Nebraska Snowflakes: The Offense
November 12th, 2022 at 6:52 PM ^
They won AND they were sexy
November 12th, 2022 at 7:10 PM ^
10-0!!!!
But the wide receivers continue to be a concern.
Ronnie Bell is not a downfield threat and I’d love it if they’d stop trying to use him as one.
Johnson needed to come up with that catch early in the 2nd quarter.
November 12th, 2022 at 7:44 PM ^
WRs seeming inability to get separation/make difficult catches is indeed a concern. I mean, they are great at blocking and obviously that's a key to our offense, but dang.
November 12th, 2022 at 8:26 PM ^
Ought to play Clemons more..see what happens.
November 12th, 2022 at 8:32 PM ^
Yes. Anything would be better than Anthony’s brick hands. I really hoped he would be great this year, but he seems to only be able to field grounders, not line drives
November 12th, 2022 at 7:49 PM ^
I wish I could feel confident about our ability to win the OSU game with passing if necessary. But I don't, and today made me feel less confident than previously
November 12th, 2022 at 8:24 PM ^
JJ’s QBR was 149.6 today. 2 TD’s and no Int. Not bad
November 12th, 2022 at 8:31 PM ^
It was bad down field passing was atrocious!
November 13th, 2022 at 5:09 AM ^
We just need to accept that JJ keeps the chains moving and isn’t Cj Stroud. At least not yet. He just doesn’t have any arc or touch on the deep ball. Sucks, but it what it is.
November 12th, 2022 at 9:53 PM ^
8/17 for 129 is not good.
November 12th, 2022 at 11:21 PM ^
But the QBR!!!
November 13th, 2022 at 4:32 AM ^
QBR and passer rating are not the same. With QBR the highest score is 100. His QBR was 70.4. For comparison, Chubba Purdy was 78.2 today.
50 is average in QBR.
November 12th, 2022 at 11:12 PM ^
If they are going to need to pass a lot to win the game, then they were going to be in trouble regardless. This is a run first time. They are not going to win a shootout with OSU. Now, if they have to make a few throws here and there and possibly a few passing TDs, then yeah. They can do that. Also, they need Luke back and also Edwards. They may not be able to throw downfield, but they will be able to pass to win as long as they are able to run well.
November 13th, 2022 at 7:17 AM ^
I liked that Karsch asked Harbaugh in the pre-game about taking some deep shots downfield and needing to improve at it (as opposed to typical softball interview Qs). Harbaugh seemed to admit that, yeah, it was something they'd like to see improvement at. He said that they've been hitting them in practice. He also said that they weren't going to start heaving bombs unless the game situation was right.
He and his staff aren't idiots. They know that they need to keep working on it because, at some point, they might need it.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:20 AM ^
It isn't their intelligence, it's our ability to do so. The WR's don't separate, and don't make tough catches. A team that has great talent, like OSU, if they concentrate their whole game plan on taking away Blake, can usually take that aspect away. So you have to go somewhere else, and we may have to pass to win, can we?
November 12th, 2022 at 9:11 PM ^
Ironically our pass offense was better in 2006 at 10-0 than in 2022
November 12th, 2022 at 8:25 PM ^
Too sexy...
November 12th, 2022 at 6:53 PM ^
This offense is not built to be sexy...
November 12th, 2022 at 6:58 PM ^
More like when you walk in to meet your masseuse and she says her name is Gertrude and “this is going to be deep tissue and rather uncomfortable. Bite down on this leather strap. There is no safe word.”
November 12th, 2022 at 7:03 PM ^
Yes, please!
November 12th, 2022 at 7:08 PM ^
Some people pay extra for that
November 12th, 2022 at 9:36 PM ^
Robert Kraft, is that you???
November 12th, 2022 at 7:29 PM ^
You win the internet today.
November 12th, 2022 at 7:33 PM ^
Yeah but the outcome is you feel great and renewed.
November 13th, 2022 at 7:57 AM ^
The game ended happy after all.
