I see us opening up airing it out til the run becomes easier we'll see who knows i just hope its a fun game to watch. I am not going to make a drinking game out of missed tackles this week when guys touch the offensive player but just whiff.
With Tanner Lee's performance last Saturday....
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I think this game may look a little like the Purdue game from last year when Tommy was hurt and Ryker was left to throw it around with a high frequency. With that can come some scores, but also leaves your defense out there to get tired and potentially get into a shootout. The 52.5 total in this game seems interesting to me as Northwestern usually plays Nebraska close, so I see both teams hitting a score in the 20s if not higher.
50% against WI with a pick is not even close to good in my opinion.
Also, Purdue lost to Rutgers and lost to Nebraska, who of course lost to NIU... so its seems like they are worse.
They could be better than Western Arkansas, not sure abt that team this year.
Yes, but they are going to have to run the ball enough to keep the pass rushers guessing. A little pass to set up the run would be nice.
Are you for real? Did you see the stats at the start of the game?
First 4 games: 229 yards per game, 9 ints.
Last 4 games: 332 yards per game, 9 TDs, 1 int.
The only thing that hasn’t changed in this thread is your absolute stupidity. It is on full display in this one post.
At the time of your post it was one int to two TDs...
Be that as it may, your post still is the height of stupidity considering he accumulated the stats against big time competition... the 2nd pick was bad, but to say he hasn’t changed either means you’re an idiot or a pot-stirrer... which is it?
Tanner Lee, against the top teams in the B1G, was never a threat to make a difference no matter how many yards he threw. He, like the most of Nebraska's players, is average at best. He plays hard, I'll give him that, but he is what he is, a 52-54% completion qb who throws a nice ball, to both his receivers and defenders alike.
He simply has to play a lot better in the second half in order for a win today.
He simply has to play a lot better in the second half in order for a win today.
Respectfully disagree. Last 4 1/2 games, 11 TDs to 3 ints is not throwing to receivers and defenders alike. Last 4 1/2 games, completing over 60%.
Last 4 games is where oldjar07 claimed Lee hasn’t changed. Stats clearly show otherwise.
He is not the reason we are 2-2 the last 4... he is the reason we won last week. Some people just can’t give credit, can they?
Like I said, he plays hard and I'll say he's a decent qb, but Nebraska won as a team last weak, and I give Lee much credit on the last drive, but everyone else on offense played good enough as well for the victory. And I give him lots of credit for playing better, he was able to throw for the td's so far today, but he has to clean the int's up the rest of the game.
If Tanner Lee doesn’t throw lights out last week we lose. It’s as simple as that. My goodness, man, why can’t you recognize a difference between the first 4 games and the last 4 games?
Admittedly, this game is looking more like the first 4 games, but to say we won as a team last week is simply not true. We don’t win that game without Lee at QB. In my opinion.
Why can't you see that he's a decent qb and nothing more? Hell, on the last drive of the 4th quarter in today's game, he nearly threw ANOTHER INT! He's not good in every situation, he can't throw a touch pass to save his life. And in the last four games, against Ohio State and Wisconsin, he played ok but not great, and certainly not good enough to be a difference maker. In the victories he played better, but that's because the competition was WAY worse on defense. That's a fact, deal with it.
UPDATE: His last pass in OT he threw right to the covered receiver, deflected, game over.
I like him, he's a decent qb, and I will give him credit for improving, but he is what he is, like the rest of the team.
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Yep, he didn't lose us the Wisconsin and Ohio State games, but he did nothing to keep us in those games either.
I don't want to make it all on Lee, and he has shown some improvement, but today was a glaring reminder of the bad things he's capable of, just like the team as a whole. Lee is a tough young man, and he plays hard, but he wasn't able to make the same throws as last week when it was needed at the end of the 4th quarter or in OT today.
There’s no defending lee today. He was bad and looked like Tanner Lee from the first 4 games.
The point I was trying to make today was that there was a big difference between his first four games and last four games. Today was terrible. There’s no sugarcoating it. To your point, after today, you are right. He’s decent, but not great.
Honestly, I thought he had turned a corner. Today proved otherwise.
Oldjar, to say he was no different at the point you did was to disregard his previous 4 games, which still doesn’t make sense to me.
After the game I would be more inclined to agree with you. But not after Lee’s 2nd TD pass.
I don't think Lee stinks, exactly. He definitely makes some great throws that QBs we've had in the past could not. But his penchant for costly mistakes is pretty clear, and it's amusing to see his slobbering fanboys blame everything bad that happens on someone else - as if Lee is somehow the first-ever Husker QB who's had a bad supporting cast.
Wish I could refute this but I can’t. Had hoped the light bulb came on for good for him. Didn’t know it would be Jekyll and Hyde.
I agree that he's not a bad qb. Not a good one either but the poor guy has a Beaver Oline that can't block anybody and a "zero" running game.
We don't have a chance of beating any good or great team (barring a true miracle). Three years of Beaver ball and we just keep getting worse...and worse.....and worse.
We don't have a chance of beating any good or great team (barring a true miracle). Three years of Beaver ball and we just keep getting worse...and worse.....and worse.
No worries, I think we both saw good things last month from him, no question. And I was hoping he could pull it out again today, just wasn't meant to be. But I can't say the whole loss was on him, the defense let them drive to tie in the 4th and couldn't keep them out of the end zone in OT. Plenty of blame to go around on both sides. Story of how the season has gone, sadly.
Sounds a lot like our previous QB. Different style and different strengths, but still a guy with a below-average team around him trying to do too much and committing way to many turnovers.
I just said there was no difference between the first 4 games and the last 4 games, both good and bad. The good is he puts the ball right on the money at times, better than most qb's can. He did that the first 4 games. He's also inaccurate at times and throws into coverage a lot. He did that the last 4 games and could have easily had more interceptions than he did.
Tim, this is not a bs question. I genuinely do not know the answer. What is Lee's completion percentage compared to Armstrong's?
I do know that I read on this board practically every week during Riley's first two years that the offense would really click once Riley and Langsdorf got their quarterback. The coaches had Lee for a whole year before they had to play him. I believe Lee can throw the ball into tighter places than Armstrong. Where I think they are similar in a very bad way is they don't see the whole field. Sometimes I think they both decide who they are throwing to in the huddle. Lee like Tommy throws too many dumb interceptions.
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Thanks for explaining it his way. It makes more sense.
Please flesh out your statements more in the future... it would prevent me from mini crusades...
I felt he turned a corner after the first 4 games. His completion percentage in those games was 60-61%, against some tough competition. But Saturday brought me crashing back to earth on Lee. Bad Tanner has nothing on Bad Tommy...
I don't know, I think TLee has improved. There's 11 guys on the field and each one can contribute to make the team look better or worse. Also, I'm considering the Tulane TLee that's seen incremental improvement versus full-blown Kool-Aid that was going on once TA left.