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Just rewatched the game and saw Kyle add to his impressive highlight tape for the NFL as a devastating blocker. On Wimsatt’s second run of the game, Monangai completely decleats #20 the safety. The poor guy went backward 5 feet.

How many times does this happen before opposing defenders start getting worried on a planned QB run? This block was more impressive then when he just leveled that LB earlier this year. He really is a beast and just a natural RB.
 
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Scarletnut

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RUTBAY1 said:
Coming out of HS, before we offered, his choices were Cal and the Ivies. So obviously he has a lot going on upstairs too. More and more I find myself watching him during a play even when he doesn’t have the ball just to see what he is doing to a defender.
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I watch him also when he’s not carrying the ball. I’ve never seen a RB have so many pancake blocks. He gets incredible position and leverage on his blocks
 
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ScarletKid2008

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When Kyle was off the field briefly for the injury. We ran a 4th down designed run for Gavin with the RB lead blocker out of backfield. Whoever it was missed the guy he needed to block and went up a level and Gavin was tackled well short. I had no doubt if that was Kyle , he gets the first down.
 
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Pacheco was good and has gotten better as a pro but he wasn’t Monongai at this stage in his college career
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Agreed. Pacheco largely got drafted because of his blocking.. which means it is good. But I do think Monangai is better. "winning blocker".. that's the notes you want those NFL scouts to jot down on seeing you.. and his running is speaking for itself.

Am I remembering this correctly? That is, Pacheco would love to bounce to his right on runs... but rarely bounced left. He was the opposite of what Martinek used to do... he always bounced left. I have seen Monangai bounce both ways.

If Wimsatt would learn to throw catchable short balls.. screens, swings.. accurately and on-time I'd expect we'd see Monangai is a complete back who will have a bright future in teh NFL.
 
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RUTBAY1 said:
Just rewatched the game and saw Kyle add to his impressive highlight tape for the NFL as a devastating blocker. On Wimsatt’s second run of the game, Monangai completely decleats #20 the safety. The poor guy went backward 5 feet.

How many times does this happen before opposing defenders start getting worried on a planned QB run? This block was more impressive then when he just leveled that LB earlier this year. He really is a beast and just a natural RB.
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I saw that in the game, but Millen barely commented on that. Should have about 10 replays.
 
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Mullen also said Monongai reminded him of Pacheco. I disagreed, Pacheco’s running style was much different than KM. Pacheco didn’t have the patience that KM shows (as did Ray Rice and Juwan Jamison). Pacheco runs very hard but doesn’t have that jump step or one cut sharpness that KM has
 
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Too me Monongai I see little "sweetness" when he runs the way he moves his legs.
 
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RuSnp

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RUTBAY1 said:
Just rewatched the game and saw Kyle add to his impressive highlight tape for the NFL as a devastating blocker. On Wimsatt’s second run of the game, Monangai completely decleats #20 the safety. The poor guy went backward 5 feet.

How many times does this happen before opposing defenders start getting worried on a planned QB run? This block was more impressive then when he just leveled that LB earlier this year. He really is a beast and just a natural RB.
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If Kyle shows the ability to catch the ball out of the backfield I think he'll have a long career.
 
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ashokan

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ScarletNut said:
I’ve been preaching this all year. IMO, KM is the best blocking RB we’ve ever had and that’s based on my watching RU football since 1973
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One of best blockers period
Some players know how to tighten-up before they hit someone and Mongo does that.
Last back I saw like that was Zeke Elliott





 
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RU from Jersey_rivals

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At the very least Kyle has bought himself some NFL invites with his blocking. If he can prove that he would be a reliable pass catcher he will be drafted.
 
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RU from Jersey said:
At the very least Kyle has bought himself some NFL invites with his blocking. If he can prove that he would be a reliable pass catcher he will be drafted.
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If he has a good game vs OSU a nice combine sends him "to the moon"
 
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ashokan said:
The usual explanation is that Leonard was designated for the passes
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You really have to just laugh sometimes at our history. One year in the league he caught 78 passes. Another year 76. In 2006 he caught 4 for 30 yards.... the... entire.... year. 😄
 
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BTN “Final Drive” show they mentioned his downfield blocking and got a chuckle over how he just wrecks defenders. I suspect he takes as much pride in that as he does leading the B1G in rushing.
 
