New Blood - Vonn Bell, Nate Stupar, and Michael Thomas
 

Linebacker James Laurinaitis was out and inactive so Nate Stuper started in his place. Stupar had eight tackles and the fumble recovery that set up the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Rookie safety Vonn Bell, drafted from Ohio State, played free safety in place of Byrd. Bell forced the first fumble of the two in the last 7 minutes of the game yesterday.

WR Michael Thomas, another Ohio State rookie, had 4 catches and looked great yesterday.

It's great to see our draft picks and Bell, a free agent pickup, carrying the torch. The defense looked stronger as the game went on and adjustments were definitely made at half-time. Something we rarely saw with Rob Ryan.

Podcast on Michael Thomas and Nate Stupar on Cleveland.com

Re: New Blood - Vonn Bell, Nate Stupar, and Michael Thomas
 

Nate Stupar should be starting, I didn't know if he would hold up but the guy played awesome.

Michael Thomas - you know what seperates him from people like Brandon coleman?

When Brandon dropped an important pass vs the giants, he walked back to the huddle smiling. When Michael Thomas dropped a pass, he got visibly angry with himself and then caught a great back shoulder fade.

I fully expect Vonn Bell and Michael Thomas to be superstars for us in a few years time.

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Breaux, Williams, Bell, Thomas, Cooks, Lasco, Peat, Crawley, Davison, Kikaha, Rankins, etc.

We have a lot of very young talent, and a lot of talent just in their prime... Fairley, Snead, Jordan, Ingram, Unger, Armstead, Robertson, Vaccaro, etc.

Re: New Blood - Vonn Bell, Nate Stupar, and Michael Thomas
 

Exactly! That reminds me, I liked seeing Lasco run yesterday, he hit the hole quickly and made some nice cuts to shake a defender.

Re: New Blood - Vonn Bell, Nate Stupar, and Michael Thomas
 

So the key to the lesson...

Draft everyone from OH.

Re: New Blood - Vonn Bell, Nate Stupar, and Michael Thomas
 

Well they are a pretty darn good team so the odds of getting a good player is decent...

Re: New Blood - Vonn Bell, Nate Stupar, and Michael Thomas
 

Another lesson is we Who Dats need to be patient, lot of youngsters
and new faces in Black & Gold.

pa·tient ˈpāSHənt/
adjective
adjective: patient
1.
able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.
"be patient, your time will come"
synonyms: forbearing, uncomplaining, tolerant, resigned, stoical;

Re: New Blood - Vonn Bell, Nate Stupar, and Michael Thomas
 

LIKE X2!!!

Re: New Blood - Vonn Bell, Nate Stupar, and Michael Thomas
 

In Urban we trust!

Re: New Blood - Vonn Bell, Nate Stupar, and Michael Thomas
 

All time Ohio State draft picks:1970 Jim Otis, 1974 Rick Middleton, 1975 Kurt Schumacher, 1976 Craig Cassady, 1987 Scott Leach, 1997 Rob Kelly, 2000 Kevin Houser, 2002 LaCharles Bently, 2003 Cie Grant, 2004 Will Smith, 2007 Antonio Pittman, 2009 Malcom Jenkins, 2016 Michael Thomas and Von Bell

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