My Thoughts After USF Game

[Stainmaster]

Really? Swann? I thought he played better than Summers and Bell. Bell and Summers has been eaten alive, but I the Freshman’s has been holding up very well. This defense will be a lot better next year.

The freshman have gotten lambasted whenever they perform the way one would expect them to against objectively good offenses. People were calling for Bell to permanently replace THW in the lineup after the Memphis game - would Bell really have done better?

 

[huskysupporter]

Really? Swann? I thought he played better than Summers and Bell. Bell and Summers has been eaten alive, but I the Freshman’s has been holding up very well. This defense will be a lot better next year.

Summers and Bell have not played well at all. But they have played better than Swann. I feel bad for him that he is kept out there. He is severely overmatched. Teams are specifically targeting his side of the field for wr screens.

 

[Saab04]

Summers and Bell have not played well at all. But they have played better than Swann. I feel bad for him that he is kept out there. He is severely overmatched. Teams are specifically targeting his side of the field for wr screens.

What are we talking about here. All of the Db’s are overmatched. I guess that is why we give up 500 - 700 yards through the air. We should expect Swann, Taj and the rest of the Fr/So to be outmatched a lot of the times. But, we shouldn’t expect that out of Bell and Summers.

 

[freescooter]

Most DBs in college football who are the cream of the crop are juniors or seniors
I don't see many freshmen becoming AAs or even All conference due to the fact that in high school it is not a "key" or prominent position.
These freshmen at UConn do not look good vs the older, bigger and stronger guys they are facing but I think in a year or two they will look very different
If I'm wrong - RE has an unbelievable uphill battle ahead of him

Not only that but many coll ge dbacks played other positions like running back or reciever or qb as their “primary” position in high school. And relied mostly on superior athleticism and strength. Learning the proper techniques that are needed to play at the D1 level takes time. No guarantee that any individual player will be better but I fully expect the position group as a whole to improve comparably to what we have seen from the oline over the next few years.

 

[ktuck911]

Agree to disagree.

Since Swann's been a starter, IMO, yes he has.. He's undersized and not physical enough to play the position, right now... it's like a boy playing against a grown man out there.. He needs support behind him... Where's the Safety to break down and get a hold of the WR if he gets by Swann on an out pattern? Safety might be there, but incompetent tackling on his part ALSO, makes things even worse.... Wrap the guy up at least...WRs shouldn't just catch an out pattern then pivot turn and run 30 to 95 yards down field consistently... It's happened consistently against us...inexcusable...

 

[RSTuthill]

I think you are thinking of Scott McCummings. Nebrich really never got a chance.

Could be, but ... "Appeared in eight games as a freshman at Connecticut... completed five of 14 passes for 69 yards and rushed eight times for ten net yards."

Think that those nine incompletions played a role. As I recall, two were very long passes to a wide open receiver that would have scored but the passes were bad. He was a true freshman as I recall and probably just needed to get comfortable.

 

[Stainmaster]

Since Swann's been a starter, IMO, yes he has.. He's undersized and not physical enough to play the position, right now... it's like a boy playing against a grown man out there.. He needs support behind him... Where's the Safety to break down and get a hold of the WR if he gets by Swann on an out pattern? Safety might be there, but incompetent tackling on his part ALSO, makes things even worse.... Wrap the guy up at least...WRs shouldn't just catch an out pattern then pivot turn and run 30 to 95 yards down field consistently... It's happened consistently against us...inexcusable...

So does all of that mean he will never be able to play in the secondary and needs to be switched to offense?

 

[ktuck911]

So does all of that mean he will never be able to play in the secondary and needs to be switched to offense?

Notice the part where I said "He's undersized and not physical enough to play the position, right now... "??? Right now, he's overmatched.. Next year, probably a different story... He's got moxy... You want a kid like that playing out there... He needs help out there though... right now...