The RB situation next season

[chucksker]

plorpeye knows all

 

[Brasky]

UMMMM yeea ---I'll make a fool of myself again with foosball twalk

don't you first have to have a big bodied FB ta open the lanes fer the fast and agile RB

the Huskers need a big FB first and then let thar fast little bars of soap gain yards


that is all

fucking spot on pops.

 

[popeyecv64]

plorpeye knows all

fucking spot on pops.

heck yaaaa the good o'l days I tell ya

even the TE would do some hellatiouse blocks down the field ta open the lanes

 

[sandhill_husker]

Very true there fellers...we've had some absolutely vicious fullbacks and tight ends over the years. Some of my favorite TE weren't necessarily NFL material, but were maybe smaller/more athletic and could make those blocks on those quicker guys on D.

 

[AHFox]

the oline needs to a better job at run blocking cotton and co have a lot of work to do up the middle of the oline. Green should weigh in at around 205 to 210 next season and have all his speed. He should be the home run one cut runner. I would use Ameer at a lot of different postions he has the best quickness of all of backs but needs to learn to run will a little lean and not so upright and protect the ball better.

 

[it'sHuskers4me]

I'd worry more about the passing game thar...

 

[Red_Alert]

the oline needs to a better job at run blocking cotton and co have a lot of work to do up the middle of the oline. Green should weigh in at around 205 to 210 next season and have all his speed. He should be the home run one cut runner. I would use Ameer at a lot of different postions he has the best quickness of all of backs but needs to learn to run will a little lean and not so upright and protect the ball better.

I have the highest expectations for Ameer. He runs with the same style Rozier did.

 

[HawkeyeHater]

I'd worry more about the passing game thar...

LOL @ T-tragic and the term "passing game"

 

[corn train]

The article dug up a few good stats. With our QB problem we are obviously leaning on the RB's, doling up 50-100 carries per game it would make sense the #2 guy is going to get his yards just by the enormity of carries they will no doubt be getting. Pops is right about using a fullback for what the position is designed for, running a diamond without the FB in there makes no sense to me at all.

 

[Tomhusker]

The running back situation is the least of my worries. You could get a reincarnated Andre Franklin in there again, but with the line blocking the way they do you might as well have Aretha Franklin.

 

[spdybeaver]

Unless Burkhead gets hurt it'll be a two headed monster. One of those two (green/abdullah) will get left in the cold. They would have to drastically adjust how they run their offense to get three backs involved with the back-ups getting 10 carries each. Rex will get 15-20 a game, QB will get around 10. That's 25-30 snaps right there. The other back will swallow up nearly 10 a game. 35-40 snaps already and an offense wanting to become more balanced = 2 man show @ IB.

I hope that's the case because if they both get lots of touches it's only going to be because Rex got hurt

 

[Tomhusker]

Unless Burkhead gets hurt it'll be a two headed monster. One of those two (green/abdullah) will get left in the cold. They would have to drastically adjust how they run their offense to get three backs involved with the back-ups getting 10 carries each. Rex will get 15-20 a game, QB will get around 10. That's 25-30 snaps right there. The other back will swallow up nearly 10 a game. 35-40 snaps already and an offense wanting to become more balanced = 2 man show @ IB.

I hope that's the case because if they both get lots of touches it's only going to be because Rex got hurt

Wanting to be "More balanced" and having the ability to do so are two different things. Besides, offensively, you can figure on 70-85 plays total per game. That is IF the fast paced, no huddle offense continues. That's a lot of snaps to spread around.

 

[corn train]

Wanting to be "More balanced" and having the ability to do so are two different things. Besides, offensively, you can figure on 70-85 plays total per game. That is IF the fast paced, no huddle offense continues. That's a lot of snaps to spread around.

2 things that will still elude us for at least the next few years, unless someone else accidentally falls into the #1 QB slot. Irony.