ECU Snowflakes: The Offense
September 3rd, 2023 at 7:43 AM ^
I am definitely interested to see how the UFR for this game looks. My guess is Zinter and Keegan grade out well, Barnhart grades out pretty good, Nugent has a decent amount of + but also several -. I think Hinton will grade out real poorly and the same with the TEs (minus Bredeson).
September 3rd, 2023 at 11:29 AM ^
I bet Nugent does not grade out that well. I was not impressed. Agreed Zinter and Keegan will lead the grading.
September 3rd, 2023 at 11:30 AM ^
This OL will be taking a step-back this year, overall. It was bound to happen.
September 2nd, 2023 at 10:17 PM ^
I think a lot these complaints about Corum are ignoring the likelihood that he has not been hit since the Ohio State game 10 months ago on that first carry before he went out. I would not be surprised if he wasnt hit once in the entirety of camp. I think its natural he was working off a bit of rust and a bit hesitant at times. I am not that worried about it. I think that his top-end speed is down from 2021, but that was true last year too and is a result of the weight gain bulk, and he certainly did not look slower today than last season. I would take that extra power all day because of his effectiveness in short yardage.
I am with everyone and am a bit worried about the OL based on today, but some of this was the box stacking ECU was doing. I am curious if they go with the other tackles next week and Henderson, Keegan, Nugent, Zinter, Jones works better as a group. Will be curious to see if everyone stacks the box that aggressively, especially if JJ keeps dealing like that. Brian has talked about how everyone forgets how soft a lot of teams played us last year and it might be time for everyone to come to terms with everyone giving us the TCU treatment and loading the box.
September 2nd, 2023 at 10:59 PM ^
Our QB2 looked pretty damn shaky. Pray for JJ to stay healthy.
September 3rd, 2023 at 11:26 AM ^
Definitely not impressed. We better make the most of JJ's last year, because next year will be a step back at QB, whomever is the starter.
September 2nd, 2023 at 11:14 PM ^
It was a Cheeseburger in Paradise.
September 3rd, 2023 at 8:25 AM ^
1. Roman Wilson was fantastic. This is exactly what I wanted to see to show me that JJ is taking that leap.
2. I didn't see both Corum and Edwards on the field at the same time. Would like to see this.
3. Corum looked great. This was a great game to build confidence.
4. Starters were out in the 4th quarter.
September 3rd, 2023 at 11:24 AM ^
Corum and Edwards did have a few plays on the field together.
Furthermore, Corum looked like he has lost a step, loss quickness as well. I predict Edwards will finish as our #1 back year-end, including more yardage and TD's total.
September 3rd, 2023 at 11:21 AM ^
The OL played.... average to poor
OL rating week 1 = C-
September 3rd, 2023 at 3:40 PM ^
ECU selling out to stop the run while in a minimal zone coverage in the secondary held up against the running game even though a few big gains were had. I believe they were figuring on Michigan not running JJ at all. If Michigan had run a few run options or called qb runs, that might’ve been the only thing yesterday that could’ve opened up the overall running game more.
Also, with the new clock rules, a game with running stats like last year’s PSU game isn’t very likely. Still possible, but not likely.