Main Line preppies. Destroy them. Take no quarter!
I saw one of his high school games and I was impressed how he went through his progressions and had good instincts knowing when to step up in the pocket. He showed the same thing in his first start vs WVA and I thought we had a star in the making. Unfortunately he seems overwhelmed against top opponents with bigger and faster defenders. I'm not sure you can coach composure and instinct. He should have that by now.
Stats don't really show the lack of execution and confidence. The OL's scheme and execution questions, the Nick's slow to read and to the hole, and Drew's intuition and timing don't bode well with the UO and OSU coming up. Overall, it was a lack of of crispness and precision. They are not yet the machine that is required.
It appeared to me watching the game that a lot of freshmen, RS freshmen, and transfers got meaningful playing time. This game and the Nevada game were about building depth, which is absolutely necessary in B1G play.
I saw him in a clothing ad with Travis Kelce. Maybe he's been distracted.
I agree but that isn't the staff's primary objective, IMHO. Nick is Nick. He's a four-year starter. Allar is a three-year starter. They can improve but what you see is what you get. Allar didn't have a great game but when you look at the stats you start to see why. Only two passes were completed to players that were in the starting six last season at WR, RB and/or TE. (1 to Dinkins and 1 to Allen) (The pass catchers were Ross, Reynolds, Hudson and Pena, 17 in total).
These things make me laugh. Singleton had a 5.8 YPC on 13 carries for 76 yards. Allar was 19 for 33 for 200 yards, two TDs, and zero turnovers. That included a couple of drops and some mixed-up communications. Allar said he didn't play very well or well enough.
Gotta be able to convert on 3rd and 1 or 2 against FIU. The QB, OL, & RBs have plenty of experience.
Did you see Harrison Wallace’s performance in his first two games at Ole Miss? He has two 100 yard games. He’s doing better away from PSU, albeit a two game sample with a new team. Allar has a 49.7 QBR rating on the year. That’s right 49.7 which is good for 77th in the country. The offense isn’t playing well and there’s one more scrimmage before Oregon.
Meh. Way too early to make any assumptions. There is a reason why CJF fired the old OC. And Ole Miss only beat Kentucky 30-23 with their QB throwing two INTs. Wallace is a very good WR, but PSU is a running team. And I am not sure Andy K's offense is very good at the deep pass. In the Tengwall video linked in this thread, Tengwall states that he does not like PSU's deep passing strategy. But we haven't thrown the ball deep very much so far this season. We didn't try one deep ball against Nevada (against their three-safety D). I honestly don't think we've even tried to do much on offense at all. I think we are playing a very vanilla offense and trying to develop players.
Assumptions? I actually watched the game.
I think the 2nd 100 yd game was a little more legit for Wallace than his 1st. This was against Kentucky and it was a competitive game. So I'm a little more on board with those thinking we lost a decent receiver, not a #1 (although he seems to be for Ole Miss so far), but a decent receiver.
OK, genius.
Losing Wallace was a blow. I am not sure why he left. Coaching? Allar? Program? He's a good player, though. But I have a hard time believing that Allar is great throwing to WRs and backs but can't or won't to WRs. I suspect it is PSU's offensive game plan. Allar's INTs to attempts is very low, so I suspect it is the way PSU wants him to play it.
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I never thought the WR cuts at the DB were convincing. On the Ross' TD he never really shook loose from the DB. It's like they're depending on outrunning the DB. I don't see enough, though, to see if it's the case, much less prevalent.
If I had to guess, I'd say that AK's offense is not WR-friendly and that we have a position coach problem. But it is early and we'll see. As I said, if I was FIU, I'd have coached to try and keep the score down and to do that, I'd take away the WRs if I could because PSU clearly wants to practice our WR game.
