100%. He is still a freshman. They need to protect him, run the ball, let him throw play action, etc. Not expect him to go win games.
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100%. He is still a freshman. They need to protect him, run the ball, let him throw play action, etc. Not expect him to go win games.
nice to see most coming around to what I've been posting since the offseason
putting everything squarely on his shoulders is outrageously immature from our offensive braintrust
Maybe it’s because we don’t have any depth so the starting wr can do as they please because they won’t get pulled
First and foremost satt isn’t a very good oc unless he has elite talent, he can’t game plan different schemes the guy is in over his head
I’ve been saying it for a while. We should be asking him to protect the ball and letting him pass in advantageous situations. Supposedly we were just eliminating TO’s from being a competitive team, so let him focus on that.
I believe a good deal of what went into getting him to flip was Rhule assuring Dylan and his dad that if he came here it wouldn’t be as a game manager and that the offense would be built around him from day 1
WR room isn’t good. OL isn’t good. RB room isn’t good. Offensive identity and play calling isn’t good. QB has a ton of potential, but is a true freshman and can’t overcome the ineptitude all around him.
Depth is not the reason our WRs run lazy routes in Y2. It's coaching. We have talent at WR.
It’s okay to criticize him to a degree but we HAVE to commit to running the ball 80% of the time on first down. We passed on every first down in the second half. It’s stupid.
I think we have made a lot of concessions to the Raiola family. Rhule even hired Dylan’s sister to the football staff.
You are correct. WR O Line RB special teams, today entire defense played poor
That’s not exactly a unique view with a rookie QB. The number of drop backs without a real play action is stupid. Of course play action only works if you can run it. Satt came out of the gates chucking it way too much😕
True. True Frosh and RSFr. look good because they have a solid supporting cast. Jamies Winston was great as a RSFr. because he had NFL talent all around him on that offense. Hell, look at TMart. Not near the scale of NFL guys around him as a RSFr, he had dudes he could lean on.
Dylan is likely our best offensive player relative to skill and talent comparisons to other positions.
That's actually very troubling.
He doesn’t have much different stats wise than Adrian his freshman year at the same point, except no rushing threat at all…..
I think he’ll be very good if he learns from his mistakes and actually develops.
I think he’ll be very good if he learns from his mistakes and actually develops.
4 TDs. 5 INTs in bigten play
Zero run threat
I’m not sure our offense this yr is much better than with Haarberg last yr and if Haarberg improved his passing in the off season which the staff said he did we might be a more effecvtive offense with Haarberg
But alas, promises were made
Zero run threat
I’m not sure our offense this yr is much better than with Haarberg last yr and if Haarberg improved his passing in the off season which the staff said he did we might be a more effecvtive offense with Haarberg
But alas, promises were made
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Just watched the KSU first TD. Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run… play action TD.
Why in the ever loving hell would we not do the same? Run the ball, 1 yard, 8 yards, 2 yards, whatever. Commit to it and then play action over the top. It’s so simple. I watched my kid’s high school team do it last night. I just watched KSU do it. Football is not a finesse game. Hit someone. Do it over and over and over again and then go over the top.
It’s worse this year. I don’t think our record would be any different this year if HH were the starter. His run threat would help keep Backers and DBs honest. It’s not Dylan’s fault and I don’t believe it’s Donovan’s fault. It’s play calling more than anything else IMO. Our O line has been pretty solid in pass pro and at times opens run lanes. We give up WAY too early if we get stuffed once and the 90% plus pass play calls on first down HAS to stop.
if anything, having DR has exposed this staff more than any opponent has
he's clearly capable of performing on the biggest of stages
our coaches are not
he's clearly capable of performing on the biggest of stages
our coaches are not
Mmmmm. DR is not ready to be a P5 starter IMO but our staff isn’t helping. They’re expecting too much and putting too much on his shoulders.
If he’s not ready it’s because we have no clue how to get him ready
He’s facing the best DCs he’s ever seen. I’ve never seen a true freshman QB really be ready. I agree that we need to be a run first offense to help him.
