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Message: [QUOTE="W'boro'Cuse315, post: 5089564, member: 806"] All jokes aside, are we thinking that we may have a shot with Malever? IMO, he’s EXACTLY what our offense needs, a two-handed, dual-threat, QB from X to allow Hiltz & Joey to play their natural roles as wing attackmen. He can work from X & we can still allow Joey to take a couple turns from X to switch things up while Hiltz probes the lefty wing & finishes inside. Malever, like Hiltz in ‘22, took this year to work back from injury & looks poised for a monster senior year. Hell, Fig may even let him wear #11, how fricken cool would that be in honor of Z? That’d likely be the best attack in the nation & paired with English, Finn, & Leo would be magic. A second mid line of Rhoa, Birt, & Bear Anderson with a 3rd of Hottle, Kellogg, & McCarthy while Deere takes a developmental RS (if he’s up for it) would be my hope. Not a knock on Deere at all, I just think he’s a pure attack stuck behind Hiltz next year & Leo the following year & RSing would give him a chance to finally start for 2 years at lefty attack in ‘27-‘28. The key to our offseason, assuming everyone with eligibility returns until we have a reason not to, is finding an athletic, speedy, dodging threat from X to pair with Hiltz & Joey. If not Malever, I’d honestly go with Bear. I believe he’s physical & skilled enough to consistently beat ACC shorties as a frosh &, again, could defer to Joey at X if need be. It just presents so many matchup problems for the opponent’s D. Lastly, I’ll end this rant by adding that it’s so damn hard to leave Rhoa off the 1st line because I think he has AA potential next year (love to see that he’s playing some BoxLa this summer). He’s deadly with both hands & is such a crafty dodger who needs little time/room to get his rocket shot off. I just feel that the English-Finn two-man action is too good to break up. Honestly, we alternate 1st & 2nd mid lines regularly even in crunch time, save for a few occasions, & only play a 3rd in blowouts so I’ve always wondered how much the Top 6 really care, especially with our FO & possession success. Regarding Leo, I just don’t like him at attack with Hiltz because they each prefer to operate from the same real estate on the lefty wing & I'm just not sure Leo’s forté is operating from X after watching him in HS & these past 2 years. It worked in spurts when we tried it late in the year but I feel teams would adjust. Add Bear every other shift & it’s a lefty overload. Leo plays lefty attack as a senior then it’s 2 years of Deere. FWIW, Malever is a Business Management major so I’m sure a Whitman grad degree could be enticing. How sweet would this look alongside Hiltz & Joey?: [MEDIA=twitter]1789448942251282911[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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