Charles Jackson

[gbr93]

For the love of God, let the kid start.

I am not so sure about starting, but at least give him a chance to prove himself on the field. If he proves he can handle the position then he will start. It's not like the competition is all that great.

This is not 2012 Illinois. Nathan Scheelhaase has the top QB ranking in the B10 with the most passing yards, an excellent completion percent (second only to Kenny Guiton), and second most TD passes (second again only to Guiton). The gameplan will most likely revolve around making the secondary a no-fly zone because as good as Illinois passing game has been this year, their run game is lacking. If CJ can help the team and communication well, then he should see the field, but don't be fooled in thinking Illinois will not come out trying to move the ball by testing our secondary early and often.

True, but this isn't the 2007 Illinois team with Juice Williams and Rashard Mendenhall either. We should beat this team by at least 2 scores (depending if Tim Beck goes full derp in play calling). They have a defense that struggles against the run, and everyone thinks they gave UDUB a tough game, but in all reality the game wasn't as close as the score indicates.

Yeah. Their tackling is horrible, and that lets RB run for a bunch of extra yards after contact. Our run game vs their poor tackling is a match up I am looking forward to watching. And without a featured RB, like Mendenhall, or a mobile QB, I would think our defense could make something happen. But, Scheelhaase will still need to be kept off balance, which means adding extra pressure or making him force plays by keeping them off-schedule and not providing easy running lanes.

Scheelhaase is definitely mobile. He's no run first qb, but he definitely isn't a statue. I compare his running to Hundley's.

 

[Danimal]

What is the worst that could happen

if he messes up it's most likely a TD

^This is a good reason. Bo has said CJ freelances too much and he needs to earn the trust of his teammates by playing his assignment. To me, it sounds like he may be a big play guy, but in taking a risk to make the big play, blows his assignment and when he guesses wrong the defense pays. He might be a great athlete but needs to execute within the defense. It's like when Martinez would try to put the team on his back a make difficult passes that would lead to big plays or turnovers (high risk, high rewards). Safety is a position that if you guess wrong trying to make a big play, you easily give up a TD.

This

I'm questionable about how much this scheme asks of it's players in order to function but there is no question if you have safeties freelancing in it any decent O will exploit it for big plays. PJ was going-off on how freelancing hurt us last season. I think staff wants CJ to take the spot, he definitey has more upside. Hopefully we'll at least start seeing more of him out there Saturday.