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Tight ends look to erase and bounce back
While the five on the offensive line take the brunt of the criticism when the running game is lacking, Husker head coach Bo Pelini has made a point this week to say it's on all 11 guys on offense to get the rush attack going.
And one group in particular that did not play well enough last Saturday was the tight ends, he said.
"After the game, it’s probably the worst I’ve ever felt after playing a game," said sophomore tight end Dreu Young. "I went over and talked to Mike (McNeill) and he said the same thing."
But after watching the tape, Young said it didn't feel as bad as it did during the game, in which the Husker offense struggled to get any rhythm and rushed for just 99 yards.
He believes the missteps from that game can be fixed easy enough.
Tight ends coach Ron Brown said San Jose State's considerable movement on the D-line before each snap was a major reason why his young tight ends were flustered.
"Young player, sometimes have the tendency with a defense that moves all the time, they have a tendency of chasing the boogeyman, so to speak," Brown said. "They need to just to stay on track. The defense might move one way, but they’re putting someone right in that same gap. If the tight end stays on track, he blocks it. Easily correctable."
There was one moment in the game when NU had three procedural penalties in a row, the official calling two of them on McNeill. Asked what he told McNeill after the penalties, Brown said the sophomore was actually guilty for just one of the infractions and the ref wrongly announced his number on the second one.
"But you just say, 'Hey, you got to erase it. Got to erase it," Brown said.
http://journalstar.com/blog/huskers.php?ti...p;tb=1&pb=1
While the five on the offensive line take the brunt of the criticism when the running game is lacking, Husker head coach Bo Pelini has made a point this week to say it's on all 11 guys on offense to get the rush attack going.
And one group in particular that did not play well enough last Saturday was the tight ends, he said.
"After the game, it’s probably the worst I’ve ever felt after playing a game," said sophomore tight end Dreu Young. "I went over and talked to Mike (McNeill) and he said the same thing."
But after watching the tape, Young said it didn't feel as bad as it did during the game, in which the Husker offense struggled to get any rhythm and rushed for just 99 yards.
He believes the missteps from that game can be fixed easy enough.
Tight ends coach Ron Brown said San Jose State's considerable movement on the D-line before each snap was a major reason why his young tight ends were flustered.
"Young player, sometimes have the tendency with a defense that moves all the time, they have a tendency of chasing the boogeyman, so to speak," Brown said. "They need to just to stay on track. The defense might move one way, but they’re putting someone right in that same gap. If the tight end stays on track, he blocks it. Easily correctable."
There was one moment in the game when NU had three procedural penalties in a row, the official calling two of them on McNeill. Asked what he told McNeill after the penalties, Brown said the sophomore was actually guilty for just one of the infractions and the ref wrongly announced his number on the second one.
"But you just say, 'Hey, you got to erase it. Got to erase it," Brown said.
http://journalstar.com/blog/huskers.php?ti...p;tb=1&pb=1
