cheekygeek Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 With Frost's comments about "McCaffrey making plays with his legs" and wishing his QB group was "in a 4x1 relay competition", a comment in The Athletic article "Ranking Nebraska's offensive position groups: No. 1 may be a gimme, but there's guesswork at another key spot" raised an intriguing possibility when, under "QBs > Best Case Scenario:" it finished with Quote Also, Vedral plays a lot in September and the Huskers find a role for McCaffrey as a weapon at QB and elsewhere on offense. Wow. If Frost's offense isn't already keeping Defensive Coordinators up at night, imagine the potential defensive confusion with Martinez under center and McCaffrey coming in motion when the ball is snapped. I can see the possibility for not only nifty gadget plays that take advantage of unaccounted-for players, but also pulling this out when you are in a crucial situation and you want to force the other team to burn a time out. With McCaffrey a freshman, I'm sure that they will want to keep a 4 game redshirt year possibility open for him but, even so, it is fun to imagine Frost pulling out such a thing in the Wisconsin and Iowa games (2 of the last 4 games of the season - that could have a lot riding on them). Quote Link to comment
Ulty Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, cheekygeek said: With Frost's comments about "McCaffrey making plays with his legs" and wishing his QB group was "in a 4x1 relay competition", a comment in The Athletic article "Ranking Nebraska's offensive position groups: No. 1 may be a gimme, but there's guesswork at another key spot" raised an intriguing possibility when, under "QBs > Best Case Scenario:" it finished with Wow. If Frost's offense isn't already keeping Defensive Coordinators up at night, imagine the potential defensive confusion with Martinez under center and McCaffrey coming in motion when the ball is snapped. I can see the possibility for not only nifty gadget plays that take advantage of unaccounted-for players, but also pulling this out when you are in a crucial situation and you want to force the other team to burn a time out. With McCaffrey a freshman, I'm sure that they will want to keep a 4 game redshirt year possibility open for him but, even so, it is fun to imagine Frost pulling out such a thing in the Wisconsin and Iowa games (2 of the last 4 games of the season - that could have a lot riding on them). Sounds way too gimmicky. Maybe a trick play that is used one time ever. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Princeton uses three quarterback formation with success, adding pomp to high-powered offense Quote Link to comment
cheekygeek Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 9 minutes ago, Ulty said: Sounds way too gimmicky. Maybe a trick play that is used one time ever. Sounds a lot like the Osborne years. Some of those plays are Classics of Cornhusker football. 3 1 Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 14 minutes ago, Ulty said: Sounds way too gimmicky. Maybe a trick play that is used one time ever. It's not gimmicky when McCaffrey may be one of the most electric athletes we have. Quote Link to comment
cheekygeek Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Mavric said: Princeton uses three quarterback formation with success, adding pomp to high-powered offense Good one! See also: https://footballtoolbox.net/using-your-best-athletes-multi-qb-offense 1 Quote Link to comment
Scarlet Overkill Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 2 hours ago, cheekygeek said: Good one! See also: https://footballtoolbox.net/using-your-best-athletes-multi-qb-offense I posted this quite awhile ago - it immediately came to mind when I saw the topic posted. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 So, who is faster, Martinez or McCaffery? Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: So, who is faster, Martinez or McCaffery? I would guess McCaffrey but I don't know. Quote Link to comment
Blackshirt316 Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Michigan did this with Denard Robinson and Devin Gardner. Gardner was both a primary WR and the #2 QB. Quote Link to comment
desertshox Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 22 minutes ago, Blackshirt316 said: Michigan did this with Denard Robinson and Devin Gardner. Gardner was both a primary WR and the #2 QB. didnt TO do that with bobby newcombe and scott frost? 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, desertshox said: didnt TO do that with bobby newcombe and scott frost? That would have been Solich with Newcombe and Crouch. Newcombe ended up at WR full time. 1 Quote Link to comment
desertshox Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: That would have been Solich with Newcombe and Crouch. Newcombe ended up at WR full time. newcombe was a freshman in frost's senior year. he was too good an athlete to keep off the field so they put him in at wr. then under solich they both were at qb. newcombe even began the season as the #1, until like the 2nd, 3rd or 4th game of the season. 1 Quote Link to comment
Apsu Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 On 8/9/2019 at 3:58 PM, Ulty said: Sounds way too gimmicky. Maybe a trick play that is used one time ever. When you add a second quarterback, you take away a running back who is probably a better runner and blocker. Much better to train a back to be able to throw the ball. Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 6 hours ago, desertshox said: newcombe was a freshman in frost's senior year. he was too good an athlete to keep off the field so they put him in at wr. then under solich they both were at qb. newcombe even began the season as the #1, until like the 2nd, 3rd or 4th game of the season. Not saying McCaffrey is on Newcombes level but if there was any case to be made for working in another QB just because they are an incredible athlete this may be that case. He should be a viable recieving threat given his HS experience. 1 Quote Link to comment
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