Your 2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers

WyoHusker56 said:
They said Luke is getting runs with the 1's last week so that's not a safe assumption at all it could just a well be Luke throwing high. Also at least one of those clips of Wandale jumping the ball hits him in his mid section so he didn't need to jump. He certainly threw high some last year, but seeing a couple of highlights where you can kind of assume maybe he threw it and then also assume he wasn't trying to get it over a LB underneath seems like an insane jump to criticize him.
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I am not saying Martinez doesn't have an issue with throwing the ball high over the middle, but one of the big games that people remember JD and Wandale getting hit hard after catching high balls over the middle was the Illinois game in 2019.  Illinois plays mainly Cover-2 zone on defense, with dropping LB's.  One major weak spot in the zone is down the middle, but forces the QB to pass over the LB's and in front of the safeties.  It's a very tough throw to make, and can often time lead the WR vulnerable to a big hit from the closing safeties.  However, NU was very strong at attacking that defense time and time again last year, even if it meant the JD and Wandale getting hit hard after making a catch.

 
ColoradoHusk said:
I am not saying Martinez doesn't have an issue with throwing the ball high over the middle, but one of the big games that people remember JD and Wandale getting hit hard after catching high balls over the middle was the Illinois game in 2019.  Illinois plays mainly Cover-2 zone on defense, with dropping LB's.  One major weak spot in the zone is down the middle, but forces the QB to pass over the LB's and in front of the safeties.  It's a very tough throw to make, and can often time lead the WR vulnerable to a big hit from the closing safeties.  However, NU was very strong at attacking that defense time and time again last year, even if it meant the JD and Wandale getting hit hard after making a catch.
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It doesn't help that JD and Wandale go about 5.8-5.9.  I so badly want to see highlights of Watts and Omar catching bombs in some of these highlights.

 
CAHusker said:
I'm pretty excited to see how Mills looks this year.  I was hard on that guy early in the year, which probably wasn't justified, being our line was pretty bad and we didn't have a guy to take over for what Stanley Morgan brought.  I was watching some highlights of his runs later in the year, and there was a lot to like.  He started to show more patience and stayed vertical, which allowed longer runs.  Early on it appeared that he wanted to run everyone over.  If he can make a speed jump like Ozigbo was able to do, he could be very, very good.  
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Watching back the Wisconsin game back last year Mills was in prime form. We get our entire O-line back, AM has started 2 seasons - no reason we shouldn't be able to run that ball more efficiently this year. 

 
CAHusker said:
I'm pretty excited to see how Mills looks this year.  I was hard on that guy early in the year, which probably wasn't justified, being our line was pretty bad and we didn't have a guy to take over for what Stanley Morgan brought.  I was watching some highlights of his runs later in the year, and there was a lot to like.  He started to show more patience and stayed vertical, which allowed longer runs.  Early on it appeared that he wanted to run everyone over.  If he can make a speed jump like Ozigbo was able to do, he could be very, very good.  
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I was a pretty big fan of Ozigbo but I think Mills will be much better.  I expect he will be top 3 in the B1G for rushing.

 
CAHusker said:
I'm pretty excited to see how Mills looks this year.  I was hard on that guy early in the year, which probably wasn't justified, being our line was pretty bad and we didn't have a guy to take over for what Stanley Morgan brought.  I was watching some highlights of his runs later in the year, and there was a lot to like.  He started to show more patience and stayed vertical, which allowed longer runs.  Early on it appeared that he wanted to run everyone over.  If he can make a speed jump like Ozigbo was able to do, he could be very, very good.  
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Good stuff.

As you mentioned his big issue in the first half of the year was patience (and then maybe also vision). He was actually running into his own blockers.

Mills clearly took to the coaching and was a solid player by that Wisconsin game when he racked up 188 yards. I think there's some good evidence that Held is a pretty decent coach.

 
WyoHusker56 said:
Ty Robinson continues to look like he is wreaking absolute havoc in the middle of our offensive line. I hope that's because he is becoming an absolute beast and not because our Oline is going to continue its issues in the middle. It'd be a game changer to have a nose/DE that requires double/triple teams.
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Agreed, man.

I remain confident it's a case of his own physical abilities. He was one of those "cut above" gets for us as a recruit where I'm still just so happy and sort of surprised he chose us.

Tons of natural strength and athleticism. So you combine those two things with a full year under Duvall and you pretty much have a machine.

If I was forced to pick two guys on the roster that had the highest chances of going pro I'd probably say Ty and then also Corcoran (although I do think Jaimes will make an NFL roster as well).

 
It would be nice to have jd's talent on the field - his desire to not be here may make it good that he is gone.  MF would be a disappointment if he doesn't make it. However, AB should be a stud from day one and the Michigan transfer could provide nice relief if we have a injury issue.

 
BigRedBuster said:
So....do we get a depth chart today?

Holy F***  It's actually game week!!!!!
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BigRedBuster said:
So....do we get a depth chart today?
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Frost said last week they weren't sure if they were releasing a depth chart or not.  Not exactly sure what they would be trying to "hide" but I kind of get the impression they wouldn't release one this week.

Maybe stalling to see if Manning would be in the mix or not.

 
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