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JOHNNY N said:
They really have screwed Rahmir up.

Dude produced in games last season, but can't find the field this season.
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Rahmir if nothing else is the best pass blocking back we have and it’s not even close. Even watching him on Saturday when he got a chance to do that, it was nice to watch.

Felt like it would have been notice to get a little more creative with our Backs this season. Hell run some Diamond.
 
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NikkiSixx said:
Can't say I blame him.. I don't get the love fest for Rahmir.. especially on an important down of an important series, when you have a battering ram on the sidelines.. Whip will never really know how to do the run game correctly. Yant could have a future if he got some snaps and decent coaching. So sick of the absence of a decent running game. It's the only thing that really matters that you get right, first, in this league.

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I think there’s more to the story. I don’t think yant is this game changing back that we just have sitting idle on the sidelines. It’s the same situation now with a new HC OC and RB coach as it was last year. So who’s the common denominator?…Yant. It could be a myriad of different reasons he’s not seeing more playing time. Maybe he doesn’t understand the playbook well enough for them to trust him. He’s had one good game against a terrible team over a year ago. If he wants to leave then cool let him.
 
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JOHNNY N said:
They really have screwed Rahmir up.

Dude produced in games last season, but can't find the field this season.
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I have to disagree.. Last year he made no meaningful impact. Never took over a game, never got that first down when we needed it. His longest run last year (and his career here) is 29 yards. Literally zero impact player. He'll get a first down on 2nd & 2, or make a play when there isn't something on the line, or get the first block on a pass rusher to hold him off for a second. That is it.
 
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NikkiSixx said:
I have to disagree.. Last year he made no meaningful impact. Never took over a game, never got that first down when we needed it. His longest run last year (and his career here) is 29 yards. Literally zero impact player. He'll get a first down on 2nd & 2, or make a play when there isn't something on the line, or get the first block on a pass rusher to hold him off for a second. That is it.
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Zero impact? Come on.

Yant's impact has generally been negative. For every good play he does something to give it back. False start, lining up wrong, missing blocks....and the fact that he is 240lbs and can't make a yard when the team needs it.

At least Rahmir doesn't hurt the team. Well minus that drop against Illinois. That was kinda catastrophic.
 
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putemintheaisles said:
When was the last time Nebraska ran a heavy power I formation with a fullback/h-back? Someone like Brewington could fill that roll as a lead blocker.

3 WR set with Palmer in the slot and Washington/Manning on the outside.

This way we could use Smothers to do bootlegs and short slants.

I don't understand this football team or play-calling/player management.

Seems like common sense to me, granted our o-line is terrible but they did show something in the first half of the Minn game.
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The fact that you put Manning in there completely makes me laugh out loud. Wow
 
NikkiSixx said:
I have to disagree.. Last year he made no meaningful impact. Never took over a game, never got that first down when we needed it. His longest run last year (and his career here) is 29 yards. Literally zero impact player. He'll get a first down on 2nd & 2, or make a play when there isn't something on the line, or get the first block on a pass rusher to hold him off for a second. That is it.
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In 21 games Yant has had 125 yards. He had 125 in one game against Northwestern. He can't pass protect. Can't catch the ball. Can't run without falling over. What does he do?
 
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BuckysBoys1 said:
In 21 games Yant has had 125 yards. He had 125 in one game against Northwestern. He can't pass protect. Can't catch the ball. Can't run without falling over. What does he do?
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yant > rahmir.. that's all I'm saying.. he could have helped us last week, but our OC is inept at run game
 
Good, hopes he's gone........ He's slow and trips over his own shoes short of the goal line.
 
WHCSC said:
Part of Yants problem was he did too much looking around behind the LOS instead of just plowing in like he was brought in to do.
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Yant needed someone to define his job to him.
Bouncing outside isn't what he was meant to do. He doesnt have the speed to beat the LB or safety to the edge.
Plow through whatever hole you can find and deliver some punishment. He ran vicious at times last year.
This year too often he runs like a 180lb too small WR that has a lot of speed that can be easily arm tackled like what Rahmir is.
Johnson has no business in the backfield. Not enough sand in his pants to be a blocker and goes down too easy.
 
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JOHNNY N said:
They really have screwed Rahmir up.

Dude produced in games last season, but can't find the field this season.
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Wandale produced as a RB too. Old staff had a penchant for using WR's or at best WB's at RB. How did that work out?
 
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wwstormking said:
Yant needed someone to define his job to him.
Bouncing outside isn't what he was meant to do. He doesnt have the speed to beat the LB or safety to the edge.
Plow through whatever hole you can find and deliver some punishment. He ran vicious at times last year.
This year too often he runs like a 180lb too small WR that has a lot of speed that can be easily arm tackled like what Rahmir is.
Johnson has no business in the backfield. Not enough sand in his pants to be a blocker and goes down too easy.
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He ran vicious at times in the open field against smaller defenders. Yant doesn't know how to gain a tough yard at the line of scrimmage. Which should be his calling card.
 
