Book’s arm played a role in that too - maybe an even bigger role than the receivers. He couldn’t take the top off a defense. If Book had a bigger arm, I’m fairly certain Claypool could have hunted down a lot of 50/50 balls in 2018.
And then it falls off a cliff after the top 4. Michigan State or UNC 5th best???
Probably route running and/or blocking
Then make it simplistic zero reason why guys should be waiting 3 years to see the field. Why can a guy like Toney step in and make a difference right away? Or look at USC their top 5 WR's are Freshman and SO's.
By the end of the season, I wouldn't be surprised if Wisconsin's defense ends up being in the top 3 that we'd play
Or, maybe, it was a vanilla game plan which was upgraded to French Vanilla in the 2nd half.
Yep, I recall he won Nike Camps "Fastest Man" Award in the 4.3s, former state champ and 4⭐ recruit. He was also was a 3rd Rd pick and will be starting for an NFL team this year. I'd gladly take that right now.
Exactly. Wisconsin D may be better.
We have played one game. If by UNC we still haven't seen these guys, I'll start to get concerned.
Right!
I believe the one of the assessments of Carr before the game was that he misses on intermediate routes a bit too much. I’m guessing Fickell agreed with this and decided to take away the deep passing attack and screen game.
I think it's pretty clear now that Michigan went on their * run with Colston Loveland as the standout receiving threat.
Pauling and Fields had proven production. Besides Faison, none of the others on this roster have it. That is the difference between last year and this year. Several have been on the team for a few years and have yet to show they can become productive. You can name Greathouse if you want. Sure, he did some good stuff in one game in the playoffs but he has been here for a few years and hasn't shown much else, definitely not consistent production.
I'll be concerned if one of them doesn't step up next week. Brown had a reputation for developing WRs when he was hired. I haven't seen it yet.
Valid point but the production was at lower tiers. Most disliked the Pauling pick up, he was not good at Wisc the year before he got here.
Doesn't Faison fall into the group that Mike Brown has developed?
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I mean we have plenty of fast and highly rated WRs? And he was over drafted? But the Steelers saw enough of him to know they had to grab Pittman and draft a WR this year. He’s fine and he was fine in college. But nothing scary.
