Carries for Dymonte Thomas?
Just a quick question. We spent most of our time since 2011 salivating over how good, what an ATHLETE Dymonte Thomas is. So far, we've only seen him briefly at S and then a little more on kick coverage, where he put his elite athleticism on display.
Obviously, he's not quite ready to take over at Safety yet, which I understand. We've been playing kind of soft coverages, so you need seasoned guys. My question is this. His RS season is gone. Are we really going to let this elite athlete we were all terribly excited to get languish on special teams?
I seem to recall reading that he was quite the runner out of the backfield. At 190, he's not huge, but could probably handle a few carries per game. Do you think this is something the coaches should pursue?
October 8th, 2013 at 9:14 PM ^
They should move AJ Williams to offensive tackle. They should move Jourdan Lewis to WR. And they should make Norfleet a slot ninja RB too!
October 8th, 2013 at 9:17 PM ^
October 8th, 2013 at 9:40 PM ^
October 8th, 2013 at 9:20 PM ^
Go on......
October 8th, 2013 at 9:25 PM ^
.....nope
October 8th, 2013 at 9:42 PM ^
October 8th, 2013 at 10:26 PM ^
But this is simply a much better version of this amazing gif:
October 8th, 2013 at 11:36 PM ^
my first very good laugh of the day. and you just body-slam-destroyed the previous poster
October 9th, 2013 at 7:15 PM ^
Oh my goodness i laughed so hard when I saw that version. The other one was funny but this one is just epic. Thanks.
After a looonnnggg day of school (and supposed to be studying right now) that was just awesome.
October 8th, 2013 at 11:11 PM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 12:42 PM ^
Wisconsin style.
October 9th, 2013 at 9:33 AM ^
I was camping as a child with my family in New Hampshire ... The last morning I was having a final look around and I came through the woods into a vacant campsite where I suprised a badger. I swear the earth shook when he ran away. Scared the hell out of both of us. Cheers.
October 9th, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^
Than you are of him.
October 8th, 2013 at 9:17 PM ^
Dennis Norfleet already has that role, so probably not.
October 8th, 2013 at 9:21 PM ^
I don't think two TERRIBLY SURPRISING REVERSES per game really qualify as a few carries.
October 8th, 2013 at 9:23 PM ^
We have Norfleet and Justice Hayes as guys who have practiced the RB position for over a year. They would be used before Dymonte. I like the thinking, but I just don't see him getting any touches on the offensive side of the ball.
October 8th, 2013 at 9:30 PM ^
dude and Hayes and Norfleet rarely see the field. It's a valid Q.
October 8th, 2013 at 10:18 PM ^
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October 9th, 2013 at 8:12 AM ^
but it is not a terrible idea by any means whatsoever...i think he would be good a catching a few bubble screens and possibly breaking it loose...but that would require that the guy calling plays actually change up the play calling
October 9th, 2013 at 10:42 AM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 11:32 AM ^
and have yet to get to their brewery up north!!!
Have you tried their Good Humans beer?? It's a mix between an IPA and smokey lager, soooo very good!
October 8th, 2013 at 9:23 PM ^
I hope not. I want him spend every available second of practice practicing for the incredibly important/ tough to play position that we have about 0 depth at.
October 9th, 2013 at 10:17 AM ^
He needs to be doing everything he can to be ready to play defense if needed. Special teams, sure -- that doesn't take away from anything, and obviously he is an asset there. But preparing to play on offense would detract from his focus on defense.
Good question, bad idea.
October 8th, 2013 at 9:23 PM ^
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October 8th, 2013 at 9:36 PM ^
I didn't recommend that it SHOULD happen. Simply asking what people thought. It probably would be a bad idea. At the same time, I dare you, DARE you to watch Jibreel Peppers highlights and not have "Instant Charles Woodson" flash in your brain. And he's a long way till he's even a freshman yet.
I would think you would know me well enough to know that I'm not screaming, "STAHR RANKERNS! PURT HIRM IN THUR GERM!"
