Matt Milton

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I always hear about Matt Milton being so good but I never hear about him getting playing time. Zach Rogers is hurt. Why couldnt Milton come in & be the 3rd WR instead of Dallas or Arnett. I know Milton is backup to Hunters or Rogers. Can he just not play the slot or what?
 
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I say put hunter/rogers/milton on the field at the same time. Rogers is very skinny, and they got him goin over the middle to SEC LB's
 
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l2dab16 said:
I always hear about Matt Milton being so good but I never hear about him getting playing time. Zach Rogers is hurt. Why couldnt Milton come in & be the 3rd WR instead of Dallas or Arnett. I know Milton is backup to Hunters or Rogers. Can he just not play the slot or what?
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He's just not a slot receiver. Slot guys are usually smaller quicker receivers that can get off the ball fast and find holes in the denfense.
 
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When we get inside the red zone, I see Matt getting a lot of PT, and a lot of TD's!!
 
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l2dab16 said:
I always hear about Matt Milton being so good but I never hear about him getting playing time. Zach Rogers is hurt. Why couldnt Milton come in & be the 3rd WR instead of Dallas or Arnett. I know Milton is backup to Hunters or Rogers. Can he just not play the slot or what?
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That would be like taking a guard and putting him at tackle. Or taking a de and putting him at nt. Completely different position. And he is not a tweener. (i.e., someone you could move from guard to tackle or y to x in a pro offense.) Pretty sure you can google a pro offense and see what I mean
 
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i was always to believe u play best players. if u put milton at slot couldnt u put routes that fit him in the playbook? point is im not sold on Z. Rogers & 2 freshmen
 
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l2dab16 said:
i was always to believe u play best players. if u put milton at slot couldnt u put routes that fit him in the playbook? point is im not sold on Z. Rogers & 2 freshmen
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If we went with that concept then we could move Marlin Lane to defensive tackle. Real football isn't like XBox
 
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GLDunlap said:
If we went with that concept then we could move Marlin Lane to defensive tackle. Real football isn't like XBox
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i disagree. im bein realistic. theres 32 nfl teams and 117 ncaa teams. im sure not every team has a short slot wr. i think he would do fine. out of Swain/Meachem/Smith, none of them guys was short, everyone of them guys played slot at some point
 
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I am not sure MM will ever make a significant contribution. He does not seem to have good hands. He also has not shown the ability to use his size well. He was a bit of a gamble coming out of HS. He played QB IIRC taking direct snaps in a spread O. He always projected as WR though... but he has to actually learn to be one.

I hope he works out but am not confident he will.
 
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l2dab16 said:
i disagree. im bein realistic. theres 32 nfl teams and 117 ncaa teams. im sure not every team has a short slot wr. i think he would do fine. out of Swain/Meachem/Smith, none of them guys was short, everyone of them guys played slot at some point
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No you aren't. And what does the number of nfl vs ncaa teams have to do with anything?

Bottom line: Milton is not a slot receiver, I don't care if he is 5'2. He's a tall, possession receiver. Slot receivers run different routes, are quicker, usually smaller guys that do different things. He plays a different position. It really isn't that complicated.

Also, Swain/Meachem/Smith were all WR's too. None of them played slot. We ran a lot of 4 and 5 WR sets when we had those guys.
 
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sjt18 said:
I am not sure MM will ever make a significant contribution. He does not seem to have good hands. He also has not shown the ability to use his size well.
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And what are you basing that on? He's had a great offseason and he hardly saw the field last year.
 
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SeanJean said:
Also, Swain/Meachem/Smith were all WR's too. None of them played slot. We ran a lot of 4 and 5 WR sets when we had those guys.
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if all 3 of them were on the field at the same time, only 2 of the 3 can play outside at a time. SOMEBODY had to play slot. i remember meachem playin slot some
 
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I recall David Martin being used as a 3rd down possession receiver who liked to work the middle. Pretty big dude. NFL tight end.
 
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YorkVol said:
We will see Neal in the slot.
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Exactly. You want your slot receiver to be a quick guy who can get to an open spot underneath fast and make some yardage after the catch. Not a tall possession receiver.
 
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