I'm interested mostly because he went to a high school that was in my high school's athletic conference. I saw him play at "The Sacred Acre" as an alum spectator. He was the QB, but I saw one play where he lined up at receiver and caught a touchdown pass. I know he was hurt last year, but he cracked the preseason two-deeps for 2015. Will he surprise us this year with his contributions? I don't doubt his hands or speed, but I know nothing about his route-running or mid-Doyle physique. Has his game developed to where we can count on him to quickly seal a safety/corner/LB when needed?
Insiders and pretend insiders: Jay Scheel
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Scheel is almost certain to see game action so we will find out soon enough what he can do.
Coach Kennedy sounded pretty pleased with his progress since the Spring game ....."[Scheel] continues to make plays " and "executes his assignment", e.g.. which would seem to answer your question about his route running ability and confirm your judgment about his play making ability.
Coach Kennedy sounded pretty pleased with his progress since the Spring game ....."[Scheel] continues to make plays " and "executes his assignment", e.g.. which would seem to answer your question about his route running ability and confirm your judgment about his play making ability.
It's all about execution. Just need to clean up a few things.
All joking aside, I hope Scheel is healthy and ready for a break out season. Need some playmakers.
All joking aside, I hope Scheel is healthy and ready for a break out season. Need some playmakers.
BTW, I only asked about the blocking because that's how you get on the field more in this program. You have to be deemed as able to contribute on any down and distance. Not a bad goal for a football player, but not always the best way to win college football games.
Was Jon Parker inserted for his blocking skills in 2014?
I get what he means. Take someone like Hilyer. By all accounts is a good blocker, has decent hands and doesn't make many mental mistakes. So he sees the field despite not being a real fast or above average athlete.
Take another guy that just isn't the best blocker but is a phenomenal athlete and has shown to be a playmaker. All other things being equal with Hilyer...., Hillyer plays ahead of him at Iowa.
Many other programs the better athlete plays in the above scenario.
No, but I am guessing he earned PT with the coaches because he showed the ability and willingness to block.
Wasn't he the guy that threw a nice block for someone else to break off a big play last year?I could be thinking of someone else
The best way to win at football is to physically dominate your opponent on the line. When you're not able to do that (young o-line, thin depth there and on the defensive line), you need to get more creative with how you use your hands guys.
We've been desperate for a while.
Edit: That was a little too snarky, and I apologize. I think it's a little bit different for backs. Tailbacks usually only have the block responsibility of standing in front of the quarterback and picking up blitzers or d-linemen who beat the o-line on a successful stunt. Easier said than done, but it's different than sealing a physical defender on a zone stretch running play. The main goal is to give the QB just enough time to either scramble or throw it away and not get hurt.
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