Armstrong's future

[2ndNnine]

TA would probably improve considerably if there weren't 4 defenders on top of him before the receivers can even get into their patterns.

 

[GM_Tood]

 

[Bowfin]

Armstrong might be a great passer with some better coaching, or he might be exposed. I am sure he will get a chance to improve, whether or not he can remains to be seen.

 

[TheBigRed1]

My take is that he ends up leaving the program or else just becomes irrelevant.

He doesn't have the tools to run Riley's offense. He could barely run ours (see his completion % vs winning teams); let alone a pro style .

The last interesting nugget is that Riley was interested in Stanton out of high school

Will be interesting to see how a new coach sees the position considering Pelini was pretty well known for loyalty to starters despite how bad they played and/or who was behind them

He's not going to leave and I'd bet he starts. His biggest problem, Beck, will be gone and this should have happened long ago. Hopefully with a new S&C staff and OLC the OL can give him better protection.

Sorry about you being minus one nad makes it hard to get through life and really understand football.

T_O_B

Daayum, now that there is some funny …..

:laughpound

If it takes two to tango (understand football) there must be a few more on here that have that defect and then some are just nadless……don't claim to be an football expert…. just sayin...

 

[Enhance]

You can't coach vision in a QB. You either got it or you don't. See Zac Taylor/Joe Ganz. TA is Martinez 2.0 minus the Forrest Gump straight line speed.

That's not entirely true. You can create an offense and a system that allows seeing the field and finding the open receiver more efficient, which I think could help his 'vision' on the field.

There were a lot of instances this last year where it's clear TA and his receivers were not on the same page. Our offense seemed to go through a kind of progression on some passing plays - a play is called in and everyone lines up, TA then checks the defense and communicates with the sideline to see if he needs to change something. He either keeps the play or audibles to something new. Then, in some instances, the receiver had a choice of which route to run depending on the defense, and it was up to TA (and the WR) to be on the same page to make a good throw.

That's a lot to think about, especially for a younger QB.

Now, I'm sure a lot of passing plays across the country involve option routes like this. But, either the coaching was bad or TA and his receivers just couldn't mentally handle it. Either way something needed to change and at times it didn't. Whether TA is or isn't the new quarterback, we need someone that can create an offense that will play to the QB's strengths, and Riley seems to be someone that's all about adapting what he does based on the players he has.

As a side note, as much as many of us like Joe Ganz, he's a glorified intern at this point in his career and yet he was coaching quarterback. The guy has a promising career but he was in no position to be doing something like that, at Nebraska, this early in his career.