Notre Dame's offense taking a step forward relies on the WRs..
Ryan Roberts and Joe Deleone discuss whether or not Notre Dame's wide receiver room is good enough to help the Fighting Irish compete for a national title in 2026?
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This is the most, and on paper, most talented group that I can remember, and the best outcome here, and the reason why the best outcome can be that the passing attack is a major strength for this team, is that you have so many different options that can lead to that.
But the pitfall that comes from this is that even though you did a great job of, like really, really trying to take that step forward, the group is still average.
The group is similar to what it was last year.
But- Mm-hmm that could be the one thing that holds Notre Dame back, is that their passing attack just does not explode the way that everybody's hoping for because there's uncertainty tied to all this.
You know what's funny about Notre Dame is that they bring back their leading receiver each of the last two seasons back to this team on top of the players that they've been able to acquire via transfer portal and high school recruiting.
I mean, literally Jayden Greathouse- Mm-hmm going into last year we thought was gonna be a stud, and then obviously he gets injured with his hamstring.
He only plays in a few games, and he's back as a red shirt junior now.
But then Jordan Faison steps up and he's just kind of the safety blanket for CJ Carr last season, which is just kind of interesting.
Now, I did have wide receivers, but I went, like slightly more micro.
Mm-hmm.
I went boundary receiver if one doesn't step up.
That's my biggest concern with the wide receiver room because the way I look at it, Joe, is that Faison is just kind of Mr.
Reliable.
Like, I know that what I can expect from Jordan Faison.
If Jayden Greathouse plays and is a guy again, awesome.
If Milan Graham takes a step forward, I But I think there's more options to the field positions like the slot and the Z where I'm like, "Okay, I th- I feel good about the options out there."
The X receiver though, the boundary receiver in Mike Danbrock's offense has always been so important, like just so vital- for the offense to be as well-balanced as it possibly can be.
And you have a couple guys that you mentioned, Micah Gilbert, nine, only nine catches for like 90-something yards last year, but then you have Quincy Porter coming in as a five-star.
But Quincy being hurt this off-season and not being fully recovered until now that we're in the spring, and just kind of not being with the team during spring ball in terms of like him actually playing, like he was there, but him being able to play, if this boundary receiver position doesn't take a step forward, I just think that that hurts the offense so much, 'cause things get so much more condensed-
