grandpasknee Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Elusive.......as in we never know when we'll see him on the field from week to week? I guess that was last year. 3 Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 It'll be fascinating to see how the RB shakes out come September. I've never been wowed by Wilbon and I think Nebraska desperately needs to find an elite playmaker back there. Perhaps with a (hopefully) improved line and better coaching he'll have a bigger impact. Quote Link to comment
mnhusker Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 So he's 5th in a league with 12 teams and he is not even close to the #1 guy. That said our entire team was so poorly utilized and coached I'm in bring me the kool-aide while I wait for the party to start mode. Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 1 minute ago, mnhusker said: So he's 5th in a league with 12 teams and he is not even close to the #1 guy. That said our entire team was so poorly utilized and coached I'm in bring me the kool-aide while I wait for the party to start mode. 14 teams and if you notice 2-3 players on the list weren't even starters(was Wilbon a starter?) so 5th out of 30-40 players isn't bad 2 Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I'll just be happy when the Running Back position is an actual feature of the offense and not a novelty act that hardly keeps defenses honest. Whoever the starter is at this point doesn't matter to me at this point. 1 Quote Link to comment
mnhusker Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, Nebfanatic said: 14 teams and if you notice 2-3 players on the list weren't even starters(was Wilbon a starter?) so 5th out of 30-40 players isn't bad I never add enough team teams to Big 10, it will help me out if we excluded team east of State College. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 I really did think Wilbon was our best runner last year. Bryant is the more complete back but with the ball in his hands, Wilbon can do things. Our RB rotation will be interesting to watch this year. I'm not holding my breath on Bryant but he, Wilbon and Bell is a nice trio to have. 3 Quote Link to comment
Treand3 Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 1 minute ago, Mavric said: I really did think Wilbon was our best runner last year. Bryant is the more complete back but with the ball in his hands, Wilbon can do things. Our RB rotation will be interesting to watch this year. I'm not holding my breath on Bryant but he, Wilbon and Bell is a nice trio to have. Agree. I also feel the running lanes the scheme will produce will benefit him a bit imo. Think Bradley could be a factor too. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, Treand3 said: Agree. I also feel the running lanes the scheme will produce will benefit him a bit imo. Think Bradley could be a factor too. Yeah, I thought I was forgetting someone. Bradley looks like an interesting talent as well. 1 Quote Link to comment
Zeke Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Here's total touches if anyone was wondering: Taylor = 307 Larkin = 95 Evans = 151 Knox = 105 Jones = 126 Wilbon = 109 99.9% on 307 touches would blow my mind if I hadn't watched the games 1 Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 11 minutes ago, Zeke said: Here's total touches if anyone was wondering: Taylor = 307 Larkin = 95 Evans = 151 Knox = 105 Jones = 126 Wilbon = 109 99.9% on 307 touches would blow my mind if I hadn't watched the games 68 missed tackles on 307 touches is about 20% though that isn't perfect because he could have more than one on any given touch but still pretty remarkable Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 This is the formula for elusive rating from their website: [(Missed Tackles Rush + Missed Tackles Rec) / (Rushes + Receptions)] * (Yards per Carry after Contact / Att. * 100) https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/signature-stats-elusive-rating 1 Quote Link to comment
Ric Flair Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I haven’t been impressed with our current group of running backs. The problem is that we could have 20-year old clones of Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders, and Jim Brown on the roster and Riley and Co. would have made them look mediocre through crappy player development, terrible blocking, clueless playcalling, and a general inability to use resources effectively. We’ll just have to wait and see. 7 Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 37 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: I haven’t been impressed with our current group of running backs. The problem is that we could have 20-year old clones of Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders, and Jim Brown on the roster and Riley and Co. would have made them look mediocre through crappy player development, terrible blocking, clueless playcalling, and a general inability to use resources effectively. We’ll just have to wait and see. Exactly. Any of our recent running backs who ended a season with positive yards are likely ranked high in the elusiveness category. They'd have to be because they sure weren't getting any help from the line or play calling. Pretty sure we'll start to see that problem disappear beginning in September. 2 Quote Link to comment
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