I doubt this one reaches 1000 pages or posts or whatever. I’m just happy it’s football season.
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TJ Lateef 2! We have two quarterbacks!
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We’ll see. The eggs haven’t even been laid yet, much less hatched.
At this early point in the season, I don't know about how soon someone will choose to leave. It is another one of the many things we will learn more about as the season goes on.
We likely will not have two of those, if not three of them.
This next week is the best chance for DK to see the field, unless things go terribly wrong with injuries. I was a little surprised we waited as long as we did to get Lateef snaps. Scoop and score ate a possession he probably would have gotten to play in.
TJ definitely has tools. We saw him play really well against UCLA last year. He's got some growing to do in the pass game, I think, but has shown some flashes of really good potential. O-Line seems to be much improved this year, albeit against less than stellar competition, and that's going to make all of our QBs look better. I like that our QBs are fairly similar in their strengths. That should help provide better continuity in play calling.
I’m not exactly sure what I think or feel about the backup QB situation.
1) Running the offense OCDH is running suggests that our QBs are going to get hit. Getting hit increases the likelihood that our QB could get hurt. We need a competent backup and Lateef flashed some potential last year. I think in both games so far coaches have done a poor job getting our backup into the game.
2) I’m more pro Kaelin because I think he’s more likely to stick around next season than Lateef. And if so, I’d like to see the game snaps going to him. That feeling is based on (a) he’s already transferred and returned -and- (b) he’s a Nebraska kid and all other things being equal that should work in his favor.
3) If JTL is truly the primary backup then get him realistic game snaps. For example, with a 35-0 halftime lead … why not have him run a Q3 series with the 1st team? I know we are trying to get Colandrea settled but when Raiola went out it was a struggle.
4) JTL is more similar to AC than he was to DR. So maybe the offense transitions if there is a QB change.
5) JTL has the luxury of having been in OCDH’s system for two years but don’t forget DK played in 5 games last year at Virginia.
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More likely, our sleepwalking through the 3rd quarter convinced the staff that the game wasn't put away yet. So they left the starters in.
For sure, but just looking at the most obvious here.
TJ did a good job managing what OC put on his plate for that game. Luckily for everybody Dana had it dialed and UCLA didn't account for EJ in the passing game and EJ torched them for a hundred in the air with two TD on top of his hundred and a score on the ground.
Colandrea continues to play well. Huskers continue to win. NFL comes calling. Our coaches have done an amazing job filling the QB room with contenders. They all win if the Huskers keep winning. Shared mission. Makes them all better. Makes the Huskers better. GBR!
I thought Colandrea was 1 and done. Guess Lateef could still beat him out next year.
I don't feel like we've seen OCDH put the QBs in a lot of situations to get nailed. A few designed runs, but overall, it feels like the QB run game has been pretty conservative given how capable those guys are with their legs. We do need the depth, though.
I haven't gotten to see anything out of Kaelin but I did get to watch enough Lateef last season to know there is some potential there. I don't feel like we are completely sunk if he has to come in and play, although his performance at Penn State does worry me some.
Game 1 we didn't put the game out of reach until later in the 2nd half, so it didn't bother me that we didn't see the backups, especially trying to let AC settle in. I do agree that we should have gotten the backups more run on Saturday, though. Felt like we could have easily let Lateef play the 3Q with some of the 1s and then given DK a drive or two in the 4th. You aren't guaranteed a lot of those mop up opportunities, so it's important for depth building to not waste the chances when they present themselves.
Also, possible.
AC is a long shot for the NFL.
His size … 6’0” isn’t favorable. His accuracy needs to get a lot better.
if he has any shot he’d be smart to come back for another year, especially with the loaded QB draft coming up in 2017.
