Post Game observations Purdue '14

IrishLion

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Ya'll really think Russell would stick around for another year (or even two?) if he doesn't get on the field this year?

If he's guilty, he might be done anyway. If he's not, I wouldn't blame him for skipping town after being held out for so long.
 

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Ya'll really think Russell would stick around for another year (or even two?) if he doesn't get on the field this year?

If he's guilty, he might be done anyway. If he's not, I wouldn't blame him for skipping town after being held out for so long.

If he gets reinstated and plays most of this season, I'd put the odds of his return at 50/50. He's a great kid, team captain, etc. and may surprise everyone.

If he loses this entire year, I'd bet he's even more likely to return. He needs more playing time to secure an early-round draft grade.
 

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If he gets reinstated and plays most of this season, I'd put the odds of his return at 50/50. He's a great kid, team captain, etc. and may surprise everyone.

If he loses this entire year, I'd bet he's even more likely to return. He needs more playing time to secure an early-round draft grade.

Option 2 would be the logical, mature, adult decision to make...

But I think it depends on whether he's guilty/innocent.

If he's innocent, but still misses extended time, why would he stick around at the institution that killed his initial NFL draft buzz? He won't need another season at the college level to prove what he can do, the combine would take care of that for him, and I'm sure being held out so long for no reason might affect his "Sense of Duty" to Notre Dame.

If he's guilty, I could see him taking the Golson approach of "I'm finishing what I started," but he may not even be given that option.
 

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That twitter post doesn't sound crazy to me. Since McGlinchey doesn't seem ready at tackle, and Elmer seems particularly [currently] matched for guard, moving Lombard to tackle [where he formerly played] might improve some things instantly. Up-the-middle DLine push would be stoned on the right side [Hanratty still loses that fight on the left too much for my tastes, though, and the other mentioned step seems aimed at that].

Hegarty switching with NMart might make sense too. Hegarty is nimbler than NMart and NMart MUCH more a brawler than Matt. This if it happened would also seem to mean that the staff doesn't want to burn a frosh OLineman year, and that they don't want to put Bivin in either [maybe grooming him solidly as the coming-to-be center.]

With Stanley/ NMart/ Hegarty/ Elmer/ Lombard as an OLine array, the guards both become nasty attitude maulers and the up-the-middle rushing and pass-protection should be better. A lot of people have been on Steve Elmer for alleged weakness against the outside speed rush, and a bit of that is true, but almost all those pressures only succeeded because some DT was pushing our guards back into the pocket, and Everett didn't have a good escape lane.

This will be intriguing to watch if it happens.
 

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That twitter post doesn't sound crazy to me. Since McGlinchey doesn't seem ready at tackle, and Elmer seems particularly [currently] matched for guard, moving Lombard to tackle [where he formerly played] might improve some things instantly. Up-the-middle DLine push would be stoned on the right side [Hanratty still loses that fight on the left too much for my tastes, though, and the other mentioned step seems aimed at that].

Hegarty switching with NMart might make sense too. Hegarty is nimbler than NMart and NMart MUCH more a brawler than Matt. This if it happened would also seem to mean that the staff doesn't want to burn a frosh OLineman year, and that they don't want to put Bivin in either [maybe grooming him solidly as the coming-to-be center.]

With Stanley/ NMart/ Hegarty/ Elmer/ Lombard as an OLine array, the guards both become nasty attitude maulers and the up-the-middle rushing and pass-protection should be better. A lot of people have been on Steve Elmer for alleged weakness against the outside speed rush, and a bit of that is true, but almost all those pressures only succeeded because some DT was pushing our guards back into the pocket, and Everett didn't have a good escape lane.

This will be intriguing to watch if it happens.

The others are more talented but Hanratty plays with the nastiest demeanor, IMO. I'm not sure we can afford to lose any toughness, even at the expense of talent, on the OL right now.
 

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Who could’ve predicted former Purdue WR Raheem Mostert was doing what he’s doing tonight for the Niners?
 

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Who could’ve predicted former Purdue WR Raheem Mostert was doing what he’s doing tonight for the Niners?

I'd imagine Nobody..
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