usfgrad84 Posted September 10, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 246 Content Count: 6,348 Reputation: 662 Days Won: 8 Joined: 05/25/2006 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I thought BJ was having a very difficult time hitting Hopkins yesterday. Personally, I didn't think he was the right guy to have running the curl patterns when we needed first downs on the last couple of drives. I prefer to see him on the deep ball or maybe on some of the little dump off plays they were trying to create for Lamar last year. With the injury to Griffin does Hopkins become more of a target or sort of a decoy? Will we get to see any more of a role for Montgomery? Maybe similar to what they did with Davis last year? Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBulls84 Posted September 10, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 43 Content Count: 3,899 Reputation: 871 Days Won: 8 Joined: 12/10/2006 Share Posted September 10, 2012 With his lack of size, and BJ's lack of height to see over the middle really, I'd prefer to see Hopkins really sticking to bubble screens and end arounds and that sort of thing, and then of course the occasional deep ball. Side note, I don't know if anybody else noticed during the game, but on one of BJ's scrambles, Hop put a linebacker on his ass blocking for him. Love to see that kind of feistiness out of someone his size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deters- Posted September 10, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 67 Content Count: 3,749 Reputation: 309 Days Won: 3 Joined: 07/22/2008 Share Posted September 10, 2012 With his lack of size, and BJ's lack of height to see over the middle really, I'd prefer to see Hopkins really sticking to bubble screens and end arounds and that sort of thing, and then of course the occasional deep ball. Side note, I don't know if anybody else noticed during the game, but on one of BJ's scrambles, Hop put a linebacker on his ass blocking for him. Love to see that kind of feistiness out of someone his size. QFT. I like Hopkins as a player and he does have ability but I'd much rather have size and speed then just speed lined up at WR. Coaches need to design some good plays that utilize his speed but don't ask for him to do plays that work against his height disadvantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southshore26 Posted September 10, 2012 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 104 Content Count: 4,442 Reputation: 161 Days Won: 9 Joined: 09/30/2007 Share Posted September 10, 2012 One of the biggest things I walked away with from the UTC game was Hopkins speed... he can get separation almost every play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELdaBull Posted September 10, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 86 Content Count: 17,061 Reputation: 1,429 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/15/2005 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Very fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullFan98 Posted September 10, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 258 Content Count: 7,780 Reputation: 328 Days Won: 7 Joined: 08/13/2010 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Convert him to rb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisa el Toro Posted September 10, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 132 Content Count: 10,380 Reputation: 1,058 Days Won: 18 Joined: 08/11/2003 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I like Welch running curls. Hopkins should be utilized on screens, imho. Kid could be lethal if this coaching staff really utilized him more in open field situations. I just hope he holds onto the ball once he gets his mits on it and gets popped by the opposing team; he's undersized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulls1181 Posted September 10, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 170 Content Count: 5,722 Reputation: 366 Days Won: 8 Joined: 08/03/2011 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Hopkins is a nice change of pace but not a starter. I would love to see our TEs line up wide. Our bubble screens would be more effective and they would also cause some match up problems. Price needs to be a little more involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizman Posted September 10, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 2,345 Content Count: 21,365 Reputation: 922 Days Won: 10 Joined: 01/02/2007 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Hopkins has some development needs, he ran out of bounds on one pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmhatter Posted September 10, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 576 Content Count: 8,174 Reputation: 268 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/02/2007 Share Posted September 10, 2012 One of the biggest things I walked away with from the UTC game was Hopkins speed... he can get separation almost every play. thats not saying a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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