Yeah I think even if Evans was healthy they wouldn't have played him in the first few games unless he was clearly better than Potts and Williams. This way if you end up with a lot of injuries at the end of the year, he can come in to help but wouldn't lose his redshirt. It would be different if they had more depth at RB.
I was so excited about him playing with Mo. Was really hoping they would run some plays with both of them on the field at the same time. Could have really gotten creative. Sigh.
You could see clearly on the replay it was the ankle being twisted.
Backs are fine. Oline was beat plain and simple. We are 10 deep there. That is where you look.
Just don't think Mo makes a big difference with our Oline performance that day. Mo is best in the country at yards after contact. But no back is good when first contact is at or behind LOS. Mo needs a small hole first, then he can break through tackles.
Jeez, are you PJ's clone from last year or what? Anytime someone wants to talk about a backup, here you are all in their face trying to challenge them.
Jelen, Nubin, Grande nor an injured Evans can run against any Big Ten defense. The available backs, assuming healthy, are Mo, Potts, Williams, and Evans.
You don't know anything about those 4 players. Neither do I.
Potts definitely looked better last year than he did vs Purdue. Hopefully it's just that he's temporarily dinged up.
100%. That's the worst he has ever looked.
Morgan was clearly off as well. Had some high throws and one long ball that was really underthrown. If he struggles next game, is there a chance Fleck puts in Athan?
I think the rest of the offense would have to be humming and it was clearly just Morgan being off. Still, I think it would take like 3-4 interceptions in the first 1-2 quarters for PJ to even consider.
Take a nap until you have something intelligent to say.
C’mon PNW, you do remember what it took to get Zach off the field.
What's wrong with these two?
Our offensive line didn’t compete. Even our all-American center didn’t compete. When the going gets tough, the tough get going unless you are decoy.
For some reason he doesn't seem to be considered a college running back. I've wondered why.
Fine, play moron. Fits you well.
We do know the walk ons were not highly recruited. I know LeCaptain had some success over a tiny sample size and we got gashed a couple times by a walk-on for Purdue, but I think it’s pretty safe to say plugging a walk on in was not going to change our fortunes. I don’t see it being an answer down the road either if teams are going to load the box.
Strongly disagree with this analysis
If you had 7 figures to pay him we would still have him.
You might be right, but you could have had Dalvin Cook out there and he would have been bottled up too. The O-line didn't get it done, and then our QB didn't get it done when they were stacking 8.
Williams did play more.
Not in the first half
Right, and he didn't play more on the first snap from scrimmage either. Williams only played more when he played more.
I think one thing we might be missing is that Potts probably needs some time to be fully back. We are all fortunate that he is even able to play a down again. Not only does he most likely need some more reps to shake off the rust, he may need some more time to trust being able to attack the middle full out and trust all is okay.
I certainly don't think it's the answer down the road for teams loading the box and I'm not referring to LeCaptain's long run against Purdue.