Noah Fant Not in Iowa City
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So Kirk will sit one of his best weapons, on an already struggling offense, with a Qb who desperately needs help, just to stick it to the kid? I just can't believe that. Kirk is stubborn, but I don't think he would cut off his nose to spite his face like that.
A specialist in that he specializes at getting open and catching footballs. I suppose that's something people may not utilize a lot.
This goes back to my first post in this thread though. Why is everyone giving Fant a free pass? Kirk isn't Fran, he doesn't forget that his best player is on the bench... Just pure speculation on my part but there is way more to the story. In typical Iowa fashion, Kirk is going to keep it internal and nothing more will come out until the season is over.
Or maybe Fant is a giant cancer that can't block? Who knows? I'm no Hawk fan, but I'm guessing Ferentz is smart enough to recognize Fant's abilities.
Chatter I'm hearing is that Fant is a highly talented, but disinterested football player with an entitled attitude. Won't learn the playbook, has to be told where to line up when he's in the game and has caused multiple problems on the field on gameday. Sounds like KF may be fed up.
He just pulled a Fran and threw him under the bus by calling him a "specialist"
IMO this is why nepotism is a problem, he can't admit Brian ****** up.
Nate Stanley is so fat there is no room left for Noah Fant in Iowa City.
You find a way to put your best players on the field. Line him up as a WR, do whatever, but Fant has to be out there.
Bill Snyder just caught wind of this and called Kirk to suggest that under no circumstance should Fant get his bowl ring.
When I heard Ferentz say specialist I interpreted it as he is a good receiver but less than stellar at pass protection and run blocking. He was contrasting him to his other TE that is doing both of those things and still making big catches in the passing game. I guess I don't see the issue. If a guy can't do what you need and another guy can the guy who is doing it all is going to get snaps and the other guy is going to get the scraps.
Kudos to Kirk for not going all Fran on the reporters who are asking him about it.
It's not a play in game!
Kudos to Kirk for not going all Fran on the reporters who are asking him about it.
It's not a play in game!
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If Fant is ready to leave, there’s a team in northern Wisconsin that could use an effective “specialist” tight end that doesn’t get overpaid like crazy. And he’ll get in line there since he’ll play for a real QB there.
Surprised it took him this long..actually I take that back. I'm not surprised it took him this long to figure it out. He chose Iowa City, his judgement is flawed.
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He wouldn’t be a likely first round draft pick if he had gone somewhere else, so this is a pretty stupid comment on you right part.
Fant would be a monster with a dual threat QB. As it stands he has a zero threat QB.