Shirley she’ll get over it?
Fidone
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William Washington was a beast at blocking
I get that, but why even bring it up (his "supposed athleticism") if we haven't seen it due to known major injuries?
I guess it's more of how HuskerDrew made that comment. Like Fidone's injuries has nothing to do with his now athleticism abilities.
Great from an evaluation standpoint. Terrible from a coaching standpoint. We went what, 1.5 or 2 full seasons not knowing if the center would get the ball to the qb? Stupid decision to trot him out there not knowing how to snap.
Yesterday was a great illustration how important the tight end blocking is to the running game. #44 is a relentless blocker and was key in a number of the big plays.
It boggles my mind sometimes how long it takes a highly paid coaching staff to identify and fix something simple.
The braces decrease the risk of ligamentous knee injuries in high risk positions such as OLine and TE’s. For a guy like Fidone, the brace is almost a must to protect his reconstructed ACL’s. I’m sure he does a ton of proprioception exercises for ACL protection. But no amount of strength exercises can prevent ligament injuries and there is no exercise to “strengthen” the ligaments of his knee. You can hate on the brace all you want, but the idea that a brace weakens a knee has zero data to support it.
Is this coming from Holgorsen or has Rhule bought into this also along with the rest of the offensive staff?
Wish people would tone down the Fidone rhetoric. We win one game in forever and lots of fans are acting like its his fault. He chose Nebraska over Saban and Alabama, and he's a local kid to boot. Easy to root for and not his fault we had a crappy OC the last 2 years.
We all know most moms are blind when it comes to their sons.
Very true. It is also true that most sons (especially those that play high level sports in high school, NAIA, D2, D1, which includes D1 football) also want their moms to stay quiet. Be supportive and commiserate in private but stay silent in public.
Mom -- regardless of what jersey your son is wearing next season, if he shows up and plays like a #1, he'll get the playing time of a #1.
If he shows up and plays like a #3, he'll get the playing time of a #3.
For any competent OC.
Fidone’s snaps and targetshad already decreased significantly from his earlier involvement. Benning kept talking about how Satt was misusing him and what a matchup problem he was downfield. Dana sent a loud message but the fact he was still playing before the false start says that Dana still sees a talented pass catcher there.
I guess I would have to see the studies on that. I’ve worn a knee brace for a partially torn ACL. It all it did was apply unnatural pressure to both my knee and hip. Trying to stabilize a knee with that much soft tissue between the bone and the brace is virtually impossible with an external device that short and that bends in the middle.
I ran in to Junior Miller talking to Bob Devaney outside South Stadium on my way to class one time. Junior was a MASSIVE human being. Both were very pleasant.
In looking at the roster going forward, and the reality of Fidone only in for 3 plays Saturday, you have to wonder what this team looks like in a world of 105 man roster limits.
NU has Fidone, JR, Boerkircher JR, Lindemeyer SO, Nelson FR. If Dana returns as the OC, and I'm Fidone's parent, I'm not feeling very secure. I don't think its far fetched that Thomas enters the portal. There may not be a spot for him on this roster if Dana is designing the offense next year.
Fidone has very good hands, not a physical or very good blocker and is limited in his movement; Boerkircher has very good hands, more physical than Fidone and moves well for a big kid; Lindemeyer likely doesn't catch the ball as well as the others, but he's a total wrecking machine as a blocker; Nelson, has all the tools, needs to get bigger, but has the speed and the versatility the others lack.
Saturday, due to snap counts, Dana has moved on from Fidone.
I remember a TE back in the 80's, Tom Banderas, who would flat out knock you into next week with his blocking, that's what is needed when you're not the primary target on a play.
Don't know a lot about DH's offenses but Nelson needs to bulk up a lot to play a traditional TE role in the Big 10, IMO. I would leave him at WR at this point. Bonner is probably closer to reaching that point than Nelson.
He’s lying. Fidone works his butt off on legs. I’ve personally seen it during team lifting sessions
Benning said this more fidone is one of those players that needs to be involved early in the game, I’m speculating that he the type of player that checks out if he’s not getting the ball, it’s not being a spoiled kid it just some kids are that way
That's how it goes in football with teams that want to win.
Competition brings the best to the top.
High school star ratings were 3,4,5 years ago for some of these guys.
I believe you guys are actually misreading his post. It is about Fidone in its entirety.
I think he is saying that he’s never seen NFL potential out of Fidone.
I’ve seen a couple of flashes here and there, but overall the damage to knees has been too great. His speed and ability to get open are greatly hampered. I hope the kid has a fantastic life outside of football. He worked like hell to come back from two pretty bad injuries
Did you see what Saquon Barkley did yesterday? Eagles line is definitely putting in work
I really don’t think people are dogging Fidone, it’s more what his mommy was crying about after the game… if that indeed her.
I had mentioned that if Fidone is such a beast with “supposed” athleticism that he should be crushing guys in blocking but he doesn’t. I have seen him (and others of course) miss TONS of blocks.
I know he’s had injuries but why would we care about that? So should we watch games and when we see blown plays just say to ourselves.. oh wow we can’t block or tackle but a couple of those guys had injuries so it’s fine that they can’t do their jobs?
Case in point about the crybaby shit… Bonner fumbled that ball early on the flip pass from Dylan and I don’t think I saw him the rest of the game. I don’t his mom crying about it
This reminds me of our long snapper’s girlfriend losing her mind a few years ago when he didn’t get the nod or got cut.
45-50. I think the message has been sent. TFII is headed back into his home state against a school that recruited him hard, and he is given the opportunity to show the offensive staff that he has gotten the messages and now is the time to show out. As far as Grandma Shirley, good for her for sticking up for him. That is grandmas do.
Neubert was a NFL draft pick based on one year of college football with 2 career receptions. Wonder how good a Huskers tight end he could have become if he hadn't spent 4 years being a football player on the basketball court.
I agree. I do think its important to get Carter reps though, even at WR. Looking down the road in 2 years with Raiola, Barney and Carter looks potentially nasty. Having 2 and potentially 3 skill people with difference maker talent on offense is what separates the good from the great offenses.
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