Tarik Black has a broken foot out 6 to 8 weeks??

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Saw this in a facebook group.  Any truth? 

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maize-blue

September 17th, 2017 at 2:40 PM ^

We're still waiting on Isaac too. Could be without the #1 WR and RB for a bit. Hoping real hard that Isaac will be good to go.

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ak47

September 17th, 2017 at 2:46 PM ^

He's our best wr and this is pretty disappointing but if he can hit the 6 or 7 week period of that timeline the only difficult game he'd miss is at psu.  Would be back for wisconin and osu plus bowl game.

Nervous about the isaac injury too though.

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YoOoBoMoLloRoHo

September 17th, 2017 at 7:21 PM ^

there are plenty of talented receiving options. Should throw to the TEs who have been used minimally - except for early in th Q3 vs UF that really regained momentum and Gentry with 2 big pickups the last 2 weeks.

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gobluem

September 17th, 2017 at 3:05 PM ^

That's a big blow

 

Crawford has been underwhelming. They haven't played deep at the WR position. I assume due to a combo of injuries and performance. Black has been our best outside WR

 

Hope Martin and Schoenle can step up, or we better start throwing a lot more to the TEs

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Fieldy'sNuts

September 17th, 2017 at 3:26 PM ^

Hopefully we can start throwing 50% of our passes at Tight Ends again. That seemed to work well last year. Gentry, Wheatley, Eubanks, and McKeon are all capable targets. 

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Yessir

September 17th, 2017 at 3:45 PM ^

The Wide Receiver cupboard is NOT bare in my opinion.  

Hope he heals up and comes back with a vengeance. 

 

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fksljj

September 17th, 2017 at 3:51 PM ^

Unfortunate but good teams find ways around injuries. We're going to see what this offense is really made of. Do they step up or do they crumble and get worse.

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DrMantisToboggan

September 17th, 2017 at 4:40 PM ^

Hear me out on this, I don't think I'm crazy (although no crazy person does): Is Black actually the most affordable injury on offense? Put aside the human aspect of this, obviously it SUCKS that such a great kid and talent who worked hard to start as a true freshman has had it taken away from him. But, on the football side of things, his replacement is the #1 receiver in the class and an absolute freak athlete who was very close to winning the starting job himself.

 

Now, we certainly can't afford to lose another outside guy, but the drop from Black to DPJ shouldn't be much. If you had to make me choose a position to lose a starter to injury...I think I would pick WR? I think we will be fine, permitted that we stay healthy from here on out. I love what Black has done so far, his friendship with DPJ, and how well he expresses himself in interviews for such a young kid. He'll get the best care and come back stronger next year, and his brothers will pick up where he left off.

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Maynard

September 17th, 2017 at 10:56 PM ^

A few people have said that it's only because guys like Tarik come from a system in high school much more intricate route-wise that DPJ wasn't used to. He needed to get up to speed and then he would be the best WR of the bunch. Crawford is decent but  DPJ, Black, and Collins all have higher ceilings.

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GordonG

September 17th, 2017 at 4:42 PM ^

..not overly concerned. Not a huge gap between any of them...let's be honest here. More concerned about RB and the health of Ty.

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