(03-08-2018 09:18 AM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 09:08 AM)NIUfrank Wrote:  Not a big fan of Wesley and brown. Just ordinary. I hope a couple of the young guys get time at WR. But I also hope Childers won't be qb. Maybe he'll get injured and open up a competition.

I don't wish bad things on anybody. I think the board is too hard on Childers. For a RS Fresh he played very well. I don't believe the coaching staff opened up the complete offense for him to try to limit his mistakes and have him gain confidence. If he works on throwing the ball downfield and with accuracy he could be a very good QB. That is possible and he may have already progressed to that level, we just don't know.

I agree that Childers needs to work on throwing the ball downfield with accuracy. Sadly he also needs to work on accuracy in throwing short and medium passing routes. He has just shown no ability at all in the passing game and he showed zero improvement during the season and zero improvement with post season practices in prep for the Bowl game.

That said, no one should ever suggest that an injury to a college player is a good thing. Childers is a Huskie so I will root for his success. I hope that he is challenged by others in the depth chart and that the competition brings out the best in all of them. I also hope that the NIU coaching staff has someone that can help these guys work on their game.