Brahmer doesn't move like he's 250 lbs that's for sure. Very fluid
I thought he played well in opener but I was a little disappointed this past week. I need to see more to be 1 way or other all I can say is he's better than Petras but will have to see how much.
I guess I haven't seen that praise for him like you have, but if true then yes it isn't warranted. Cade missed on three really big throws that could have made the end of the game a lot less stressful. He overthrews a wide open Lachey that would have probably went for about 30 yards. Overthrew Anderson on what could have been a 90 plus yard TD. Then underthrew Vines who had three steps on the defender, but had to slow down for the ball. That could have been a big gain as well.
Ok thank you for confirming what I saw. I just feel like in all the Iowa Everywhere podcasts he is getting some praise when I saw really nothing from him to make me think he is that great of a QB. Better than Petras but like you said jury is out on how much better.
Yeah good points, ISU definitely gets the ball out quickly. I was just surprised at how they were carving us up on the ground a bit during the early drives. Against ISU we had 5 TFLs and 2 of them were by DBs. Same with USU, we only had 4 TFLs and 2 of them were by DBs. I was just expecting them to be a little saltier than I've seen so far.
Feel like a lot of the Iowa Everywhere podcasts said positive things about him. His stat line was bad and like you said he missed some key throws. I didn't see anything in that performance that made me think Iowa could compete against the top of the Big10 with him as QB. Only one game against a good defense so not going to bury him I just wasn't impressed with him in the game Saturday.
I thought a big difference was our running game and Rocco not ever going mid distance. Last year JB would go straight forward and make a cut, we went horizontal too much. When we went forward, we gained yards. Dekkers threw a few deeper (not long but 15-20 yards) and that kept the safeties deeper.
Teams like ISU and Iowa just can't take that kind of hit and expect to still be a good team. That is a huge blow to ISU. Iowa losing Shannon and Harris for these first two games hurts Iowa as well, just not to the same extent as what ISU lost. Glad we get Harris back and still hopeful Shannon gets a reduced suspension, but not holding my breath on that one.
Yeah, I’m not sure what Vaughns injury is. With mostly freshmen linebackers or second gear guys, that experienced one make a big difference. Remsburg is supposed to be back in 4 games. If this would have happened in December, then the coaches would have had a chance to at least back fill with JUCOs to help out but by the time it hit, they were pretty much picked over.
Regarding the missed throw to Anderson, I think that was just a good play by Singleton(I think). He hit is arm as he was releasing it otherwise that's a touchdown.
