DJ Lagway predicts winning record, 'excited' for 2024 season

I like D.J. Lagway's optimism... Doering's too.


“Oh, that’s the easy question,” Lagway replied. “I think we’ll definitely have over a .500 record. I feel like we have enough leaders, enough veterans and enough young guys to get this thing going and to continue the winning tradition. You know, I feel like we’re going to get it back going and I’m excited for the season.”

Florida football QB DJ Lagway predicts Gators winning record in 2024

 

I think we have new plays designed just for Lagway and maybe some of those plays with Mertz on the field at the same time.

 

Okay, here we go... A gimmick? Lol... This is football where the forward pass was once a "gimmick" play.

I think there are plenty of ways to play Lagway with Mertz at the same time without devolving into some crazy gimmicky play style.

Putting your best players on the field a one time, in and of itself, is not a gimmick. Now maybe you're thinking about some dumbazz end-round flee-flicker play, that is what I would call a gimmick. NO, thank you.

But simply putting another great athlete, that happens to be a QB on the field with Mertz, is NOT a gimmick... if you run some sort of play that gives you an advantage though talent superiority then make it so... Lagway is a huge talent.

I would like to see how the opposing team's defenses react to Lagway lined up in different positions... misdirection is NOT a gimmick... but it is a play we can use to our advantage.

Maybe he can pass the ball from the sideline on a double pass play... that is the most "gimmick" play I would want to see him playing in.

However, I would NOT like to see him used as a battering ram from running back position straight up the middle.

If he is used with Mertz on the field at the same time, he will have the defense mixed up/confused just being on the field. But he has to a genuine threat to make play, and please NO end-around flee-flicker plays, and NO Lagway running straight up the middle. That would be coaching malpractice.

 

I might (at first) confuse some teams that have not seen Lagway on the field in the film room. But I want him there becasue he's a great talent, but this could only really happen if he's NOT planning on red-shirting. If he's on schedule to red-shirt then I want him as QB in his own packages playing QB...