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Doubt he plays many meaningful snaps this year

Afterall we're not Miami bad at LB

I think he needs to be quicker than strong and he can have a game high of 7 tkls, 2.5tfl, 1 sack. On the season about 30-40 tlks (mostly kickoff coverage) and about 4.5 sacks with a couple FF and FR.

Yeah but we have quiet a few talented LBs that are more college ready

Our S&C program is way ahead of Miami's so unless he's Telvin Smith 2.0, I expect him to put on 10-15 lbs of good weight between June and the start of fall practice.

My expectations are for him to be a special teams demon in year 1. I also think he'll have a role in some of the 3-4 pressure packages where he can use his speed and athleticism to rush off the edge.

Overall, because of the offenses we'll play and the depth we have, I expect to see more DB's on the field than LB's. Guys like Karlos Williams, Tyler Hunter, PJ Williams, Colin Blake, Jalen Ramsey will play the Star and Money positions in the new defense which potentially takes LB's off the field.

That'll limit the production of all the LB's not named Christian Jones and Telvin Smith

Disagree...Thomas will play a lot of meaningful snaps. His coverage ability alone will get him a lot of snaps.

I am very excited for this. I don't complain about Stoop's D too much, but my one internal gripe was taking CJ from one of the things he does best: rushing the passer. He was the best of any of our LBs at that the last couple years and we didn't let him do it much at all after he changed to WLB.

Northrup is a LB I think is going to exceed most casual fans expectations. The kid did something that only 2 other LBs in the history of FSU did their senior year. Please correct me if I have my stats wrong. He had 200 tackles his senior year in HS. I think I'm going to get this wrong, but I think it was a combo of Marvin Jones/Derrick Brooks/Sam Cowart, then Northrup. To me that shows this kid has a high football IQ, a nose for the ball, and the skill to get there. If he is anything like the other 3 I named, we are blessed. I'm keeping an eye on him.

And the award for overstatement of the day goes to.......

What exactly define TALENT:

Size, Speed, Quickness, Change of Direction, Instincts, Intelligence, Intangibles??

Whatever attributes define talent for you, what makes you certain that he exceeds the guys we already have?

I guess I need some parameters and definitions to fully understand how a 5* LB who's not on campus yet is already more talented than the 5* and 4* LBs we already have.

Height, length, speed, agility, fluidity, innate influential nature to their game, leadership, etc etc etc. You know good and well what "talent" is you are just mildly offended that I am saying he's got more than guys on our roster. It's just the truth. Ask JC Schurburt, Gerry Hamilton, Chris Nee, Josh Newberg.....they'll put MT at the top.

He's really really special. Christian Jones was a big safety that projected to LB who had shown some huge upside playing solid comp in the Winter Park area. Matthew Thomas has been THE dominant force on Booker T Washington's defense in the heart of 8A Miami football since midway through his Sophomore year.

I'm not offended at all, I just think it's a silly statement to make before the kid steps foot on campus.

All of the things you named that define talent just means he'd perform really well in a combine type setting. We've seen our share of those guys come and go that couldn't play a lick.

Again, I'm not knocking MT at all. I fully expect him to be a stud and potential 3 and done type guy. I'm just not ready to crown him as the most talented LB we have right now.

Although Boehner isn't really offering too much resistance (wuss), so maybe you can convince him.