Dylan Raiola

I didn't need to read any further than #2 on their list. Drew Allar is awful and putting him that high on their list is just plain dumb. PSU won despite of Allar, not because of him. Terribly inaccurate and didn't step up when it was necessary. 

I don't think much of Klubnick either but I think he can be fixed with coaching whereas Allar I would be much less inclined to have that hope. 

GO BIG RED!!!!!

 
USDSM Huskerlover said:
I didn't need to read any further than #2 on their list. Drew Allar is awful and putting him that high on their list is just plain dumb. PSU won despite of Allar, not because of him. Terribly inaccurate and didn't step up when it was necessary. 

I don't think much of Klubnick either but I think he can be fixed with coaching whereas Allar I would be much less inclined to have that hope. 

GO BIG RED!!!!!
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I agree with you on Allar.  We have a PSU vs OSU title game if Allar is serviceable.  

 
USDSM Huskerlover said:
I didn't need to read any further than #2 on their list. Drew Allar is awful and putting him that high on their list is just plain dumb. PSU won despite of Allar, not because of him. Terribly inaccurate and didn't step up when it was necessary. 

I don't think much of Klubnick either but I think he can be fixed with coaching whereas Allar I would be much less inclined to have that hope. 

GO BIG RED!!!!!
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lol, the list lost immediate credibility for me too when I saw where he was ranked. The kid was horrible the entire playoffs and stunk up the joint against playoff peers in Oregon and Ohio state pre playoffs too.  How he was getting relatively high nfl draft momentum in the playoffs remains mind boggling. 

 
I'm still excited about Raiola and the coaches and players building a better team around him, but I could have sworn I saw him regress after that hot start, and some of it was around his decision-making, not the talent he had to work with. So I have no trouble if a little skepticism crept in around Dylan, as his elevation to Mahomes Jr. may have been premature. Holgersen looks to be a better fit and Dylan seems vested in making Nebraska work, so I'm leaning into the optimism. 

 
Some need to take off the rose colored glasses if you are saying Allar is overrated.  I would take a QB who accounted for 30 tds(24 pass, 6 run) and only 8 ints any day while completing 66.5% of his passes.  For comparison, DR had 13 total tds with 11 ints while completing 67.1% of his passes.  

 
I get your point. However, Allar is a Junior and DR is a true freshman. Allar's sophomore season (when he became starter) had some red flags for sure (2023 below - sorry can't make that table line up):








Stats






2024




2023




2022






 















CMP


ATT


CMP%


YDS


AVG


TD


INT


LNG


RTG






262


394


66.5


3,327


8.4


24


8


59


153.5




233


389


59.9


2,631


6.8


25


2


75


136.9




35


60


58.3


344


5.7


4


0


32


128.5





 
Stumpy1 said:
Some need to take off the rose colored glasses if you are saying Allar is overrated.  I would take a QB who accounted for 30 tds(24 pass, 6 run) and only 8 ints any day while completing 66.5% of his passes.  For comparison, DR had 13 total tds with 11 ints while completing 67.1% of his passes.  
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If you placed Dylan on that PSU team with a year of experience under his belt I am taking Dylan all day long. 

 
USDSM Huskerlover said:
I get your point. However, Allar is a Junior and DR is a true freshman. Allar's sophomore season (when he became starter) had some red flags for sure (2023 below - sorry can't make that table line up):








Stats






2024




2023




2022






 















CMP


ATT


CMP%


YDS


AVG


TD


INT


LNG


RTG






262


394


66.5


3,327


8.4


24


8


59


153.5




233


389


59.9


2,631


6.8


25


2


75


136.9




35


60


58.3


344


5.7


4


0


32


128.5
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Red flags such as 25 Tds to 2 ints.  
 

How many years have Husker fans been whining about wanting a QB that is a good game manager and doesn’t make mistakes?  Allar is that type of QB but on the upper end of it.   

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
I'm still excited about Raiola and the coaches and players building a better team around him, but I could have sworn I saw him regress after that hot start, and some of it was around his decision-making, not the talent he had to work with. So I have no trouble if a little skepticism crept in around Dylan, as his elevation to Mahomes Jr. may have been premature. Holgersen looks to be a better fit and Dylan seems vested in making Nebraska work, so I'm leaning into the optimism. 
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He absolutely went through something mentally in the middle stretch of the season. I think I saw it specifically start/correlate to an interception in the... Rutgers? game, his first really bad throw from a decision making standpoint that he got punished for. He went on to have 4-5 games with something akin to the yips, but it seemed like Dana coming in cured him of his funk and he started playing confident and ripping it again.

 
TGHusker said:
It seems they aren't expecting a 'breakout' year from Raiola.  This could also be influenced by those around him - including his OL.  
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I think you're right. I think the layman national writer looks at Nebraska's roster and doesn't see a lot to be excited about outside of Raiola. And they're not wrong. Nebraska absolutely needs to add and cultivate more NFL caliber talent on its offense. Imagine if Raiola had someone close to Egbuka's skill level at WR to throw to and what that could do for the offense.

 
Stumpy1 said:
Red flags such as 25 Tds to 2 ints.  
 

How many years have Husker fans been whining about wanting a QB that is a good game manager and doesn’t make mistakes?  Allar is that type of QB but on the upper end of it.   
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That’s a fantastic year from a turnover margin standpoint.   Obviously INT’s are never ideal, but I did hear an interesting conversation on the radio when discussing Lamar Jackson last week and his insane TD/INT ratio.   The thought was QB’s can get too conservative during the year and then when it comes to playoff time, they end up being gun shy with decision making and end up not making the tough tight throws one needs to make in order to win postseason games.  They don’t play free and easy.   
 

I thought it was an interesting discussion.  Haven’t made up my mind on if I think they were right or wrong yet. 

 
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