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Manno and Wes Kemp waived

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This news is gonna break Trucatzfan's heart. :(

Can't say that I'm not disappointed

Yeah, he thought we had found our own Wes Welker...

I did

We keep the Wofford wonder but drop Manno?

Doesn't make any sense to me either

I feel really bad for the guy. I thought for sure he'd be a nice piece. I mean Cam liked him enough that he told the staff about him and he got signed. I really didn't see this coming so early on. Maybe once the final roster cuts were made.

On the flip side, Maybe this means that Gettis is really looking good and maybe Jones, Pilares ,and (gasp) AE are actually showing some good things. We also signed a plethora of Undrafted WR's directly after the draft. Maybe we found a diamond in the rough!?

Whatever the case, I did make it Known that I really thought this guy was gonna be special... and it looks like I was wrong. I'm not too proud, that I can't admit that I was wrong... definitely disappointing, but I wish him the best!

Regardless of my own feelings/beliefs on the guy I trust this staff more than any other we've had. They obviously saw something either wrong with him, or maybe something with our own people that warranted not even wasting his time by keeping him on the roster. I'm hoping that we have a nice surprise in the way of one of the bigger UDFA Wr's. Time will tell. Classy move by the Organization by giving him a shot to stick somewhere else by not wasting his time though.

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Serious question...what has Manno done to get put above the Wofford guy?

Well I believe he was recommeneded personally by our Franchsie QB. As far as on the field, i don't think anybody here could really answer that question honestly.

I've said all i had to say about this.

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Some might say he's not here because he went to a college other than Wofford :unsure:

Valid? No idea.

I just didn't understand the Manno hope. He's literally never done anything and there were people saying he would be the 3rd receiver. Every year nobodies are given a chance, especially local nobodies.

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I just didn't understand the Manno hope. He's literally never done anything and there were people saying he would be the 3rd receiver. Every year nobodies are given a chance, especially local nobodies.

People love underdogs.

We always go into camp with a good number of receivers. It's necessary to get four QBs enough work, among other things. All of them hope to make the team, but of course, reality...

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