Crouch says faster D's will test Martinez

[Ratt Mhule]

I don't blame Crouch for pointing out the slight differences in style - but one of the reasons Martinez isn't taking the hits Crouch took is because Martinez is faster. And Martinez actually IS putting moves on guys in the open field, but he's so fast he can do it with the shoulders instead of the feet. It's a weave instead of a juke.

It's counter-intuitve, but I'm equally impressed by how Martinez takes a sack. Instead of trying to make something out of nothing (and the mistakes that come with it) like almost every athletic freshman, Martinez goes down quick, pops up quick and takes his redemption on the next play.

Instead of taking the sack he needs to get better at throwing the ball away. That will come with experience.

Apparently Greg McEllroy didn't get the memo...

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

I don't blame Crouch for pointing out the slight differences in style - but one of the reasons Martinez isn't taking the hits Crouch took is because Martinez is faster. And Martinez actually IS putting moves on guys in the open field, but he's so fast he can do it with the shoulders instead of the feet. It's a weave instead of a juke.

It's counter-intuitve, but I'm equally impressed by how Martinez takes a sack. Instead of trying to make something out of nothing (and the mistakes that come with it) like almost every athletic freshman, Martinez goes down quick, pops up quick and takes his redemption on the next play.

Instead of taking the sack he needs to get better at throwing the ball away. That will come with experience.

Sure. But even Tom Brady has plays where the sack is inevitable and he knows better than to even **** his arm. Those are the plays I'm talking about. And every week there are college and pro qbs who try to unload to avoid the sack and end up with a fumble or intereception. Looks to me the Martinez sacks are coming from blown blocks, not indecisions.

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

Whoa. The filtering software won't let me write "****" and in "cee-oh-cee-kay" to describe the positioning of a quarterback's arm.

 

[HuskerJosh]

You mean the faster one he faces in practice every day? :koolaid2: :koolaid2: :koolaid2:

During the season the 1's don't play the 1's terribly often, likely less than half the time. They play scout team players running the opposing teams schemes so they can prepare for the upcoming opponent.

And when Martinez was fighting for the starting job????

 

[BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA]

I don't blame Crouch for pointing out the slight differences in style - but one of the reasons Martinez isn't taking the hits Crouch took is because Martinez is faster. And Martinez actually IS putting moves on guys in the open field, but he's so fast he can do it with the shoulders instead of the feet. It's a weave instead of a juke.

It's counter-intuitve, but I'm equally impressed by how Martinez takes a sack. Instead of trying to make something out of nothing (and the mistakes that come with it) like almost every athletic freshman, Martinez goes down quick, pops up quick and takes his redemption on the next play.

Instead of taking the sack he needs to get better at throwing the ball away. That will come with experience.

Sure. But even Tom Brady has plays where the sack is inevitable and he knows better than to even **** his arm. Those are the plays I'm talking about. And every week there are college and pro qbs who try to unload to avoid the sack and end up with a fumble or intereception. Looks to me the Martinez sacks are coming from blown blocks, not indecisions.

true enough

 

[BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA]

Whoa. The filtering software won't let me write "****" and in "cee-oh-cee-kay" to describe the positioning of a quarterback's arm.

Part of TO's anti porn campaign?

 

[Landlord]

You mean the faster one he faces in practice every day? :koolaid2: :koolaid2: :koolaid2:

During the season the 1's don't play the 1's terribly often, likely less than half the time. They play scout team players running the opposing teams schemes so they can prepare for the upcoming opponent.

And when Martinez was fighting for the starting job????

Not talking about in the past, his post says "that he goes up against every day", implying present time.

 

[Husker_x]

What's exciting to me as a fan is that Taylor is scary good right now. I can only imagine what he'll be like in a year or two when he's had 20+ starts under his belt and has had the opportunity to learn from all those bad throws and poor reads. When the mental part matches his speed and he becomes a more comfortable collegiate passer, there's a chance he could be one of the greats to have played here.

Still early, but it's hard to look at T-Magic and not get excited when you think about how far up his ceiling could be.

 

[sd'sker]

What's exciting to me as a fan is that Taylor is scary good right now. I can only imagine what he'll be like in a year or two when he's had 20+ starts under his belt and has had the opportunity to learn from all those bad throws and poor reads. When the mental part matches his speed and he becomes a more comfortable collegiate passer, there's a chance he could be one of the greats to have played here.

Still early, but it's hard to look at T-Magic and not get excited when you think about how far up his ceiling could be.

to the key of shania twain's "that don't impress me much"

so you got the read, but can you make the pass

don't get me wrong, i think you're alright

but that won't win the big 12 if it's a dogfight.

however, t-mart has really impressed me. what worries me is the offense as a whole. if they stop losing the ball and getting penalties, then they could be unstoppable. and t-mart cannot get frustrated and try to force things to happen.

 

[imgonnasuhyou]

I didn't even read this article because of how dumb Crouch is. Crouch turned down millions of dollars and all he had to do was sit on the bench for the rams.

 

[Landlord]

I didn't even read this article because of how dumb Crouch is. Crouch turned down millions of dollars and all he had to do was sit on the bench for the rams.

Not all about money. He loves his life and what he's doing, sounds pretty smart to me.

 

[ESPY]

Part of the magician in Taylor is his ball fake. So many plays this season have made me cross eyed. Even watching the plays slowed down two or three times, it's still hard to believe how late he yanks that thing out and goes for a TD.

I agree. That ball fake to Rex in the KSU game when Taylor broke off a 40-some yard TD run was incredible. He fools the cameraman, he fools me, and you better believe he's fooling the defense.

+1 for the finger-wagging "uh-uh" GIF sig. Easily the funniest part of that entire game...and from a redshirt frosh QB nonetheless. Way to go Husker Richard.