Zeon Chriss

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Originally Posted by cajuns80

No tape? He played a full bowl game.

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You do realize Zeon did not come into the Bowl game until midway through the 3rd quarter, right? Chandler was in the game until he got hurt around the 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

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Originally Posted by RaginDave

You do realize Zeon did not come into the Bowl game until midway through the 3rd quarter, right? Chandler was in the game until he got hurt around the 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

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Thought it was the second quarter...but still there is tape

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Originally Posted by cajuns80

Thought it was the second quarter...but still there is tape

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No, according to the play by play, Chandler was in the game up until about 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. That is when Zeon came in, so you might have about a quarter or so. In fact, Zeon was in on about 3 series in the entire game. He was in on the Chris Smith fumble drive, then took over the next series when the Cajuns punted the ball deep to the Cougars and a couple of plays later, they scored on a long pass. Then he threw an INT to end the game with .03 left.

Not a ton of tape.

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Originally Posted by RaginDave

No, according to the play by play, Chandler was in the game up until about 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. That is when Zeon came in, so you might have about a quarter or so. In fact, Zeon was in on about 3 series in the entire game. He was in on the Chris Smith fumble drive, then took over the next series when the Cajuns punted the ball deep to the Cougars and a couple of plays later, they scored on a long pass. Then he threw an INT to end the game with .03 left.

Not a ton of tape.

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Y'all keep touting it as he just played against an unprepared defense. He will just keep proving yall wrong.

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Originally Posted by cajuns80

Y'all keep touting it as he just played against an unprepared defense. He will just keep proving yall wrong.

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No, I am not touting that, just stating facts. I think the kid is special and is going to ball out the next few weeks and beyond.

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Originally Posted by RaginDave

No, I am not touting that, just stating facts. I think the kid is special and is going to ball out the next few weeks and beyond.

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Right

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Originally Posted by cajuns80

Y'all keep touting it as he just played against an unprepared defense. He will just keep proving yall wrong.

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The defense wasn't unprepared. It was a bad defense.

It looks as though Zeon is going to have an opportunity to be a starter, probably for more than one game. We'll see what he does with that opportunity. I'm very optimistic. But I want to see how he does as a starter.

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Originally Posted by JayWalker

The defense wasn't unprepared. It was a bad defense.

It looks as though Zeon is going to have an opportunity to be a starter, probably for more than one game. We'll see what he does with that opportunity. I'm very optimistic. But I want to see how he does as a starter.

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I'm optimistic as well that he is going to show that he should, and will be, the starter for many years to come.

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Originally Posted by JayWalker

The defense wasn't unprepared. It was a bad defense.

It looks as though Zeon is going to have an opportunity to be a starter, probably for more than one game. We'll see what he does with that opportunity. I'm very optimistic. But I want to see how he does as a starter.

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He will have growing pains. But his upside will shine through and we will be more explosive.

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Originally Posted by JayWalker

The defense wasn't unprepared. It was a bad defense.

It looks as though Zeon is going to have an opportunity to be a starter, probably for more than one game. We'll see what he does with that opportunity. I'm very optimistic. But I want to see how he does as a starter.

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And it doesn't get much easier for a bad defense, they have Georgia this weekend and Tulane the following week. They then get a USF team that gave Alabama fits and then good UTSA team. This could be a long year for Coach Dilfer. I have to believe he would have thought at worst he would have split the SBC games between us and Georgia Southern, instead he gave up 49 vs them and 41 vs us. Georgia and Tulane (if Pratt is healthy) could put 80 on them.

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Originally Posted by CharlieK

He looked good Saturday avoiding that tendency. He had a couple dodgy choices, but a couple where he didn’t force it when he could have.

I know defenses will game plan differently for him and that will have an affect, but we will also have more time to game plan with him. Also the fact defenses will game plan for him means they will be forced to factor his running ability in, so if we are smart we can exploit openings created by that.

I agree….the key for him will be learning when to take risks and when not to. But this guy reminds me of Dez. They knew he could run too…and still couldn’t stop him.

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He reminds me more of Blaine Gautier. He's a guy who can really throw it but happens to have some wheels on him. Des was a special qb running the ball but he left a lot to be desired as a passer.

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Originally Posted by cajun4life

He will have growing pains. But his upside will shine through and we will be more explosive.

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I don't disagree with your assessment.

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Originally Posted by cajun4life

He will have growing pains. But his upside will shine through and we will be more explosive.

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Does it seem like he puts a bit too much air on his deep and even longer intermediate passes? Maybe something he's still trying to work on?

Or is that just me?

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Do we know when Dre is expected back?

As long as Dre, Kibodi and the OL are healthy, we will be fine.

I think the difference is Ben is one of the best deep ball passers we’ve ever had. Zeon does throw a different ball, but we will see some more of him to judge it better.

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Originally Posted by cajun4life

I think the difference is Ben is one of the best deep ball passers we’ve ever had. Zeon does throw a different ball, but we will see some more of him to judge it better.

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I’ll trade the rare deep ball for the improved running. Deep balls rarely work no matter who throws them. Fools gold. I’m sure I’m in the minority in that opinion here :-)

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Originally Posted by CajunNation

Do we know when Dre is expected back?

As long as Dre, Kibodi and the OL are healthy, we will be fine.

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I know they were hoping it would be no later than the next conference game, but hopefully sooner.

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Originally Posted by JayWalker

The defense wasn't unprepared. It was a bad defense.

It looks as though Zeon is going to have an opportunity to be a starter, probably for more than one game. We'll see what he does with that opportunity. I'm very optimistic. But I want to see how he does as a starter.

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Did you guys make the flight by 1?

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Originally Posted by moorecajun

Did you guys make the flight by 1?

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We did. No time for post game showers. Got airborne with seven minutes to spare.

Update: Washington will be back this week. So will Robert Williams. George Jackson will probably be good to go.

Jax Harrington will be out this week.

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Originally Posted by JayWalker

We did. No time for post game showers. Got airborne with seven minutes to spare.

Update: Washington will be back this week. So will Robert Williams. George Jackson will probably be good to go.

Jax Harrington will be out this week.

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I know it is defense, but don't we get Marcus Wiser back this week?

Yes Sir!

If Chriss can get his mental experience in this weekend, and Jax can get healthy, the trip to Minnesota might be fun

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Originally Posted by RaginDave

I know it is defense, but don't we get Marcus Wiser back this week?

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No one asked about it. But my understanding was the suspension was for three games.

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Originally Posted by JayWalker

No one asked about it. But my understanding was the suspension was for three games.

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Also, I think we will be without Courtline Flowers for the first half because of a targeting penalty. This young man is having a pretty good start to the season.