Mike Matthews

#51
#51
Just catch the dang ball, guys! If it hits you in the hands, it’s your ball. Stop trying to get a cross tattoo on your bicep, use your hands. I once had a QB throw so hard that I often caught curl and out routes with my arms rather than hands. I dropped a lot of passes because the ball hits your pads and ricochets off your body. My coach chewed my rear end daily, “use your hands!”

I showed up one day at practice with a pair of neoprene, receiving gloves and easily caught a one hand grab on an overthrown post route. Use your freaking hands!
 
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livefaith said:
I'm really excited about our receiver corp This year. We could have used Thornton back, but none of the rest are really going to hurt us at all. Matthews is going to be a stud, obviously Brazzel is a beast, and Staley is going to make a ton of plays. Good to see the freshman out there as well as I'm sure he'll come on this year. A lot of people thought that the position was going to be a problem for us. I never really did, and Saturday my confidence went even higher. Yes we had way too many drops, but hopefully that was an anomaly. We shall see.

I heard today that this group of starters is only been practicing together is the starting group for literally 7 days now. So if true, there's a lot of upside here.
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We have some talented FR that will blow by them if drops are not cleaned up. Bet we see some this week get some experience while still meaningful.
 
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Just catch the dang ball, guys! If it hits you in the hands, it’s your ball. Drop trying to get a cross tattoo on your bicep, use your hands. I once had a QB throw do hard that I often caught curl and out routes with my arms rather than hands. I dropped a lot of passes because the ball hits your pads a ricochets off your body. My coach chewed my rear end daily, “use your hands!”

I showed up one day at practice with a pair of neoprene, receiving gloves and easily caught a one hand grab on an overthrown post route. Use your freaking hands!
 
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Matthews is clearly an athletic talent and he plays with a physical edge. Gotta love how he blocks - Juan Jennings light. He however clearly has average hands at best. Top flight receivers make most every routine catch and then some spectacular grabs for the highlight reels. When Matthews starts doing those 2 things, he will become a fan favorite. JMO
 
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VolArmy74 said:
I was more concerned with his drops. Hits both hands, it has to be caught. He had 2 that hit both hands and he dropped them.
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Yep, Joey is throwing a high ball on some but I think 3 or 4 balls the receivers still got both hands on them and dropped and one drop hit #17 in the chest, more of just a miss.. The one overthrow that was the QBs total fault was a overthrow to Travis Smith on a short route. Kistleman made a great catch which if he missed nobody would have said much just an awesome catch.
 
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37620VOL said:
Brazzell Jr was the only receiver with a true drop
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Know folks will point to the QB, but not every pass will be absolutely perfect. Recruiters look for wide outs who can "high point" the ball so I suspect they also expect them to go up and get those passes. We just don't seem to have anyone who can do what that Miami receiver did last night. We got guys who look great in the uniform and have great celebration dances, but we need more guys who can actually catch something other than a perfect pass.

Hoping the youngsters step up and take the starting jobs from the older guys who sat most of camp if they don't start contributing soon.
 
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GUNTERSVOL said:
We have some talented FR that will blow by them if drops are not cleaned up. Bet we see some this week get some experience while still meaningful.
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From your keyboard to the coaches eyes....not that they read message boards. When these WRs were sitting for most of camp, I knew there'd be issues. The young guys must not be ready, but I hope they come on strong and take the starting jobs soon. I'd sure get them all the reps with Aguilar they can handle next week. Very little confidence in Matthews or Brazzell.
 
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Other teams have freshmen that make incredible catches. We need more possession type receivers that can move the sticks when needed. Our running game can carry the load and create scheme nightmares for opponents when we throw the deep ball a few times. Wideouts just have to make catches. You will drop some the ball is not on the mark and you will catch some of them. They have to catch everything that hits them in the hands if we are going to be an elite team. QB needs to stop high balls on quick throws to sideline or he will get WR killed and/or have some pick sixes! Teams will figure out that weakness and release the DB to simply go for the ball. Pump it once to sideline WR and then go deep to Kits or Staley running down the middle. Keeps defenders honest.
 
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CAVPUT said:
From your keyboard to the coaches eyes....not that they read message boards. When these WRs were sitting for most of camp, I knew there'd be issues. The young guys must not be ready, but I hope they come on strong and take the starting jobs soon. I'd sure get them all the reps with Aguilar they can handle next week. Very little confidence in Matthews or Brazzell.
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Maybe, but after multiple CJH quotes about YOUNG having to get there, giving returners the first shot not a stranglehold on playing time seems logical. Especially to inspire our current class to hang in and sign on as well.

Looking forward to see if reps with newbie QB is more important to staff than getting some experienced backups. If we get out to anticipated early lead, I look to see some new faces when it counts, not just in clock killing run based series. IF IF IF….., hopefully all receivers get live reps with a second QB too. Early enough to still be running our new mixed tempo mode. First reps vs GA is scary if needed.
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
Please elaborate on the things he needs to work on in able for us to compete
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CATCHING THE FOOTBALL.
Make a damn play. For one.

On the throw to Brazzell deep he could have caught that. And it makes we wonder if he was running the wrong route??
The high ball on UT sideline. Hit his hands. Catch it!

Brazzell too! He had 3 Drops. Matthews had 2 or 3. Catch the football!!

Need to get Smith a lot of reps against ETSU. Jackson too.
 
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Hacksaw said:
Yeah, it looked like he realized he had already made the first down yardage and wasn't going to get much more, so he just went down to protect the ball and stop the clock. Smart play, IMO.

To be honest, I was still thinking about how slow Bishop looked being run down from behind by that Syracuse DB on the previous play.
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But you weren’t thinking about how he shrugged off a DEFENSIVE TACKLE in the backfield.???

Seriously man…smh

THIS is the problem with fans.
 
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BTW #16 for Syracuse was Chris Peal.

Remember him? Out of Charlotte that committed to UGA?

Ran a 10.46 in the 100 meter dash! Haha.

Bishop was breaking away from everyone else except that cat @Hacksaw .

This is what I mean, when people HAVE NO CLUE what they’re talking about sometimes.
 
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LittleVol said:
CATCHING THE FOOTBALL.
Make a damn play. For one.

On the throw to Brazzell deep he could have caught that. And it makes we wonder if he was running the wrong route??
The high ball on UT sideline. Hit his hands. Catch it!

Brazzell too! He had 3 Drops. Matthews had 2 or 3. Catch the football!!

Need to get Smith a lot of reps against ETSU. Jackson too.
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A couple of those were on the QB.
 
#75
#75
walkenvol said:
Marvin West said Matthews had 2 drops. Watch “The Film Guy” on Joey Agular and notice how many times he calls out Matthews. His critics appear to be correct in their assessments.
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Analysis of the 3 "drops"

-- 6 yard comeback on the left sideline, ball was knee high and 2 feet outside his frame. I'm conflicted, but my Verdict is drop, even if PFF says no drop. But not an easy catch by any means.
-- 10 yard throw to the right sideline, ball thrown 5 feet too high. MM jumps about 4 feet and it's off his fingertips with full extension. Verdict -- NO drop
-- 35 yard 9 route left sideline, pressure on QB causes throw to the inside shoulder and slightly underthrown, batted away by the CB. Verdict -- NO drop (but MM could have played it better to draw PI)
 
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