Maybe overall Milton has regressed, but honestly he's come on the last few weeks. Seems a bit unfair to group him with some others.
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Maybe overall Milton has regressed, but honestly he's come on the last few weeks. Seems a bit unfair to group him with some others.
speaking of receivers that have disappeared, what has happened with Daniel Jackson? He was the young guy to watch last year before he got hurt.
Yeah he probably deserves more snaps, would at least like to see him. WR is a huge unknown next year but perhaps guys like aidan bitter, D Jackson, and Noel are solid. We'll see.
Noel has already shown me he can run good routes up the middle get open, and make the catch. That's promising.
Maybe all the other guys were just flashes in the pan, but it seems to be that our offense is solely focused on getting the ball to a few receivers each game (other than getting Breece lots of carries), with options 1 & 2 being Xavier and Kolar. As for the rest, seems like one or two of them might get targets, and might even be a #3 option, if they're lucky (Allen, Noel for a game), but the O seems to be all about getting a few # of guys the ball, not necessarily taking what's open.
That was part of the beauty of the OSU game, Brock was able to distribute to many WRs.
That was part of the beauty of the OSU game, Brock was able to distribute to many WRs.
Allen is waaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy under utilized.
Shaw and Wilson have been hurt. Maybe Jackson too? It's a position where our depth has been disappointing. Milton is good, but isn't the best blocker so it makes us more predictable when he's out there.
To me the disappointing part of the pass game includes the complete absence of Easton Dean.
Has ISU just simply flooded the flats with TEs?
On that we're seeing how valuable Soehner was.
This is only sorta related... who is #47 that came in at linebacker later in the game for a blitz play? Looked like a bigger LB and did well on the one play he was in.
Anderson (soph), Jackson (fresh), and Noel (fresh) are our three young top 100 or so receivers.
I agree. Partly because he's my favorite player, but mostly because he's in there EVERY play, blocking and supporting the rest of the team. Jiminy...throw him a bone every once in a while!
I always appreciate the "behind the line" camera shot for this. It's easy to sit there and think "quit dancing around Brock" until you see just how not-open everyone is.
It seems like it's been this way for years and a combination of scheme and talent. You watch other teams play and they seem to get guys open in that 5-15 yard pass game with relative ease. With us, it just seems like Purdy is always throwing into tight windows and very rare do guys get open.
He got in trouble so soon after arriving on campus, I was honestly surprised he was given another opportunity. Not mature enough to recognize opportunities he's been given.
It is frustrating but you're right, we are either schematically flawed or talent devoid at the WR position sans Hutchinson. It did seem like there were guys getting open on Saturday, but I think Brock was too busy trying to buy himself time to look down field and see them. Why we can't just have a guys run more routes to the flats more often is beyond me. WVU made their gameplan around doing that until we softened up over the middle a bit, then just started to gash us vertically. They certainly don't have talent issues at WR like we do.
