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What Kelly tells the media and what happens in practice are two very different things. There is no point in getting all worked up right now over the reps for Buchner. He has not played any organized football in over a year and that came against very weak competition in a low level in California. He's got a ton of talent, but Kelly is both taking it slow and trying to shield him from the hype from those who have anointed Buchner already,

Yes, we've seen him make some plays in the very limited practice clips, but we've also seen him throw multiple interceptions in those same clips already, Let the kid develop a little. He's played like 15 games b/c of injuries and losing his senior season.