Off Season Articles Thread

[RickinDayton]

Tough to read. I expect that Sayin is the better passer, but he looks kind of small to me. I would fear that he could turn into a Quinn Ewers. Kleinholtz is a very good athlete, but in the past not that great of a passer. In several competitions, he has thrown the ball better than Sayin. Kleinholtz is one of ten players (not normally a qb) who has won the very difficult iron buckeye award for fitness & gym work. I think it is a real competition between Sayin & Kleinholtz. Thing that concerns me about Kleinholtz is whether he can hit his receivers out of the break and on time. If he could he could be really dangerous.

I think Day intends to relinquish the play calling to Hartline. He views himself in nil age as more of a ceo. Hartline scares me because the last legendary position coach to be appointed as coordinator was Kerry Combs who was an absolute disaster. When Day goes outside of OSU and picks coordinators he is mostly successful. Jeff Hafley, Chip Kelly Jim Knowles. So far I am hearing good things about Matt Patricia. Outside of the defensive tackle position that may turn out to be very weak, the defense is loaded.

I felt very badly for Devin Brown who was an all around good guy and welcomed all competition but whose career at OSU was derailed by two very untimely injuries.

Thanks for that info.

 

[Sherriff Coffee]

Live Updates: Penn State Football Media Day

James Franklin and the Nittany Lions meet the media for the first time ahead of the 2025 season.

www.si.com

 

[Lazy Dave]

Takeaways from Franklin PC:

-he seems to like the 3 WRs we brought in. Mature, captains, production. Depth exists, so I assume we have a 2 deep he will trust. Essentially a call that we need playmakers on the field (ARon big catch vs Michigan in the 4OT game shout out), but tone wise, I think we've upgraded and developing.

-Knowles further into install than you'd expect. Sounds like less attacking on defense from the front 6. (My interpretation is less gap jumping and more lining up and going straight ahead) LBs more reading responsibilities. Secondary will play less straight man, more zone coverage coming.

-OL depth is huge. Reading between the lines, I think we see Donkoh and Cousins split RG reps early and Rucci at RT until somebody struggles or outplays the other. Mentions the 6 OL sets and ability to play even a 7th (more as a substitute, not a 7 OL formation).

-TE room definitely 3 deep today. Big praise for Dinkins ("severely underrated"). Rapp sounds 100%, bigger, stronger, faster. Reynolds improved as well.

-expected Smolik to return rusty, but he didn't. Pushing QB2 competition all the way through the season and into the spring (coach speak IMO)

-Safeties. Still a battle for the 2nd and 3rd safety. Named Mack, Lane, Belgrave-Shorter, and Toure. Will play the best player at 5th safety spot, be it a CB or Nickel.