'23 CA WR Rico Flores (UCLA Transfer)

[PutuporShutup]

Selling him a bit, pretty slow. I think he’ll be a solid wr but just not ready for those reps

 

[CanadalovesND]

Selling him a bit, pretty slow. I think he’ll be a solid wr but just not ready for those reps

We needed someone to step up and say what you want, he did something on the final drive. Whether he was ready or not by your opinion, he did some to help with the game.

 

[PutuporShutup]

We needed someone to step up and say what you want, he did something on the final drive. Whether he was ready or not by your opinion, he did some to help with the game.

Yeah, big drop early but made a big play late(db fell down)!

I think he’ll be ok, he just doesn’t have much speed or quickness

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Guys
Rico just played damn near every snap of the game.... and I'm not even sure if he knows the whole playbook yet.
Let's cut him a little slack ...

 

[MacIrish75]

Guys
Rico just played damn near every snap of the game.... and I'm not even sure if he knows the whole playbook yet.
Let's cut him a little slack ...

All of this. Kid is a true frosh and didn’t come off the field.

 

[ND88]

Rico is a baller and will be one of our better receivers in time.

 

[CanadalovesND]

Yeah, big drop early but made a big play late(db fell down)!

I think he’ll be ok, he just doesn’t have much speed or quickness

While it’s good to have an all-around perspective here, which you have, he’s a freshman.

I don’t think he will ever be the truly elite #1, but I see him potentially as a dependable #2 guy as his ceiling.

I know where are missing “a guy” out wide, but I’ll take him being a solid player during his career. Every college roster needs a solid player.

 

[notredomer23]

Guys
Rico just played damn near every snap of the game.... and I'm not even sure if he knows the whole playbook yet.
Let's cut him a little slack ...

Kirk did a good job of pointing out too that Flores running a crisp route opened up Evans multiple times. Given Evans game today, we’ll take the impact even if he only had a catch or two

 

[stlnd01]

Yeah. Rico's not the problem at all. The fact that we apparently need Rico to be WR1 is the problem.

 

[INLaw]

All the positive posts. None of the negative. True freshman. Super bought in. Tries super hard. Compare that to the rest of his non greathouse/tyree cohort

 

[ColinKSU]

Zero complaints about Rico. He’s a gamer.

 

[NDMatt91]

Zero complaints about Rico. He’s a gamer.

He's going to be a really solid player by the time he finishes at ND. He's definitely going to be an NFL WR, IMO. Same with Greathouse.

 

[Guyjin37]

Rico fights, and if every receiver on the roster played with his effort we’d be unbeatable. He’s still a young freshman so he makes mistakes too, but he’ll only ever get better.

 

[Luckylucci]

While it likely didn’t help the team, I think it helped Rico that he could play through it.

And, that he did. Battled through it.

 

[calvegas04]

I think Rico will have some amazing Golden Tate type catches over the next few years

 

[irishandy]

Zero concerns/complains about Rico (and Greathouse)- they have both exceeded expectations and they are only freshman.

 

[mrmcgrail]

No one is comparing Rico to being a number 1 receiver who is going to take the top off the defense. He runs really good routes for a freshman has good size and body control. He will end up being a really good possession receiver once we have more pieces around him

 

[arrowryan]

Rico is going to be really good

 

[NDFan8349]

Not a great game last night for him but the kid is a baller. He works hard running his routes. I think he is going to have a great career. You get a player like Cam Williams with Greathouse. Hopefully stone hands proves most of us wrong and starts to develop. I'm thinking Rico could be a A. St Brown type player. I'm not saying he will be that good but he could have that type of roll.

 

[ulukinatme]

Yeah, if anyone is criticizing Rico after getting thrust into the starting role early, they need to take a step back. Hopefully our boys heal up quick and Rico can get some more time to develop, but give him credit for being forced into a big role in a night game on the road against one of the toughest defenses in college football.

 

[Plankton]

Not a great game last night for him but the kid is a baller. He works hard running his routes. I think he is going to have a great career. You get a player like Cam Williams with Greathouse. Hopefully stone hands proves most of us wrong and starts to develop. I'm thinking Rico could be a A. St Brown type player. I'm not saying he will be that good but he could have that type of roll.

 

[Luckylucci]

Rico's poppin up. Is this the JD Price of WR's?

Bump for those that don’t think this guy is a playmaker.

 

[PutuporShutup]

Bump for those that don’t think this guy is a playmaker.

I was on the hype train before the season as well

If viewing the videos objectively with what we know now, it shows a wr not able to get separation from a db that gives up separation to other teams wrs

With ability to make contested catch. Just don’t want to make throws in game like that

 

[NDohio]

I was on the hype train before the season as well

If viewing the videos objectively with what we know now, it shows a wr not able to get separation from a db that gives up separation to other teams wrs

With ability to make contested catch. Just don’t want to make throws in game like that

Good Lord you are exhausting...

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Bump for those that don’t think this guy is a playmaker.

Or just post the last drive vs Duke where he made a huge grab and run down the middle of the field. I know he had to feel good about contributing when it mattered most. Bright future.

 

[PutuporShutup]

Good Lord you are exhausting...

When someone posts a video trying to show how good he is, when it actually shows exactly the issue with saturday night, film don't lie.

He made great catches no doubt against a DB that isn't playing that well. Those balls aren't thrown in a game because he's not even close to being open.

 

[NDohio]

When someone posts a video trying to show how good he is, when it actually shows exactly the issue with saturday night, film don't lie.

He made great catches no doubt against a DB that isn't playing that well. Those balls aren't thrown in a game because he's not even close to being open.

It's not just about that post/opinion. It's every single thread. Even when you say something positive it is followed by multiple negatives. Like I said, it is just exhausting...

 

[BeauBenken]

When someone posts a video trying to show how good he is, when it actually shows exactly the issue with saturday night, film don't lie.

He made great catches no doubt against a DB that isn't playing that well. Those balls aren't thrown in a game because he's not even close to being open.

I'm going to abuse my powers as an owner of this website for a second...

You're an ignorant twat.

 

[PutuporShutup]

I'm going to abuse my powers as an owner of this website for a second...

You're an ignorant twat.

Golly, there's some soft people here. This is football

 

[Lberry]

It's not just about that post/opinion. It's every single thread. Even when you say something positive it is followed by multiple negatives. Like I said, it is just exhausting...

Can you explain physically why Rico wasn't a 5 star recruit?