I really hope the last 2 weeks have been spent on working on getting JVB more comfortable in the pocket and working on his reads. I also have to think has watched tons of tape from the first 5 games. It's go time!!
If Iowa is going to win at East Lansing, they will need to rely heavily on the pass.
from all i've heard JVB is already a huge film guy. i don't think it is lack of knowledge. i think he's smart, just panics under pressure. some folks have it, some don't. i'd love to think we'll have the hot reads down and ready for when they blitz, but i'll believe it when i see it. guess i'm just cynical that way.
If seen far more issues with this being on the receivers than JVB this year. He is making the right sight adjustments for the most part.
Now, other areas of his game have not been up to par. Footwork issues being one of them.
what I have seen is far to many times throwing hot reads when we simply don't need to.
its like that first game with all the sacks got him entrenched in panic mode.
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Yep, that first game, Northwestern 2009. He has been in panic mode with any semblance of pressure since. Some of us talked with caution at the beginning of last year when people were annointing him the second coming of Chuck Long. We had seen that he hadn't been able to handle pressure against NW, OSU, or Minny. And said that until he showed he could, they jury was still out. Well, that jury is still very much sequestered. But the evidence is mounting against him and he doesn't have much time left to turn it around.
Agree, the passing game is going to have to be there
Why pass when you can hand off to Weisman 50 times a game?