Transfer Portal Targets 2022

So what is the sorry about E. Johnson - Mr Minnesota player of the year running back.  Was he out wt injury this spring?  If not, has he had no impact on the RB room?

 
TGHusker said:
So what is the sorry about E. Johnson - Mr Minnesota player of the year running back.  Was he out wt injury this spring?  If not, has he had no impact on the RB room?
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He played in the spring game. He was at the time a reach. Will probably be your fourth string back. 

BigRedBuster said:
Actually, it closed last night.
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Believe schools have 48 hours to enter them into the portal so you may see more names pop up after. 

 
Can never have too many interior DL imo.  2 year starter at Minnesota.  And hopefully him leaving makes it a bit easier for us on 8/31


 
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We may be deep at RB even with Allen transferring out, but IMO we're not strong there. It's a little surprising to me that we haven't gotten a better option at RB out of the portal because it looks pretty clear to me that this is going to be a power run offense.

I feel like running back is possibly the position in football where coaching matters the least. But still, I hope that coaching can do something for this group heading into fall camp, even if that "something" is just motivational in nature.

Running the ball is clearly going to be the focal point of our offensive scheme.

 
Undone said:
We may be deep at RB even with Allen transferring out, but IMO we're not strong there. It's a little surprising to me that we haven't gotten a better option at RB out of the portal because it looks pretty clear to me that this is going to be a power run offense.

I feel like running back is possibly the position in football where coaching matters the least. But still, I hope that coaching can do something for this group heading into fall camp, even if that "something" is just motivational in nature.

Running the ball is clearly going to be the focal point of our offensive scheme.
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The coaches given the relative rest of the roster feel quite strong about the stable of running backs. Should be better with slightly better OL play/identity/etc. not sure I saw in the portal who would be a crazy upgrade. 

 
Decked said:
The coaches given the relative rest of the roster feel quite strong about the stable of running backs. Should be better with slightly better OL play/identity/etc. not sure I saw in the portal who would be a crazy upgrade.
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The bold part is fair. I'm positive you're paying much closer attention to that than me.

One thing that maybe isn't as clear yet is whether most of our running will be between the tackles/tight ends or if there'll be a fair amount of going outside. When we're running these big sets with two tight ends or 11 man with a fullback and running inside, it's a big mixing bowl of bodies. Your back has got to explode and be capable of bouncing off guys because your strategy is to control the game and grind out drives.

Two of the three top guys haven't really shown they can do that, with one of them being kind of unproven in that area. Despite what the coaches say (which is always going to be overly positive this time of year), we have to make a lot of headway with our RB play to make this scheme successful, IMO.

 
Undone said:
The bold part is fair. I'm positive you're paying much closer attention to that than me.

One thing that maybe isn't as clear yet is whether most of our running will be between the tackles/tight ends or if there'll be a fair amount of going outside. When we're running these big sets with two tight ends or 11 man with a fullback and running inside, it's a big mixing bowl of bodies. Your back has got to explode and be capable of bouncing off guys because your strategy is to control the game and grind out drives.

Two of the three top guys haven't really shown they can do that, with one of them being kind of unproven in that area. Despite what the coaches say (which is always going to be overly positive this time of year), we have to make a lot of headway with our RB play to make this scheme successful, IMO.
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I like to disregard what coaches say. Rather… pay attention to what they do. Think if they needed another back a few would be processed to make room. 

 
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You would have to think on Sunday/Monday you will see the staff getting after the portal more than they are currently. Think the only portal player to visit has been a DL transfer from Army. Who unless is a walk-on target does not get looked at. 

 
Mavric said:
I mean ... It's very likely that 60% of this years starters didn't start/barely played last year.  Possibly 80%.

Not exactly "rolling the same guys out again."
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Would be kind of fun to take this topic over to the 'Your 2023 Cornhuskers' thread and make a position-by-position list of predictions on this.

 
Undone said:
We may be deep at RB even with Allen transferring out, but IMO we're not strong there. It's a little surprising to me that we haven't gotten a better option at RB out of the portal because it looks pretty clear to me that this is going to be a power run offense.

I feel like running back is possibly the position in football where coaching matters the least. But still, I hope that coaching can do something for this group heading into fall camp, even if that "something" is just motivational in nature.

Running the ball is clearly going to be the focal point of our offensive scheme.
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I bet we're a "balanced" offense with about 2/3 of the snaps coming out of the shotgun.

 
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The Dude said:
I bet we're a "balanced" offense with about 2/3 of the snaps coming out of the shotgun.
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Agreed on 2/3 of the snaps probably coming from the shotgun.

What does "balanced" mean for you in this context? Curious on that. Like, referring to the run/pass ratio? Because I think we're going to run the ball a higher percentage of the time than last year for sure, and maybe even slightly higher than Frost's average over his time as coach here.

 
Undone said:
Agreed on 2/3 of the snaps probably coming from the shotgun.

What does "balanced" mean for you in this context? Curious on that. Like, referring to the run/pass ratio? Because I think we're going to run the ball a higher percentage of the time than last year for sure, and maybe even slightly higher than Frost's average over his time as coach here.
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I think we will run the ball differently than Frost did, but idk how much higher of a percentage than Frost's average 

 
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