(06-09-2018 12:57 PM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  

(06-09-2018 11:01 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  I think people are missing the point when they say the key is Childers. It does not matter who the QB of this offense is as long as it is RC's offense. Its not the car's fault, its the driver's fault. Garbage In Garbage Out.

I know you're a big Childers supporter but you're using Rod as an excuse to cover up Childer's poor passing. While I do think this offense is outdated and gimmicky, it is still effective vs MAC teams(its worthless vs P5 or talented defenses). Its predicated on dink-dunk, dink-dunk, deep ball. Without the deep ball all you have is dink-dunk and then a defense that will creep up to make that even more difficult.

That being said, NIU was still 4th in total offense in the MAC last season with no QB play what to speak of. If Childers can improve, and hopefully by a lot, NIU should be in the top 2. There are certain things I really like about Childers, but any fair evaluation of his play last year was that he was garbage downfield. Graham was garbage downfield too and that's why this offense was less effective under him as well.

And because of Childers' ineffectiveness, we saw the usual barrage of bubble screens, jet sweeps, and 2 yard runs straight up the middle for lots of 3-and-outs. We'll see if Carey changes that up this year, but IMO, we will see much of the same.