How did he gain 36 yards on a little screen play if he's not explosive? I mean I know Mabin is bad but he's that bad?
King will be on Lazard wherever he lines up
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How did he gain 36 yards on a little screen play if he's not explosive? I mean I know Mabin is bad but he's that bad?
No he wasn't.
Lazard doesn't need his HS ranking to justify his talents, his production on the field does it for him
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Nice play call, he had great blocking, Mabin was blocked off before AL caught the ball, he had a nice lane and turned it upfield. If he was explosive he would've outran everyone. He didn't. He got run down from behind by a 235 lb. LB from Decorah. Not explosive.
Maybe one of these years he'll actually get into the end zone against our awful CBs.
Great blocking and ISU football don't go together this year. Both Jewell and Lazard will play on Sundays and yes I'm aware Jewell is 7 lbs heavier than Lazard
He had 7 catches for 111 yards with terrible QB play. He's elite but he can't do it all
Most of which came on quick hitches, curls, screens, and much of which came when ISU was down by 28-35 points. Makes sense we'd offer up the short routes to avoid getting burned deep. If you call that explosive, whatever. But if you do then I'll call Vandeburg volcanic. AL had one downfield catch that was worth anything. Hindered by bad QB play and being the main focus of DCs? Sure. Hard to tell what he'd do with legit QB but getting run down from behind by a clunky B1G LB is pretty telling.
Woody did all the little things that don't show up in the box score. He doesn't need his lofty HS ranking to prove he's elite either.
Lazard has played more than one game in his career and has made plenty plays that would be considered explosive. Yes Iowa was flying to the ball more so than they do for any other game and kept him out of the end zone. They were bringin the boom
Look at his TD catches from last year. Pretty much every one was him breaking tackles to get in the end zone or making a play to go up and get it. I mean he was All Big 12 as a 19 year old. Sky is the limit for him
I like the idea that all possession receivers are bad, or on the whole worse than the burners. It's an interesting theory some of you are really running with.
Lazard was the best player on the field and Vandenberg is the only Hawk that was close. He was the sole focus of the defense, everyone around him was god awful, and he still had a great game.
The next 20 after him were all Hawks so you Hawk fans can rest easy, it would be just as crazy to argue that Iowa wasn't the best team.
Lazard was the best player on the field and Vandenberg is the only Hawk that was close. He was the sole focus of the defense, everyone around him was god awful, and he still had a great game.
The next 20 after him were all Hawks so you Hawk fans can rest easy, it would be just as crazy to argue that Iowa wasn't the best team.
Tyler Boyd sucks right? He ran a 4.58 and lacks explosiveness and those are the only two things that determine a WR's abilities
Didn't want this to get lost in the explosiveness debate. It's no wonder we have an All-American corner, he gets matched up daily with the Meerkat. But FYI, that Vandenberg dude graduated. Our elite offensive weapon is VandeBerg, number 89 in your program, number one in our hearts.
Yeah I'll defend the Big 12 leading WR against people that don't understand what makes a WR good.