October 8th, 2013 at 9:54 PM ^
And fast forward a year and if Peppers is not performing at Charles Woodson, junior level - the calls of dismay will be everywhere. People just have too high of expectations of everything. Peppers looks like a fantastic talent and I hope he is "the man", the chosen one, the everything. But if he carves out a career of say a Ty Law level we should be considered lucky. Right now from the hype on here, he is a Reggie Bush on offense + Charles Woodson on defense + should be getting 10-15 touches a game on offense the day he walks on campus + all kick and punt returners because surely he will take 1 out of 7 back all the way because he is ...Peppers. Not like other teams dont get top 10 CBs every year - some of which you never hear of 5 years later.
I'd suggest all MGoLovers go check the top 15 of the past 10 years and note all the total bombs. It can happen to anyone and 7 months ago at this time all the talk was how Green would be displacing Fitz by the time the Big 10 season begins and begin his "Yeldon" years.
October 8th, 2013 at 10:21 PM ^
Just saying, but a lot of recruiting analysts are saying he's the best pure athlete since Patrick Peterson and is one of the best cornerback recruits in the past 15 years. Obviously nothing is guaranteed, but there is a reason people are excited about a 6'2, 220 pound cornerback.
October 8th, 2013 at 10:48 PM ^
Is it because he put on 10 pounds and grew an inch (or two?) since the beginning of the year?
October 9th, 2013 at 4:00 PM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 10:25 AM ^
It is because of the bombs that have occurred that people get worried about a top ranked freshman not showing elite signs right way. Because in almost every case, an elite recruit shows elite signs right away (mixed in with the typical freshman mistakes) if they are going to be at that level. So IMO it wouldn't be irrational at all to be worried about Peppers given the hype, if he was not starting as a freshman like Woodson did.
October 9th, 2013 at 10:40 AM ^
October 8th, 2013 at 9:56 PM ^
as a freshman. Thomas is still learning how to play safety, and he might still be needed there. I can't see asking him to learn another new position in the middle of the season, especially one that already has more depth.
October 8th, 2013 at 10:30 PM ^
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October 9th, 2013 at 9:10 AM ^
Tastes good on eggs. Or baked potatoes. Steak. Damn, now I am hungry!
October 9th, 2013 at 12:56 PM ^
I dare you, DARE you to watch Jibreel Peppers highlights and not have "Instant Charles Woodson" flash in your brain.
High school is not college. All these guys look like men among boys in high school. That becomes much less true at the college level. Also, highlights are, well, highlights - a compilation of the very best plays a player has made. The bad plays don't get on there.
October 9th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
At this point in Woodson's career he was still a couple of weeks away from getting torched by MSU as a freshman. It wasn't until the end of the season and OSU that Woodson even started looking like WOODSON his first year.
October 8th, 2013 at 9:36 PM ^
Of minor interest perhaps, Thomas' high school stats exist on 247Sports in a semi-complete format. As an RB, he is listed as having accumulated, over his HS career, some 2,107 yards of rushing and 31 rushing TD, as well as 105 yards of receiving and 1 receiving TD.
That being said, I am pretty sure that we're deep enough at RB right now. Thomas was putting up some good tackling stats as well, so I am thinking DB is where he stays.
October 8th, 2013 at 9:38 PM ^
DB is his position, for sure. But with his RS burned, it just seems sad to leave that athleticism off the field.
October 8th, 2013 at 9:42 PM ^
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October 9th, 2013 at 10:19 AM ^
He's playing special teams, which always gets overlooked. It doesn't have the glamour of a starter on defense or offense, but it's an important role nonetheless (one where he's already contributed a big play). I know people gripe about people burning RS on special teams, but someone's got to play there and the same people would be griping when starters/contributers on defense and offense get injured playing special teams.
October 9th, 2013 at 4:01 PM ^
Deveon Smith set Trumbull County record with 6,750 career rushing yards (breaking former mark of Jimmy Rasey) and had 82 touchdowns in his HS carreer. Justice Hayes ran 380 times for 2,624 yards and 21 touchdowns in HS, Rawls ran for 1,585 yards and scored 19 touchdowns as a senior, Derrick Green ran for 1,350 yards and 21 touchdowns as a senior and 1,500 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior. Toussaint ran for 4,690 yards and 65 touchdowns during his HS career. All of those guys are currently Running Backs that he would have to beat out to see the field.
October 8th, 2013 at 9:38 PM ^