[Husker] OWH article on offense stats

[Nick Chevance]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 5:33 AM, David Strong <gbrlist at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Stats don't always tell the story of course, and the author has been pretty selective about the ones he published.  I like it that he only compares the stats from games against BCS competition.... 2008 vs. 2009.
>
> The stats about the tight end are telling...and on this years team you could make the case that the tight end (McNeill) is our best receiver.
>
> Other comparisons are 3rd and long (8 or more yards to go), first down success, plays for 20 or more yards, and red zone success.
>
> Dave

I agree with Dave's assessment of this article.  A nice
apples-to-apples comparison of this team last year and this year
against similar competition.  And while Dave says an argument can be
made that the tight ends are perhaps the best receivers we have, I'd
say no, not until we begin to throw to them more.  You can't call them
the best receivers until they've caught enough balls.  53 yards for
the tight ends in four games.  That should be a single game total.

This weekend, Baylor can be run on.  Let's hope that message gets through.

Nick
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