Here's your chance to watch every pass or run involving Casey Thompson from 2021. This is different than a highlight tape because it also shows every incompletion,, turnover, and sack. Here are some of my observations:
- Casey is very good making the 7 to 25 yard throws. Texas finished 4th Nationally in Red Zone offense primarily because Casey was excellent making quick and accurate throws into tight windows. This also opens up the running game because teams can't load the box and rely on man coverage when the field shortens. This facet of Casey's game is an area where he's much more dangerous than Adrian Martinez.
- Casey Thompson struggles in the vertical passing game. He did hit some shots downfield, but that's because Sark calls so many. Casey missed more than he made. Adrian is a bit stronger hitting the vertical looks. What's ironic is Nebraska struggled in the red zone because teams could load the box and stop the run when they didn't have to worry about the deep ball.
- Casey is an excellent runner. He can really break down a defense by picking up 20 yards when nobody is open.
- Casey has a gunslinger mentality sometimes and it can get him in trouble. He had some dumb interceptions at crucial moments. A pick 6 vs Oklahoma State likely cost Texas that game. However, with only 9 Ints in 290 career pass attempts, It's not overly worrisome. That 30 to 1 attempt to Int ratio is very good in modern college football.
- Casey was pretty good vs man coverage. That's good news in the Big Ten where you face a lot of man. Nebraska and Iowa play the most zone coverage.
- there are some plays made by Xavier Worthy that are impossible to extrapolate into Nebraska football. That dude is a freak athlete. If Thompson completes a swing pass to Omar Manning, Omar isn't taking it 75 yards down the sideline. However, Nebraska just needs to move the chains.
- Ochaun Mathis sighting in the TCU game. Dude was highly disruptive.
- Casey is very good making the 7 to 25 yard throws. Texas finished 4th Nationally in Red Zone offense primarily because Casey was excellent making quick and accurate throws into tight windows. This also opens up the running game because teams can't load the box and rely on man coverage when the field shortens. This facet of Casey's game is an area where he's much more dangerous than Adrian Martinez.
- Casey Thompson struggles in the vertical passing game. He did hit some shots downfield, but that's because Sark calls so many. Casey missed more than he made. Adrian is a bit stronger hitting the vertical looks. What's ironic is Nebraska struggled in the red zone because teams could load the box and stop the run when they didn't have to worry about the deep ball.
- Casey is an excellent runner. He can really break down a defense by picking up 20 yards when nobody is open.
- Casey has a gunslinger mentality sometimes and it can get him in trouble. He had some dumb interceptions at crucial moments. A pick 6 vs Oklahoma State likely cost Texas that game. However, with only 9 Ints in 290 career pass attempts, It's not overly worrisome. That 30 to 1 attempt to Int ratio is very good in modern college football.
- Casey was pretty good vs man coverage. That's good news in the Big Ten where you face a lot of man. Nebraska and Iowa play the most zone coverage.
- there are some plays made by Xavier Worthy that are impossible to extrapolate into Nebraska football. That dude is a freak athlete. If Thompson completes a swing pass to Omar Manning, Omar isn't taking it 75 yards down the sideline. However, Nebraska just needs to move the chains.
- Ochaun Mathis sighting in the TCU game. Dude was highly disruptive.
