Logan Smothers

Hilltop said:
You are correct.  He can redshirt this season while playing in up to 4 games.  I can really see his career going 2 completely different directions.  If Adrian struggles this year, I think he will see opportunities to win the job.  If that happens, I could see him playing here through his senior season (if he is as good as we all hope he is).  However, if Adrian performs well, and doesn't get injured, I would be surprised to see Logan stay here to burn 2 more years of eligibility while being a backup.  I think there is a fair chance we never see him in a starting role.    
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Third option is AM plays well and chooses to go to the NFL instead of utilizing his extra COVID year and Smothers seamlessly takes the reins next year as a redshirt freshman! Just trying to be optimistic. 

 
Huskers93-97 said:
McAffrey is not recruiting over. Haarberg is not recruiting over. I dont think you can say Smothers is recruiting over anyway. Martinez is the highest rated and most sought after QB we have landed and that was year 1. Smothers may end up being a badass but we have no idea. Saying oh well he committed early to Nebraska and shut his recruiting down so thats why he didnt rise in the rankings or get more offers is not good enough for me. Do you really think the top teams in the country would not have pursued him if they thought he was gonna be the next Marcus Mariota. I doubt any of the top teams were saying man I dont think we can steal someone from Nebraska?
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“Recruiting over” doesn’t have anything to do with star ratings.  

 
Huskers93-97 said:
Did you think any QBs recruited after Martinez were going to come in and compete for the job right away? Or did we hear they all needed a year or 2 development. That’s what I remember the narrative being 
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Unless you're getting Trevor Lawrence every QB is going to come in with the expectation of development. There are very few if any true freshmen QBs who can unseat an returning starter. 

 
Do we know that Martinez can physically hold up for another 2 years? The kid might want to get us to a bowl game and move on with life. Though his character may push him to exhaust his eligibility I wonder if he will take his extra year or not. 

 
WyoHusker56 said:
Unless you're getting Trevor Lawrence every QB is going to come in with the expectation of development. There are very few if any true freshmen QBs who can unseat an returning starter. 
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Dude it shouldn’t be that hard. Have you seen Martinez the last 2 years. We tried Mcaffrey last year it was so bad. Freshman Adrian beats out Sophomore and Junior Adrian. I am just saying pretty much no other legit school wanted Luke as a qb, hasberg isn’t beating out anyone anytime soon. You don’t give yourself much options when no one else is ready. How many years running have we had no depth behind our starter? 

 
Kind of compiling several reports from the last couple weeks, this is where the #2 QB race seems to me:

Smothers knows the offense better and makes good decisions but he doesn't seem to have the strongest arm.

Haarberg can really fire it but needs to improve accuracy and decision-making.

So they both have some good qualities and both have things they need to work on.  

Haarberg's short-comings would seem to be more expected given limited time and the program and also more fix-able.

 
Mavric said:
Kind of compiling several reports from the last couple weeks, this is where the #2 QB race seems to me:

Smothers knows the offense better and makes good decisions but he doesn't seem to have the strongest arm.

Haarberg can really fire it but needs to improve accuracy and decision-making.

So they both have some good qualities and both have things they need to work on.  

Haarberg's short-comings would seem to be more expected given limited time and the program and also more fix-able.
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This is exactly what I'm thinking, Mav.

 
Mavric said:
Kind of compiling several reports from the last couple weeks, this is where the #2 QB race seems to me:

Smothers knows the offense better and makes good decisions but he doesn't seem to have the strongest arm.

Haarberg can really fire it but needs to improve accuracy and decision-making.

So they both have some good qualities and both have things they need to work on.  

Haarberg's short-comings would seem to be more expected given limited time and the program and also more fix-able.
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For what it's worth OWH said after the practice that Smothers looked good on deep passes and seemed to direct traffic well but misplaced some short throws.

 
J-MAGIC said:
For what it's worth OWH said after the practice that Smothers looked good on deep passes and seemed to direct traffic well but misplaced some short throws.
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I think the videos we've seen say otherwise about the deep throws, specifically the one horrendously under thrown ball that Javin made a one handed INT on.

 
Sounds like mixed reviews about smothers in the media. More positive thoughts about Haarberg. That seems to be a bad sign about how we are recruiting. Seems like lately the new arrival is the best looking but needs development. Then the next year he doesn’t look ready or can’t throw very good but the new kid is the best of them all just doesn’t know the offense. I think if we truly recruited a great talent they would stand out 

 
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