Hunter Dekkers Concerns?
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You have to trust the process and every player needs to go out and do his job and make plays. We have seen Hunter on the field and nearly every time he's been productive. I hear Campbell saying he thinks he has the physical ability and the intangibles to play the position and be a leader on the team. Beyond that, the proof of the pudding is in the set.
Dekkers only interception came against Oklahoma.
Against Iowa he was 11-16 for 114 yards and 1 TD.
Just looking at Purdue last year only, it looks like a mix of long and short completions. Of course I didn't look at yards after catch. I think Northwestern has had success against Iowa nickel and diming them in the passing game. Whatever we do, I just hope we don't try and out Iowa, Iowa again.
We had a couple of big plays against them in 2019, but one was a trick play.
Yeah I mean the thing with playing that style of play is you leave yourself no room for error. Make mistakes against Iowa and you will lose. Iowa has been so so good in this win streak and a lot of that has had to do with the fact that they haven't turned the ball over one single time, their special teams has been stellar, and we've made some very stupid mistakes.
Even go back to the game in 2017 with Park at QB and we're up 10 with the ball like halfway through the 4th quarter and he throws a pick. We luckily stopped them for a field goal but that opened the door up for them. Not giving them the ball on that half of the field for them to put up points means more time off the clock and the game is over.
You just can't do those things and expect to win games against a team like Iowa.
There’s nothing about MC teams that are the old cyclone fashion!
I think the streak has gotten in our guys' heads a little. We need to just go out there and play the game. Make plays. Turn the ball over 4 times and you'll almost never win. Admittedly a couple of those were flukes, but we've been beating ourselves.
Guy says to “lay off” then proceeds to completely destroy a young man who has yet to even put on a Cyclone uniform. Hilarious.
We were only up 3 when we threw the pick. We were up 10 with 6:18 left, but an Iowa receiver made a huge catch in the endzone to cut it to 3. On our next drive, Park hit Butler on a 75 yard bomb, he got behind the Iowa D and there was no way they were going to catch him. So we went up 7 with 4:36 left in the game. I can't believe we blew a 10 point lead with that little time left. Our D held and we got the ball back with a 7 point lead and 3:32 left. I think all we needed was a first down and this game was pretty much over. We made hay that day by attacking the Iowa D, but on this possession we went conservative to protect the lead. We pinned them back on their own 12 yard line with a punt. On Iowa's possession Vanderberg got away with a huge offensive PI but the Big 10 refs didn't call it. Anyway, the last 4 minutes of this game are excruciating.
It is hard to say how Dekkers will perform with the burden of being the starter on him. He certain has been under fire in a few spots in the last 2 years and didn't flinch, which is a good start.
BTW, there are a couple other capable QBs in the room, so if Dekkers struggles a bit there are other options. Not sure that was the case for most of this century.
BTW, there are a couple other capable QBs in the room, so if Dekkers struggles a bit there are other options. Not sure that was the case for most of this century.
Thanks for the correction! Yeah that game was arguably worse for me than the 2019 game honestly.
He's got the talent to be the best QB we've ever had. I don't think people realize the kind of arm he has or the athlete he is. Its up to him and the coaches now.
I'm concerned that an American football field is only 100 yards long.
Hunter's arm can't be contained in a space that small
Hunter's arm can't be contained in a space that small
