven't.

Takes a minute but worth it

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

What a fella.

 

[Kingbish01]

A Message For My Notre Dame Family | By Riley Leonard

We’re done being afraid of anything — I know that much about this team. I know that, win or lose, we’re going to do it our way: We’re going to dare greatly.

www.theplayerstribune.com

Thanks for sharing, one thing I took away from the article that's worth mentioning is how hard RL took that loss. The internet was merciless towards him too, sometimes you forget how hard these kids take it....and in those times we as fans should be a little more compassionate. Yes, he should have been benched during the NIU game....But he wasn't and that's on MF not RL.