Texas A&M fans can exhale: five-star freshman receiver Demond Demas appears back in the Aggies' fold for a trip to Auburn

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Demond-Demas-Texas-A-M-status-Auburn-game-15763873.php

RG20 said:

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Just like last year when Anias was supposed to play more...

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He didn't say he was going to play more.

My whole point of saying that is to take what Jimbo says with a grain of salt. Most football coaches are throwing out fluff to the media majority of the time.

raging_agaholic said:

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Does anyone honestly believe that Fisher and his staff would blackball a kid who they thought would make an instant impact on the field? We're in playoff contention here, and every play counts. How many drops did we see our receivers make on Saturday? If Demas was the magic man that some believe he is (or can be), I wholeheartedly expect him to play.

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He blackballed Smith for half a season last year. Hell, he even admitted it.

PearlJammin said:

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raging_agaholic said:

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Does anyone honestly believe that Fisher and his staff would blackball a kid who they thought would make an instant impact on the field? We're in playoff contention here, and every play counts. How many drops did we see our receivers make on Saturday? If Demas was the magic man that some believe he is (or can be), I wholeheartedly expect him to play.

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He blackballed Smith for half a season last year. Hell, he even admitted it.

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Link?

The reporters asked Jimbo multiple times in the pressers about smith getting more touches and Jimbo said they needed to get him the ball more. It just took the whole season to do it.

But Demas hasn't played hardly any snaps at all. At least Smith had some catches at this point.

I've watched a lot of games in the last 2 weeks due to confinement in my home from Covid. There have been many players on teams I have watched that have freshman starting players that we have been on the recruiting trail. These guys no doubt bypassed us because they were promised immediate playing time. Jimbo has to walk a fine line with this approach, a couple of wrong moves and this could blow up his roster.
Tony Grimes comes to mind, we lost our DB coach to the Cowboys and that was the in for ol buttertooth. It's a big game in the recruiting of players.

Anyone curious about why Preston didn't see the field? Or Jackson, who is 6'6"?

And what about Achane getting all of 3 plays?

Ya'll seem to forget about practice. Jimbo puts so much emphasis on practice if you listen to his press conferences. There is a reason that practices are filmed and there is film study just on what each player does there. When Demas is ready for the game field he will be in. I believe when he is put out there on the game field he is going to light it up, but not till Coach Craig and Jimbo say so.

It's interesting the last time I can remember a freshman playing getting this much attention was when Reggie was waiting his turn.

Can you provide more info on his ankle girth. It's important that I have this info before I decide if he is ready.

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This board's obsession with Demas is bewildering. The dude has massive potential but literally hasn't played in a live-action game in more than two years. He'll contribute when he's ready. Fisher obviously doesn't trust him at this point in time.

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I also give Jimbo the benefit of the doubt. But, surely you can understand the reasoning (of most)?

-WRs struggled to get separation last year
-Ainias showed signs of life, but usually sat in favor of Kendrick or Buckley
-Mond did not trust either, but did trust Ainias some
-We had a slew of highly rated underclassmen sitting on the bench
-Q declared for the draft, probably no draft grade, but there was at least an argument for it
-Kendrick declared when he had little hope of getting drafted, it appeared illogical
-Ausbon opted out, some say for SJW reasons
-We dont get Chapman going until game 3, but he gets hurt (not blaming injury on Jimbo)
-Kam Brown was WR4 and he doesnt even finish the season

Yes, Demas missed SR year and spring ball was cut short. Still, most 5* WRs are ready to contribute.

It raises alot of questions. It could be that Q knew he had peaked and was ready to take his shot. It could be that Kendrick had problems, Jimbo told him how, and Kendrick didnt like it. It could be that Ainias was inconsistent in practice and Jimbo did not trust him to execute consistently. It could be that the young 4*s on the bench were so far from ready it was not worth considering. It could be that Ausbon really was mad about the statute and Mond, and Jimbo had nothing to do with it. It could be that Kam Brown is not likely to contribute in the next 2 years and we might as well clear up the space.

I give Jimbo the benefit of the doubt, b/c Sumlin's teams were quitters. Talented, but not scrappy and not hard-fighting. Made lots of fundamental mistakes. Hit them in the mouth and they folded. Jimbo cleaned that crap up and ran off losers like Klantino. Still, I need to see WR improvement in the next 1-2 years.

