Just yell "go deep" and point.
Manning tweets he's ready to get to work with team
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"We're better at receiver right now than we have been since I've been here." -Scott Frost
It IS up to the coaches to get their team ready. We can’t be 3 years in and say we don’t have any WR’s who are “ready.”
Having said that, I know we’ve had to basically hit the reset button with WR personnel and Lubbick has had very little time to get them ready.
Walters was run out partially because of the lack of WR development.
They just need to find a way to expedite the process. We can’t turn “a serviceable WR room” into a 4 year project.
To be fair, that's a pretty low bar."We're better at receiver right now than we have been since I've been here." -Scott Frost
It was one game where we didn't even try to throw the ball downfield in order to try to limit turnovers. In case anyone didn't notice, our whole game plan revolved around limiting mistakes and turnovers. I don't think our receivers are near as bad as we think, neither is our pass rush or our DB's, just because they didn't look good against one of the best teams in the country.
Saturday was the 13th straight game where we didn't try to throw the ball downfield.
maybe even more than that, honestly.
if it were 1 game, I would agree. it's not.
We haven’t gone deep since Stanley Morgan played.
It was the first game this year. Ohio State can make even good teams look bad. I'd like to see another game or two before we declare we have the worst receiver group in college football.
In fairness, unless you were at the game is was hard to tell. The networks have been keeping a narrow focus on the field to avoid showing empty stadiums. We have no idea if our receivers were open downfield or not as they never showed them. Was it the routes? Lack of time? Great DB's from OSU (very possible), etc. We'll find out more this Saturday.
They should have been ready for the first game. At least for a few plays each.
Use to love the bombs they threw to Frosty Anderson back in the 70's.
The whole "no block,no rock" mantra is crap. If you are going to plkay wrs that are great blockers then start running the option.
No. 60% of statistics are made up on the spot.
I disagree. It is not just a great mantra, it is a necessary mantra. Football is blocking &tackling.
Would’ve guessed 75 or 80 in here but that’s just me
There are three kinds of people — those who believe in data and those who don't.
Our blocking was horrible last year, even from the receivers. The thing is we shouldn't have to choose. We need to get and coach receivers who can both block and get open.
There were times last year JD didn’t even try and block. And it just killed some drives. Yes he put up some yards but he was a major part of 4-8 4-8 and 5-7.
We did block better on the perimeter on Saturday, I thought.
Not pretending to be an expert, but there were a couple plays in a row on one of our scoring drives where OSU corner completely abandoned our perimeter WR creeping to the line, faking a blitz before going back to cover. The safety was not coming over to cover and if we had been ready to snap the ball (we were lined up, just not hurry up), it was likely an easy TD or big gain to a wide open WR. We actually had success those plays, but it felt like a moment where our lack of tempo/readiness cost us the easier path.
We still feel “rigid” at times to me, lacking confidence to really ball out.
Playing conservative and afraid against OSU was not my recipe for success. I think this showed in the second half where they realized we weren’t gonna stretch the field.
We still feel “rigid” at times to me, lacking confidence to really ball out.
Playing conservative and afraid against OSU was not my recipe for success. I think this showed in the second half where they realized we weren’t gonna stretch the field.
True story. When Jarvis Redwine played he had no clue about the playbook. In the huddle they would call the play for the rest of the team and then tell Redwine what to do. That came from a friend who played at least 50% of the snaps on offense for us that year.
blazing speed. He drove campus in a tricked out Datsun 280Z as I recall. Gold chains around his neck and IF I remember correctly the gold package on the car. Fuzzy dash? Pimped to the max.
Team needs wideouts who can play and make things happen vertically.
it's a screwed up year, but time for some of these guys to earn their scholarship or make room for those that can
it's a screwed up year, but time for some of these guys to earn their scholarship or make room for those that can
I get out of kick of Neb fans. Thought Speilman would leave early to be an early draft pick and that Robinson will be an early round draft choice - “he’s just that good”. Neither did or will happen. Robinson is Dana Brinson (At best) 36 years later. Is he good? Yes. Is he great? No. Just like Speilman he’s just the best Neb has right now. In the scheme of college football he’s not even on the radar of the best in the conference let alone All American talent. Damn. We used to have AA talents every year. Sigh...
