On your first paragraph I'm with you all the way. The coaches would have been foolish to not start him imo.
Verduzco has said this system requires a quick processing, fast blinker an. Adrian is not that. Strong arm maybe, outside of that nothing else.
The thing that makes this wrong is the situations McCaffrey is used in. Its easier to throw to recievers that are wide open on 1 man routes because the entire defense is expecting you to run it. McCaffrey isn't coming in and thowing a TD on a regular degular play. The play was designed to fool Iowa into thinking it was a QB sweep because McCaffrey is a more electric athlete and it worked to perfection.
Adrian has the size, strong arm, and running speed (when healthy), but I agree that he seems to be lacking the mental acumen needed to make the offense hum. I think McCaffrey has the mental acumen and physical speed, but he doesn't have the prototypical size and arm strength. Smothers may be the best combination of it all, but he may not be ready to challenge for the starting job in 2020.
Frost said that they created packages for McCaffrey and Vedral. That means they weren't ready to handle all of the offensive playbook. The play used for McCaffrey's TD pass was brilliant, but Iowa was ready for a similar play near the end of the game. McCaffrey didn't have the deep route and also missed an open Warner for a first down on that play. I commend Luke for scrambling and trying to get something, but Luke has made mistakes when he has played.
The coaches are growing frustrated with AM's mental aspect of the game. You can't take yesterday's game or this year as a whole to say if there will or will not be a competition for next year. If McCaffrey can make a jump physically and throwing the ball, he may make up the ground on Martinez necessary to win the job.
I hear you but I don’t think you need all those NFL prototype measureables to be elite in college. Colt McCoy, Johnny manziel, McKenzie Milton, Russell Wilson, kyler Murray. I’m just saying you can be undersized and not have big arm to excel in college. Kellen Moore was badass but didn’t have nfl arm
You are correct, and Frost may go with McCaffrey because he's the best guy for the job going forward.
If he is the best player at that position then Nebraska needs a drastic upgrade at QB next year or it’s gonna more of the same in terms of overall record
Re-watch. There was a window open over the left guard. Warner can then catch and run more.
This year he is next year he may not be. Why don't people get that? McCaffrey was not experienced enough as a QB to come in and take the job plain and simple. He is raw and if he would have been handed the keys he would have shown us that.
You are so wrong it's laughable.
We’ll agree to disagree. As a former college athlete, it’s easier at a skill position to have rhythm and play often. Even if it creates more film for teams to scheme against.