Jbob04 said:

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Our WR development and rotation is terrible. We have improved across the board on both sides of the ball except for WR. It's time for something new. Gonna be some hot tears when we lose some good players because they can't get playing time behind guys that aren't making plays.

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Goodness, Dems is a true freshman who hasn't played in 2 years and had almost no Fall camp. What kind of "development" are you expecting? Patience. If he's not contributing in 2021 then there might be a problem.

-We literally had our top 3 WRs leave in the offseason; 1 leaving right before the season started.
-Cupp (TE, not WR) goes down again before game 1.
-Chapman - who we've waited 2 years to break out - finally does; only to get injured.

Our WRs as a unit were certainly disappointing in the first and last games. But in between they had shown good improvement during the season. It's hard to complain too much considering injuries and quitters.

I'm not just talking about Demas. These issues go back to last year as well. Rogers would half ass nearly every play and Jimbo still refused to pull him and let someone else play. Going to be a lot of transfers soon. Dylan Wright will be the first to go.

What I don't understand is that with as big and athletic as he is, with how small our other two leading receivers are, and with how good our OL pass protection is, demas can't get on field to run a few fly patters every once in awhile. Help soften D a little?

Mond isn't that accurate but we should be able to devise some plays to get Demas one on one and throw it up to him.

Jbob04 said:

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I'm not just talking about Demas. These issues go back to last year as well. Rogers would half ass nearly every play and Jimbo still refused to pull him and let someone else play. Going to be a lot of transfers soon. Dylan Wright will be the first to go.

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Gotcha. Maybe that says a lot about the guys that didn't play. At times Rogers would look like Mike Evans. Then he'd disappear for games at a time.

As for Demas, admittedly I've never seen him play but my understanding is he dominated in HS b/c of his athletic freakishness. I can only assume his lack of play time is due to other factors: playbook, route running, etc. Maybe he just needs a year to mature and work on his football IQ.

raging_agaholic said:

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Does anyone honestly believe that Fisher and his staff would blackball a kid who they thought would make an instant impact on the field? We're in playoff contention here, and every play counts. How many drops did we see our receivers make on Saturday? If Demas was the magic man that some believe he is (or can be), I wholeheartedly expect him to play.

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He may be having some family issues or just having trouble adjusting to uni life. It's alot on a young kid, not to mention having the pressure of being the expected BMOTF guy...

NoahAg said:

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Jbob04 said:

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I'm not just talking about Demas. These issues go back to last year as well. Rogers would half ass nearly every play and Jimbo still refused to pull him and let someone else play. Going to be a lot of transfers soon. Dylan Wright will be the first to go.

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Gotcha. Maybe that says a lot about the guys that didn't play. At times Rogers would look like Mike Evans. Then he'd disappear for games at a time.

As for Demas, admittedly I've never seen him play but my understanding is he dominated in HS b/c of his athletic freakishness. I can only assume his lack of play time is due to other factors: playbook, route running, etc. Maybe he just needs a year to mature and work on his football IQ.

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Speaking of ROGERS...where did he land in the nfl?

It's not an obsession with Demas; it is an observation that our receiving corps has been a solid dildo since Chapman went down. Don't have any other options? Then piss poor recruiting I guess.

Demas not being able to get playing time by now tells me all I need to know. He's not doing what he needs to do to go along with his recruiting ranking. And he would not be the first college football player for this to happen. It's to bad, hopefully he figures it out sooner than later.

mitchdpm said:

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This board's obsession with Demas is bewildering. The dude has massive potential but literally hasn't played in a live-action game in more than two years. He'll contribute when he's ready. Fisher obviously doesn't trust him at this point in time.

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Well, WE are ready for Demas to play and that's all that matters. And we will throw big manly hissy fits until that happens.

Agsgirl said:

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Speaking of ROGERS...where did he land in the nfl?

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He was an UDFA who got picked up by the Cowboys, then cut before the season started.

I wish these kids would pay attention to the resources that are being provided to them - when players are projected to be UDFA's, they need to stop listening to their families and their boys back home who pump them up telling them that their draft report is bogus.

I do think Craig is to blame. Although a good recruiter I don't think he has been successful as a WR coach maybe he would be better suited as a QB coach and let Jimbo and Dickey call the plays. David Beaty was a hell of a coach and recruiter when he was here. Mike Evans, Swope, EZ and company always made Johnny look good. Those scramble drills he pulled off would not happen without intuitive wide receivers and I don't think they are getting that level of coaching from Craig.