In Reply to: Duck Soup posted by lafong on December 20, 2025 at 19:02:59
I couldn't see all of it but Oregon looked so much faster than JMU.
I'd still take that RB Knight, the TE Dippre, and that WR Ellis. Obviously, West and a few more OL and DL just for numbers. At least 10 guys just to help with the culture transplant. Hopefully closer to the 13 Cignetti took.
Their DB's could not keep up. I'd really like to see us keep Pleasant and Jordan, plus Scooter Jackson. Pleasant has NFL ability.
Chesney needs to do what he can to retain Nico, or plan to get another QB in the portal. Barnett looks like a Sun Belt QB, and Duncan (and probably Madden) do not fit in Chesney's offense. Nico with just a solid, revamped OL will go a long way toward improving our record.
I actually liked their O. It looked better than in that frozen slugfest in the conference championship. Nico would be good in that offense.
I hope Chesney learned a lot and will now focus on team speed. We're going to learn if Chesney can coach up bigger/faster/stronger/highly paid players or whether he's just a do-more-with-less specialist.