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'26 Spring Practice Thread: 26 March Coach Rhule available briefly (5-10 min), followed by OL Coach Geep Wade and 3-4 players.

wcbsas said:
Absolutely disagree.

Trying to force the ball to Barney is/was a problem.

Barney needs to work on route running and getting himself open in the route tree. If he is to make the NFL it’s likely as a slot receiver. If he wants to achieve success at that level he needs to simply be able to get open. All too often he is covered downfield because his footwork, explosiveness and separation is inadequate.

Because he cannot get open NU is forced to get him the ball in creative ways (screens, reverses) that simply do not work well.

Everyone in the country knew when Barney was on field that NU was going to throw to him on a screen or an out route. Make those options effective by getting open downfield first.
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I don’t entirely agree with this. There were plenty of times when he was open early but the ball didn’t come out of the QB’s hand because of either indecision, the desire to make a “splash” play or OL issues (QB crushed by pass rush). I’m interested in seeing what our receivers can do with better OL play and a more decisive QB.
 
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Brew City Husker said:
I don’t entirely agree with this. There were plenty of times when he was open early but the ball didn’t come out of the QB’s hand because of either indecision, the desire to make a “splash” play or OL issues (QB crushed by pass rush). I’m interested in seeing what our receivers can do with better OL play and a more decisive QB.
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Raiola completed 72% of his passes. So the number of times it didn't come out is less than the number of times it did.
There were 8 players with larger Yards/Reception averages than Barney.
There were 3 players with a longer reception than Barney.

The rest is more subjective than objective.

I don't think the issues at QB were decisive QB play ... Raiola was pretty consistent. I do think O-Line has an affect.

For someone who is supposed to be "fast" ... we didn't see enough YAC from Barney. We didn't see explosive pass plays from him.
 
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