Vrabel On Williams, Spence, More

Honest thoughts from Vrabel...glad to hear. Good article Dave!

Give up on it HuskerBuckeye it would be like rationalizing with a 2 year old.
Beauty of the internet is free speech and anyone can spew stupid. I would imagine the coaches are making the Freshman earn their playing time conforming to the team concepts of playing.
I can still remember the OSUmidwest types saying Urban will play Freshman after all, Urban plays the best players... lol.
Blitzing on all plays with the other team using 5 receiver sets and OSU not needing to ain't going to happen.
It is a game of picking your spots to show aggression and not allowing the team to score points. Oh well I am doing what you did Huskerbuckeye trying to rationalize with the impossible.
The Freshman will get their opportunities when they earn it.

Blitz packages will increase with competition. They weren't needed vs Miami. Why show more than necessary?

I wouldn't say I'm losing faith in the coaches, but I hope they start to see the importance of having your best rushers on the field, and not just starting an upperclassman because he is an upperclassman and giving those young guys alot of opportunities now so that they get plenty of film of them and let them make their mistakes now when it is not as critical and get coached up and be ready BEFORE we start Big Ten play. Last year Fickell missed alot of opportunities with Braxton Miller. But hey that is what created the need to get a real HC in UFM.

No one said anything about blitz packages, how about just having your best front 4 pass rushers on the field early on insteading of waiting and putting alot of pressure on your secondary. I think some wanted to see Spence and Washington start against this team since it was known they were pretty one dimensional toward passing. They did end up getting the only sacks in the game. Probably would have had more if they had been used earlier in the game. Just sayin.

I agree. We rushed 4 with little or no success. Admittedly because of the good execution of 3 step drop. The few times we did bring somebody it looked effective. When we rushed 3 and dropped 8 receivers were still open. On the other side of the coin, the linebackers got good experience in pass coverage. It is a young group in the middle. And the pass production defintely declined from the 2nd qtr on.

I hear you, but my thing is why do they wonder where the pass rush is when you have the 2 best rushers sitting on the bench. Don't get me wrong, love what Hankins and Goebel do against the run, but when you see you need an inside pass rush we need to make the change alot quicker. The best way you help your secondary is to create a pass rush from your front 4. Hankins and Goebel will never get anything more than a "coverage sack". They will never beat the opposing lineman off the snap and get into the QB's face. They may get a sack when the WR's are covered up and the pocket breaks down and then they get to the QB. I would like to see Simon at SSDE, Schutt, Washington, Spence or Williams.

Let's not forget that it was the first game of the season. The coaches are just feeling for what they have with a few players. The lineups for offense and defense will start to shape up in the upcoming weeks. But the score this week couldve been different. Miami had lots of drops including a sure touchdown. They easily couldve had 20-24 points. We still win easily but not quite as convincingly. That said the coaches now have some tape to study and should have a better idea of who can perform against UCF. Go Bucks!