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JOHNNY N said:
They had a penchant for trying to get their best offensive threat touches multiple ways. Which of you read Wandales quotes during his recruitment was exactly what he wanted.
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Yeah they did a great job of that. So great he left because of it along with all-american return man Spielman and many others. Using Wandale as a goal line back in short yardage situations should have never been anyone's plan and obviously wasn't his or his dads.
They have totally failed at the RB position since Frost came to town. Rahmir is no BIG RB and it didnt take this crew long to see it.
 
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wwstormking said:
Yant needed someone to define his job to him.
Bouncing outside isn't what he was meant to do. He doesnt have the speed to beat the LB or safety to the edge.
Plow through whatever hole you can find and deliver some punishment. He ran vicious at times last year.
This year too often he runs like a 180lb too small WR that has a lot of speed that can be easily arm tackled like what Rahmir is.
Johnson has no business in the backfield. Not enough sand in his pants to be a blocker and goes down too easy.
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You had me until you started talking about RJ
 
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WHCSC said:
You had me until you started talking about RJ
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He just isnt a RB, You cant count on RJ on third downs -short yardage - nor blocking for the pass happy Whip brigade.
Those are pretty key things a RB needs to do.
 
wwstormking said:
He just isnt a RB, You cant count on RJ on third downs -short yardage - nor blocking for the pass happy Whip brigade.
Those are pretty key things a RB needs to do.
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JOHNNY N said:
He ran vicious at times in the open field against smaller defenders. Yant doesn't know how to gain a tough yard at the line of scrimmage. Which should be his calling card.
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We’re lucky if he knows how to line up correctly
 
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JOHNNY N said:
You just listed the reason he transferred.

He was being used exactly like he wanted.
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Quit that morning drinking. There is dozens of articles and his dad's DaLE'S blasting how he was being used here and a big part of it was AM not being able to get him the ball in any space!
Wandale was absolutely not being used like he wanted.
Ironically he wasn't used that way at all by Ky who stole him away. His only runs there was an occasional jet sweep. Never had one run between the tackles where you seem to believe he wanted to be.

Wandale saw himself as a WR! Nebraska didnt have a RB so had to use guys like him and Rahmir back there.

In his own words

"It was about 50-50 with my mom and how I was used at Nebraska.
Robinson arrived in Lincoln with expectations of being a dual threat in both the Huskers’ ground and passing attacks. However, injuries and suspensions hit Nebraska’s running back room in Robinson’s freshman year, forcing him into action as the team’s featured ball carrier. His rushing attempts more than doubled his catches, and even when he was catching passes it was out of the backfield, not as a wide receiver.

“I ended up essentially being our number one running back my freshman year,” he said. “I was like 185 pounds soaking wet at that point.”

The following season, Frost assured Robinson he would get him away from the 300-pound defensive linemen of the Big Ten and outside as a route-runner. But the injury bug bit again in 2020 and Frost put Robinson back in the backfield.

“I was like, I can’t keep doing this,” Robinson admitted. “We’re getting reports saying that’s not what I would do in the NFL.”
“At the end of the day, it’s who’s behind the center, who’s calling the plays.”

The new Kentucky offense with Coen and, eventually, quarterback Will Levis came at the perfect time for Robinson, whose NFL dreams were dying with each new carry in Nebraska’s backfield.
“We were playing Iowa last year. I was playing running back, and they brought a little cross-dog blitz,” Robinson said. “And one of the [linebackers] came, and I had cut him. And he didn’t fall all the way. He just fell on me, and I was like, ‘oh yeah, if I’m cutting him and he’s just doing this, this ain’t for me.’ So, at that point, it was time to make a change.”
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wwstormking said:
Quit that morning drinking. There is dozens of articles and his dad's DaLE'S blasting how he was being used here and a big part of it was AM not being able to get him the ball in any space!
Wandale was absolutely not being used like he wanted.
Ironically he wasn't used that way at all by Ky who stole him away. His only runs there was an occasional jet sweep. Never had one run between the tackles where you seem to believe he wanted to be.

Wandale saw himself as a WR! Nebraska didnt have a RB so had to use guys like him and Rahmir back there.

In his own words

"It was about 50-50 with my mom and how I was used at Nebraska.
Robinson arrived in Lincoln with expectations of being a dual threat in both the Huskers’ ground and passing attacks. However, injuries and suspensions hit Nebraska’s running back room in Robinson’s freshman year, forcing him into action as the team’s featured ball carrier. His rushing attempts more than doubled his catches, and even when he was catching passes it was out of the backfield, not as a wide receiver.

“I ended up essentially being our number one running back my freshman year,” he said. “I was like 185 pounds soaking wet at that point.”