I believe Rhule should fire Satt and Foley this week. We will lose to Ohio St no matter what, but we can still finish strong with better offensive output and special teams. Satt gets cute when we need to establish a rhythm and Foley is just failing as a special teams coach.
What is sad is going into this year everyone was saying we had the deepest WR room we ever had, the OL was among the best in the conference, and we had a terrific stable of RBs. All three have underperformed. Emmitt Johnson needs to get 70% of the carries with Dowdell RB2. Nelson is supposedly our best athlete and needs to be on the field more. It's time to give up on Corcoran and Prochazka (who should be moved to all-blocking TE). We needed to bring in more portal guys for the OL and we're paying the price for assuming those guys could ever stay healthy. RB should have been addressed more in the portal as well.
NU needs to spend around 10-15 million to get the roster to where it needs to be if we want to compete with the best teams next year.
He won't fire anyone but I do agree with you. As a leader, when things are trending bad repeatedly, it's usually personally. Matt leads the coaches. Personnel there isn't good....
This. Anyone watch Tennessee yesterday? Their freshman boy wonder quarterback looked absolutely terrible for most of the game, and HAS looked that way for the past couple weeks. The difference between Nico lamaleava at UT and Raiola is that Nico has a much, much better team around him.
Freshman quarterbacks tend to hit the wall mid-season once there’s film out on them. it happens. The elite players make adjustments to their game to start moving forward again, and Dylan will do that.
In the meantime, the kid has a leaky offensive line, wide receivers who run sloppy routes and aren’t getting separation, and a rushing attack ranked #99 in the country that hasn’t led to a single 100 yard ball carrier all season (hell, our lead back hasn’t even hit 80). He is getting zero help and could easily be throwing guys under the bus; instead, he’s showing his true colors, out there facing the media after a humiliating team loss (see how it’s done, Chubba?), and trying to lead this team. I get that we all want to lash out after that pathetic display of football yesterday, but taking shots at our frosh quarterback and calling him a 3-star is misguided at best.
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We supposedly run some type of pro-style offense. But it's a terrible version where receivers aren't open, we can't run the ball, and our oline is mediocre at best. Pro-style offenses have timing and rhythm. Just random play-calling with no purpose.
Most on this board are savvy enough to know the DR is the least of our worries. He is not a worry at all because our problems are…
#1 Terrible Special Teams Coach
#2 Terrible OC
#3 Seniors that wet the bed when things go bad
#4 O line that can’t protect and can’t get any push
#5 Receivers that can’t block, run sloppy routes, don’t fight for the ball
#6 Terrible secondary. Teams can pass on us all day
#7 Running Backs are indecisive. Dance around too much in the back field.
#1 Terrible Special Teams Coach
#2 Terrible OC
#3 Seniors that wet the bed when things go bad
#4 O line that can’t protect and can’t get any push
#5 Receivers that can’t block, run sloppy routes, don’t fight for the ball
#6 Terrible secondary. Teams can pass on us all day
#7 Running Backs are indecisive. Dance around too much in the back field.
That’s what’s so disheartening, especially after a seemingly perfectly timed bye week. We literally regressed in every facet of the game. (Maybe stayed the same with regards to special teams. Hard to get worse when you’re that shitty to begin with.) Nevertheless, we looked so bad across the board it’s hard to believe. Perfect mid-season bye week, get healthy, install a few new wrinkles and shore up your execution. Nope, none of the above…
Instead we come out and play, by far, the worst game of the Rhule tenure. Defense was lost, offense couldn’t run the ball (not that we really tried or committed to it) or protect the QB and WRs couldn’t get open to save their own lives. What the fvck was the game plan? Let the defense take another week off and have our freshman QB throw it 45 times in shootout? 🥴 Cause that’s what it looked like. Never looked like, for one second, that we had a sound plan to win this game.
We need to target transfer guys who had success at smaller schools. Not guys who couldn't make it at the big schools.
Good points. It looked like they took 2 weeks off from practice, took the plane ride and went on the field with zero plan and zero focus.
Even more reason to get rid of him now, won't happen. Satt needs to be let go, yesterday. He's in over his head.
