What Did We Learn - Wisconsin Edition

The team played better than expected and they played hard for four full quarters. The defense did well except for about 2 plays.

The offense is still hurt by an offensive line that is injury ridden and has a hard time on the Line of Scrimmage. They don't dominate and block as well as is needed for a top ten team.

I think TA is a great athlete but his throwing technique goes to crap when he is pressured which happens too often with this line. Its hard to see us as a championship team when you can't rely on the QB's arm in a pinch. He makes some great throws and then throws badly. We have had these problems with Tayler Martinez and now with TA. We need a true QB.

 
I just re watched the 1st half watching only our oline. Played pretty Damn good other than Knevel. Not sure I understand the Utter hate. He held his own. Mcnitt needs to stay on his blocks longer. Our backs need to be able to make at least one person miss. And if somebody would have just got a hand on Watt that would've helped.

 
fb30 said:
I just re watched the 1st half watching only our oline. Played pretty Damn good other than Knevel. Not sure I understand the Utter hate. He held his own. Mcnitt needs to stay on his blocks longer. Our backs need to be able to make at least one person miss. And if somebody would have just got a hand on Watt that would've helped.
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Pro Football Focus graded Utter as our top-performing offensive player for the Wisconsin game.

Not offensive lineman. Offensive player.

 
It's almost like just because you're a walk on - even a walk on who changed positions - doesn't mean you're not talented or don't deserve to be playing.


 
lo country said:
1995 Redux said:
Mavric said:
https://twitter.com/HuskerExtraSip/status/792819775017590784
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Bump in competition will do that I reckon. Plus injuries really hurt our production.
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The 4.4 per play against Wisky was Riley's lowest since taking the helm......
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very interesting statistic. I don't know what the average is but if I had to guess 4.4 yards per play as your worst offensive performance is a good thing. Again I don't know what is considered good and bad in this statistic but 4.4 yards per play does not seem terrible at all to me.
I learned we can win big if we had a passing threat.

I think against OSU we have to get Tommy as many easy completions as possible early as Mav has talked about. It's critical. Give Tommy as little chance to fail as possible for the first 10 throws. If we can hit 7 of those easy throws that will set Tommy up to be more successful later on when we have to ask more of him because the confidence will be there. Got to get him moving forward more on rollout to prevent those fadeaway throws he makes that lead to incompletions or worse every time.

 
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