I think this year comes down to three things:
1) Pace of development for the LB unit during the first half of the season
2) Progress of the WRs becoming consistent, reliable targets (in the right place at the right time)
3) Wisconsin.
If we can check off all three this can be a special season. Usually there’s a unit or two that you can look at and say — we’re probably going to struggle a bit here. But this year I think all the pieces, all the athletes are there. Even at LB — the guys probably have the athletic upside compared to the guys we had last year.
Also, unrelated — BF had a really difficult 1st year. The run game was abysmal mostly. We sure couldn’t run when we wanted to. And BF only had one reliable target on the perimeter. He did, as a result, throw over the middle 1/3 of the field more than we’d seen in the last 10-15 years. And that, I think will pay dividends this year as we run the ball a little better and have players with experience and athleticism on the outside. I hope it’s not too much to ask for the offense to be 10-15% better than they were last year.
So let’s get down to a serious discussion. What’s it going to take to paint the BTCG Black and Gold?
1) Pace of development for the LB unit during the first half of the season
2) Progress of the WRs becoming consistent, reliable targets (in the right place at the right time)
3) Wisconsin.
If we can check off all three this can be a special season. Usually there’s a unit or two that you can look at and say — we’re probably going to struggle a bit here. But this year I think all the pieces, all the athletes are there. Even at LB — the guys probably have the athletic upside compared to the guys we had last year.
Also, unrelated — BF had a really difficult 1st year. The run game was abysmal mostly. We sure couldn’t run when we wanted to. And BF only had one reliable target on the perimeter. He did, as a result, throw over the middle 1/3 of the field more than we’d seen in the last 10-15 years. And that, I think will pay dividends this year as we run the ball a little better and have players with experience and athleticism on the outside. I hope it’s not too much to ask for the offense to be 10-15% better than they were last year.
So let’s get down to a serious discussion. What’s it going to take to paint the BTCG Black and Gold?