He's still got that crazy thing with his left hand that makes you think he's holding something. I remember seeing that in the one picture from spring practice where we argued for 3 days over whether he was throwing or catching the ball.
If WRs in general wouldn't drop so many passes, then 60% would not be considered very good.
it would have only taken another 10 completions for Martinez to be at 60% though. Kinnie had that many himself. He was easily a 60% passer last year. I'd go on to say that if Beck would have let him scramble more, he wouldn't have thrown the ball away 10-13 times and would have been closer to a 64-65% passer. (he also might have had a broken ankle or 3 more fumbles, but that's another argument)
Taylor has clearly earned the respect of many of his doubters simply by the extra work he has put in this offseason, but don't think for a second that even his doubters want anything more than to see him succeed. We will all be laughing and having a jolly ole' fukn' time if Nebraska is winning football games. If Taylor's hard work pays off, he should feel like he has proven his doubters wrong, but to assume that any Husker fan would be disappointed by his success, well that's just plain stupid and I don't see where you would be coming from. If Taylor can't do it, we want to find someone at the QB position who can get it done. All anyone wants is to see Nebraska on top of the football world again. Taylor's hard work could translate to victories for the Big Red. There are just a lot of people that aren't sure he has the tools to take us to the top. We are getting closer everyday to finding out though. Til' then, it's meaningless chatter. Don't assume that just because many doubt his skills that somehow means we wouldn't love to see him kick some a$$ for Nebraska. I'll still root for Nebraska regardless.
The Northwestern game is where I expect our offense to migrate towards over the next 2 years - at least from a passing standpoint. Do you remember how many quick little passes Martinez threw in that game? The tempo was up, we were moving the ball. It seems like all we did was throw 5 yard slants that first half. Martinez is money on most of those quick, designed plays. It's when he has to let a play develop that he ends up heaving the ball. Unfortunately last year it seemed like Beck chose the latter instead of the former more times than not. It wasn't until halfway into the season that someone told Martinez he could check down to Rex. I put as much of Martinez's passing issues on Beck as I do on Martinez. At the end of the day Beck can put Martinez in a situation where he can be a good passer, he just chose not to most of last season...or even scarier - maybe hadn't figure out how to. I think he'll get it this year though. 1-2 less drops a game, maybe 4 more attempts. A slightly improved Beck/Martinez/WRs means 6 more completions per game. That means he'll be sitting at something like 20-28 for 245-260 yards. I'd take that any day of the week. He doesn't have far to go. It's not like he's a 56% passer throwing 45 times a game.
http://www.offtackleempire.com/2012/7/18/3160967/four-and-out-looking-at-the-key-non-conference-games-week-2
