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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3119111, member: 289"] They each listed five players to watch in this game: Bailey: Clayton Welch, QB, Javar Jordan, RB, Steve Linton, DE, Courtney Jackson, WR and Pat David, OL. He wants to see what our back-up QB has. He wants to see Jordan's speed; he's the fastest guy on the team (4.33 in the forty) behind Carl Jones, (not Cam Jonas). He said Linton is too light to take on ACC tackles a this point but he's got great speed for a DE and could emerge as a star in a couple of years. he also wants to see what the very quick Jackson can do with the ball. Davis came in for Ryan Alexander vs. WMU and made some good plays. Bailey thinks he'll be needed down the stretch. Whigham: Cam Jordan, WR, Juan Wallace, LB, Cam Jonas, DB, Allen Stritzinger, DB, Jarveon Howard, RB. He wants to see what Jordan can do with his size. Wallace comes from IMG in Florida, where the "facilities might be better than Syracuse. Everyone is so big down there". You heard the Jonas clip, (Jonas played some WR in high school, not here). Stritzinger made some good plays vs. WMU and had an interception in the bowl game. he feels Howard will emerge as our primary running back someday and that the goal line/short yardage role is too limiting for him. Bailey wondered if Adams' fumble might set him back and make an opening for Howard because fumbleitis was an issue for him at Oklahoma. Whigham said of Jordan that he has speed but for a running back, hitting the hole hard is the big thing and he may not have the body yet to do that. he described how easy it was for him in the beginning to cover Brisley Estime and Erv Phillips until they got strong enough to push him away at the line of scrimmage. He also cited Moe Neal's lack of strength at the beginning of his career. Finally he mentioned pass blocking, which is an important part of the running backs' job here. They also talked about Qadir White, saying that getting his weight down and "picking up the plays" has been a problem. His high school coach told Julian not to judge him until about two years in. In the meantime, some guys have moved head of him in the depth chart. "The closer you are to the ball, the harder it is to get on the field" due to he physical nature of the game and all that has to be learned. Eric Coley was also mentioned as a guy to watch. I still think he could have a big career here, even though he's fallen behind classmates like Cisco, Williams and Melifonwu. They also discussed Cornelius Nunn, who missed a couple of practices for personal reasons. Maybe we'll see him. [/QUOTE]

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