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yesrutgers01

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RuSnp said:
You really have to just laugh sometimes at our history. One year in the league he caught 78 passes. Another year 76. In 2006 he caught 4 for 30 yards.... the... entire.... year. 😄
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2007- after Bl left. Ray caught 25. Now- ok you say- 70+ in the pros.
He also ran the ball 380 times. That means 405 touches.
We also had , Britt, Underwood, Brown etc getting a whole lot of action too
 
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ScarletNut said:
Mullen also said Monongai reminded him of Pacheco. I disagreed, Pacheco’s running style was much different than KM. Pacheco didn’t have the patience that KM shows (as did Ray Rice and Juwan Jamison). Pacheco runs very hard but doesn’t have that jump step or one cut sharpness that KM has
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He might have been referring to the
“Running angry” and dragging people for more yardage
Not the actual style of running
 
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RUtrumpet92 said:
Kyle will be in an NFL training camp, guaranteed. Just needs to stay healthy.
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Am very comfortable with Wimsatt running the ball and Kyle leading the way
in a short yardage situation, but of course Kyle getting it the majority of the situational carries
 
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RuSnp

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yesrutgers01 said:
2007- after Bl left. Ray caught 25. Now- ok you say- 70+ in the pros.
He also ran the ball 380 times. That means 405 touches.
We also had , Britt, Underwood, Brown etc getting a whole lot of action too
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Yes I said above it wasn't like he lacked touches. But just how good he was in the passing game really wasn't evident until the pros.
 
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Now when we throw to a RB, it seems it goes to Young. maybe even Benjamin.
 
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yesrutgers01

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RuSnp said:
Yes I said above it wasn't like he lacked touches. But just how good he was in the passing game really wasn't evident until the pros.
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understood- but his final year in 07- it became pretty evident. Not as much as he proved he could be but I do remember people mentioning his improvement in his last year.
 
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yesrutgers01 said:
understood- but his final year in 07- it became pretty evident. Not as much as he proved he could be but I do remember people mentioning his improvement in his last year.
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It was definitely an uptick in 2007 but that to me is more a statement on how underutilized he was receiving in the years prior. That said, even in 2007 he never caught more than 4 balls in a game and the last 7 games that year he had 8 (!) total receptions, so it wasn't like it was a methodical increase either. What's odd is I remember seeing him catch a pass and explode like out of a cannon in the Insight bowl as a frosh - I can't tell for sure but I'd bet that ended up being his longest (or close to) ever reception in college.
 
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RUTBAY1 said:
Just rewatched the game and saw Kyle add to his impressive highlight tape for the NFL as a devastating blocker. On Wimsatt’s second run of the game, Monangai completely decleats #20 the safety. The poor guy went backward 5 feet.

How many times does this happen before opposing defenders start getting worried on a planned QB run? This block was more impressive then when he just leveled that LB earlier this year. He really is a beast and just a natural RB.
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kid is an animal back there
 
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yesrutgers01

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RuSnp said:
It was definitely an uptick in 2007 but that to me is more a statement on how underutilized he was receiving in the years prior. That said, even in 2007 he never caught more than 4 balls in a game and the last 7 games that year he had 8 (!) total receptions, so it wasn't like it was a methodical increase either. What's odd is I remember seeing him catch a pass and explode like out of a cannon in the Insight bowl as a frosh - I can't tell for sure but I'd bet that ended up being his longest (or close to) ever reception in college.
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i agree that he proved to be amazing catching the ball in the NFL. but he never touched the ball more than 380 times in a year and that is 4 more games.
2007- he was 3rd on the team with 25 receptions. He also ran the ball 380 times.405 touches in 12 games
Prior years- BL was the guy catching the ball out of the backfield.
I'm not sure what more he could have done in 2007. And 2005/06, you had one of the greats back there.
 
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March Hare said:
"Mongo" -- ashokan, that's great! -- loved it!
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His name spelling always kicks my slysdexic reversals into gear so I'm always looking name up to make sure I got it right. Now I just use "Mongo" because its easy and it does fit him lol. As a former LB I can say nothing sucks more than a strong, quick RB/FB that comes at you with a running start and arrives in full effect lol.
 
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