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WATCH: Trenton Simpson’s best highlights from Clemson

Simpson’s highlight reel warranted his selection by the Ravens with the 86th overall selection in the 2023 NFL draft

The Baltimore Ravens invested in their linebacker corps in the third round of the 2023 NFL draft by selecting Clemson product Trenton Simpson with the 86th overall pick. Simpson is something of a work in progress heading into his rookie season but should be served well by the presence of Patrick Queen and Roquan Smith as mentors.

Clemson had two defenders taken in the first round before Simpson was taken by the Ravens. Check out the linebacker’s best plays from his time in South Carolina to get more acquainted with his skillset ahead of the team’s next selection:

 

 

 

 

 

It appears Jack Coan to start for Notre Dame at Virginia Tech

Like it, love it, or hate it?

I have nothing against Jack Coan.

His teammates at Wisconsin clearly looked at him as a leader and you haven’t heard any Notre Dame players say a bad word about him. Clearly Notre Dame’s coaching staff thinks highly of him seeing as he received another start at Virginia Tech.

I really hope the best for Notre Dame over the next few hours and that Coan plays the game of the year in Blacksburg. I hope this entire post gets sent to the Old Takes Exposed Twitter account and a mockery is made of this.

Reporters at the game in Blacksburg, Virginia have indicated that it appears the transfer graduate-senior will start the game for Notre Dame.  

But for the life of me I don’t understand how Brian Kelly, Tommy Rees, and the rest of the Notre Dame coaching staff came to conclusion that Coan gives Notre Dame their best chance to win at Virginia Tech.

The Hokies aren’t likely to light up the scoreboard as their offense has struggled. They likely won’t be great at slowing down the run, either.

What you can expect them to do is get after Notre Dame’s quarterbacks as the Irish line has issues and Coan doesn’t exactly offer escapability.

Based on Virginia Tech’s strengths and weaknesses it would appear obvious that either Drew Pyne or Tyler Buchner would make significantly more sense of the mission of the night is for the offense to give you a better chance to win. I’ve stated I’d go with Pyne in part because of the way you see the rest of the offense seemingly get a spark when he’s on the field.

Is a loud road environment that much of a reason to not start the significantly less experienced Pyne or Buchner? One of them will have to start in the 2022 opener at Ohio State, right? On top of them being better built to face the Virginia Tech defense was that at all considered?

This isn’t meant as a post to knock Jack Coan. It’s not his fault he isn’t built to move like the other quarterbacks are.

I just don’t get how something that myself and so many other Notre Dame observers thought was so obvious and necessary was avoided.

Good luck tonight to the Notre Dame defense and special teams because unfortunately without a big few plays from them I really don’t like the Irish chances to score much whatsoever.

Now please go prove my big mouth wrong, Jack.

Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. ET tonight and can be seen on ACC Network.

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