Guy Thomas

[Walt11]

Nebraska's pass rush needs a shot in the arm. In my opinion, Guy Thomas should be playing. At the very least, he should be playing in obvious passing situations.  

[NM11046]

Just cuz he is a different body or have you seen something at practice?

[chainsaw]

I'm going out on a limb; but if he'd showed any sign of being any better pass rusher then we have playing ahead of him, i think he'd be playing!   I'm fairly sure that the coaching staff doesn't just push great players down the depth chart to keep them from playing!

 

[Huskinator]

Is this just simply because he's a freshmen that was highly rated coming in???? Trust the staff, they're playing the best players they have.  

[gobiggergoredder]

Shot in the arm?

 

We send 3-4 dudes, get no pressure, drop 8 into zone and they find the holes.  This isn't what happens every time, but it's frequent enough.

[lo country]

1 hour ago, gobiggergoredder said:

Shot in the arm?

 

We send 3-4 dudes, get no pressure, drop 8 into zone and they find the holes.  This isn't what happens every time, but it's frequent enough.

I truly don't think its lack of talent either.  They block with 5 and we rush 3....They keep a running back in and we rush 4 against 6....  It's not talent, it's scheme and the inability to adjust until it's too late. 

[BIG ERN]

Guy Thomas IMO is WAY better than Alex Davis. He should be playing 

[StPaulHusker]

The pass rush is non existent.  Might as well try something

[Mavric]

6 minutes ago, BIG ERN said:

Guy Thomas IMO is WAY better than Alex Davis. He should be playing 

 

Alex Davis is playing much either so I'm not sure that gets him a lot.

[BIG ERN]

Just now, Mavric said:

 

Alex Davis is playing much either so I'm not sure that gets him a lot.

Better than nothing. I think on obvious passing downs he could be a nice addition 

[In the Deed the Glory]

What have you seen and where have you seen it, specifically, that makes you so sure about this?  If you are just going off of HS film or his star rankings then I'm sorry, but we have two coaches with LBs.  I think they know more than we do.

[Walt11]

4 hours ago, chainsaw said:

I'm going out on a limb; but if he'd showed any sign of being any better pass rusher then we have playing ahead of him, i think he'd be playing!   I'm fairly sure that the coaching staff doesn't just push great players down the depth chart to keep them from playing!

 

Why would anyone suggest coaches pushing great players down the depth chart? It's called making adjustments, which coaches do all time. Didn't Farniok look much better yesterday than Knevel ever did? How did Knevel ever beat Farniok out? Wasn't Zach Sterup a better OG than Kondolo? It happens. Doesn't have to be some conspiracy. Some players are just better when the lights come on than they show in practice. 

[Walt11]

1 hour ago, In the Deed the Glory said:

What have you seen and where have you seen it, specifically, that makes you so sure about this?  If you are just going off of HS film or his star rankings then I'm sorry, but we have two coaches with LBs.  I think they know more than we do.

I haven't seen anything. I'm going by his high school film against arguably the best high school football players in the country, Bray's comments about him in fall camp, and Parella's eye for DL talent. It's just speculation. Nothing wrong with a bit of speculation is there? 

[Mavric]

4 hours ago, BIG ERN said:

Better than nothing. I think on obvious passing downs he could be a nice addition 

 

I'm assuming you're saying this because of his pass rush.  But our OLBs are rarely rushing the passer.  They are trying to cover receivers 30 yards downfield.

[Nebfanatic]

13 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

I'm assuming you're saying this because of his pass rush.  But our OLBs are rarely rushing the passer.  They are trying to cover receivers 30 yards downfield.

? I don't agree with this. I saw Gifford rush on alot of plays this week and last week