November 12th, 2022 at 7:50 PM ^
Sexy isn't a good passing game. We haven't shown that.
November 12th, 2022 at 7:06 PM ^
but the squirrels are
November 12th, 2022 at 8:25 PM ^
Squirrels were FAT and named Gertrude
November 12th, 2022 at 7:55 PM ^
That depends on your definition of sexy...
November 12th, 2022 at 8:25 PM ^
Yeah, this is basically the "sexyness" of the offense:
November 12th, 2022 at 6:53 PM ^
Great to see Andrel get a touch today
November 12th, 2022 at 8:48 PM ^
I checked the box score just to be sure. Yes, I got the joke on the first pass. Thank you.
November 13th, 2022 at 12:02 PM ^
I also checked the box score and Andrel shows up indirectly. His name is not listed because he didn’t have a catch. But the receivers are credited with 2 TDs despite his name not being listed.
November 12th, 2022 at 6:53 PM ^
CJ is just not a great receiver. Anthony needs to start.
November 12th, 2022 at 7:45 PM ^
He's a much better blocker than AA though.
November 12th, 2022 at 8:05 PM ^
And that's why AA doesn't see the field much.
It's pretty clear that Harbaugh wants WRs that can block first and foremost. Literally amazing. He would roll with 3TEs on every play if he could, and he just might against OSU.
(Okay, that's /s, but not totally)
November 12th, 2022 at 10:05 PM ^
AA is on the field plenty. He just never seems to be in when its a passing play. Suggesting the coaches feel his blocking is decent to good. He has been reliable when the ball has come his way, aside from today’s drop. CJ has been the one with the dropsies. He and Bell. Who seems to catch anything difficult while struggling with the routine stuff.
November 12th, 2022 at 8:41 PM ^
Honestly, both of them have been disappointing.
November 13th, 2022 at 3:36 AM ^
or JJ has to give them a chance to make a play
November 13th, 2022 at 4:29 AM ^
This. Watching other games, so many QBs were dropping deep dimes all over the place and JJ went 0-5 downfield, consistently overthrowing everyone yet again. He regressed badly yesterday. Alarming.
OSU will be crowding the box all day after watching our last few games.
November 13th, 2022 at 5:14 AM ^
Every team we play knows they have to stop the run yet few have. I don’t know that OSU will be able to either. If Corum and Co are getting 4-5 yds and the lines moving people then the buckeye faithfuls buts are gonna pucker again.
November 13th, 2022 at 7:02 AM ^
CJ is just not a good receiver.
November 13th, 2022 at 10:46 AM ^
CJ is a number one receiver for a majority of big ten teams. He's great. We are really lucky to have him as a #3/4 receiving option on our squad.
November 12th, 2022 at 6:54 PM ^
As always, we aren’t trying to score style pointes; we are trying to win games. And it has worked every game this season. 31 points in crappy weather while controlling the game from start to finish - I’ll take that.
November 12th, 2022 at 7:44 PM ^
Not sure “hey maybe actually execute on some of the pass plays you call” is really “style points”. I’ve got no problem leaning heavy on the run game when it’s unstoppable. I am a bit worried that leaning on the run game is a “have to” and not a “want to” at this point.
November 13th, 2022 at 7:52 AM ^
Maybe JJ is intentionally not completing the deep passes so teams won’t have it on film or prepare for it?
November 13th, 2022 at 10:12 AM ^
I honestly can’t tell if this is sarcasm but if not it may be the saddest thing I’ve read today.
November 12th, 2022 at 6:54 PM ^
Ground game amazing. Passing attempts made, sort of. Still some questions on passing game.
Looked like solid run blocking per usual. A few busts in pass pro, but some of that might be on McCarthy.
BC2 4 Heisman!
November 12th, 2022 at 6:55 PM ^
Only unit in the country that grinds up both its opponent and own fan base!
November 12th, 2022 at 7:17 PM ^
if it means we are 10-0, then keep grindin' !