The following season, Frost assured Robinson he would get him away from the 300-pound defensive linemen of the Big Ten and outside as a route-runner. But the injury bug bit again in 2020 and Frost put Robinson back in the backfield.

“I was like, I can’t keep doing this,” Robinson admitted. “We’re getting reports saying that’s not what I would do in the NFL.”
“At the end of the day, it’s who’s behind the center, who’s calling the plays.”

The new Kentucky offense with Coen and, eventually, quarterback Will Levis came at the perfect time for Robinson, whose NFL dreams were dying with each new carry in Nebraska’s backfield.
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No chance he gets drafted in the 2nd round playing for the asshole who used to coach here

he made the right move for the right reasons, led the SEC in receiving, beat iowa and got paid
 
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wwstormking said:
Quit that morning drinking. There is dozens of articles and his dad's DaLE'S blasting how he was being used here and a big part of it was AM not being able to get him the ball in any space!
Wandale was absolutely not being used like he wanted.
Ironically he wasn't used that way at all by Ky who stole him away. His only runs there was an occasional jet sweep. Never had one run between the tackles where you seem to believe he wanted to be.

Wandale saw himself as a WR! Nebraska didnt have a RB so had to use guys like him and Rahmir back there.

In his own words

"It was about 50-50 with my mom and how I was used at Nebraska.
Robinson arrived in Lincoln with expectations of being a dual threat in both the Huskers’ ground and passing attacks. However, injuries and suspensions hit Nebraska’s running back room in Robinson’s freshman year, forcing him into action as the team’s featured ball carrier. His rushing attempts more than doubled his catches, and even when he was catching passes it was out of the backfield, not as a wide receiver.

“I ended up essentially being our number one running back my freshman year,” he said. “I was like 185 pounds soaking wet at that point.”

The following season, Frost assured Robinson he would get him away from the 300-pound defensive linemen of the Big Ten and outside as a route-runner. But the injury bug bit again in 2020 and Frost put Robinson back in the backfield.

“I was like, I can’t keep doing this,” Robinson admitted. “We’re getting reports saying that’s not what I would do in the NFL.”
“At the end of the day, it’s who’s behind the center, who’s calling the plays.”

The new Kentucky offense with Coen and, eventually, quarterback Will Levis came at the perfect time for Robinson, whose NFL dreams were dying with each new carry in Nebraska’s backfield.
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So he found out he didn't want to be physical?

Again, he wanted to be used exactly how he was. Then he didn't, and transferred.

Not even sure what your point is. Yant is not a good RB. RJ is better. Wandale. transferred after being used exactly how he wanted.
 
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putemintheaisles said:
When was the last time Nebraska ran a heavy power I formation with a fullback/h-back? Someone like Brewington could fill that roll as a lead blocker.

3 WR set with Palmer in the slot and Washington/Manning on the outside.

This way we could use Smothers to do bootlegs and short slants.

I don't understand this football team or play-calling/player management.

Seems like common sense to me, granted our o-line is terrible but they did show something in the first half of the Minn game.
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Guys like Whipple paint by numbers. This is not in their DNA.
 
JOHNNY N said:
So he found out he didn't want to be physical?

Again, he wanted to be used exactly how he was. Then he didn't, and transferred.

Not even sure what your point is. Yant is not a good RB. RJ is better. Wandale. transferred after being used exactly how he wanted.
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No, he saw who his coach and qb were and got the hell out of dodge

fool me once (frosh year) shame on me. Fool me twice (soph year) I’m going to UK
 
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king_kong_ said:
No, he saw who his coach and qb were and got the hell out of dodge

fool me once (frosh year) shame on me. Fool me twice (soph year) I’m going to UK
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All I'm saying is he was being used how he said he wanted to be.

He did what he thought was best for him. It sure seems like that was the right decision.

This thread was a hand wringer about a below average rb maybe looking to leave. Not sure why anybody would be worried about that. RJ is a much better rb.

Not sure what Wandale has to do with it. He was great while he was here and it was unfortunate that he transfered.
 
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drubendall said:
Yeah, but I think he realized that was wrong and naive. Kentucky still loved him, so it was easy to go home. Better team, greater chance to succeed.
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No doubt. I think he did what was right for him. I'm not even sure why he is being brought up in a thread about a below average running back tweeting out googly eyes.
 
NikkiSixx said:
Yant could have a future if he got some snaps and decent coaching.

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If you mean played in the NFL, I disagree. The world is full of guys who look the part and tell anyone who will listen that they should be in the league. But there's always an excuse. There are reasons that Yant was still available in mid-July as a walk-on. I don't know exactly what they are to be honest, but what we've seen with his time here is that he lacks focus and is prone to making lots of mistakes. He's a big dude who lacks burst, runs upright, lacks vision and gets tripped up/goes down easily for a big guy. If he finds the hole and it's a big one, and he'll look like a million bucks if he can get his momentum going.
 
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