(12-11-2014 04:09 PM)CajunExpress Wrote: McGuire and Zo will be healthy for the first time this season.
We have to be able to be able to man cover some plays, this guy will destroy our zone defense.
Broadway? Do not know why he has lost his long ball, is it technique is it the broken arm? He has to be able to hit the mid range pass over the middle to pull their linebacker off the line a couple of yards.
I think it is both technique and the broken arm. Since the broken arm he seems to be pushing the ball instead of throwing it.
He also has bad technique when he throws. He has a wide stance which makes it hard to get any zip or distance on the ball. He's been having the problem with the wide stance. That's why he needs to throw quick shorter passes, which they did more of against Troy.
From the coaches I talk to, It makes it difficult to make an accurate throw or have anything on the ball with the wide stance. Then alot of times he is thowing while rolling out which requires a strong arm to get the ball downfield. His arm may not be as strong because of the broken arm.
That's why the loss of Jamal Robinson was such a huge loss this year because Broadway could throw a jump ball to Robinson with no accuracy required because Robinson would come down with any ball thrown in his vicinity, he was a beast!. According to Hud we should have Robinson back next year.
That's why we had trouble in the Red zone this year and had to settle for more field goals than usual. Without the threat of the fade to Robinson in the corner of the endzone, defenses could stack the box and shut down the run. Just having the threat of Robinson near the endzone put more pressure on the defenses.
Defenses mainly had to concentrate on our running game. I think if our running game is on then Nevada will have a tough time stopping us, especially if we can get some good pass plays in there to keep the linebackers guessing.