Kudos to the OL for Pass Protection
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Northside Hawk
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You mean Martinez was sacked more times than Stanley? Oh the humanity! I thought we had a wooden Indian standing back there.
But who needs an offensive line, right? Four and five star recruits are flocking to Nebraska because they get a chance to play with the rock star Martinez.
The smart players would see that more often than not he is running for his life back there. Mobile as he is, he still got sacked more than our wax dummy QB.
AreWeThereYet
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The offensive line worked their butts off this year to give Stanley maximum protection. Coach Polasek made is something of a mission to dramatically improve the pass pro blocking. It's too bad Stanley can't function under pressure though. He had time back there.
Too bad CJB didnt have that much protection in 2016.
But I give the kudos also and it is also a function of Stanley throwing the ball a way a number of times and feeling pressure and getting rid of the ball which I think is smart in KF's offense which is not good in 2nd and 3rd and long.
Agree, both in the run and pass protection that was a solid performance. They were getting 4-5 yards of push on Nebraska's DL on many runs and I don't recall Stanley being sacked.
Northside Hawk
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Our line in 2016 (and 2015) was better suited for run blocking.
This line is better suited for pass blocking. It will get better at run blocking, I hope, when Kallenberger moves to guard next year. We will still need to find a new center for at least the fourth year in a row.
It will be interesting to see what happens at Center on the OL next year. That's the only potential weak spot early in the season, mainly due to lack of game time reps. I can see both Paulsen twins at Guard as well as Kallenberger (if he can add another 15 lbs.) Center could be a Banwart, Duwa, Newborg, Paulsen or a couple of other underclassmen if they surprise us. I think Kallenberger's more natural position is Tackle but hopefully we don't need him there next year. He did a nice job in there as a RS Freshman when he was needed this year.
Paulsen twins are at least experienced, even if they haven't lived up to their rating. Banwart had a nice year I thought. I agree Kallenberger is likely the next guy in, but I'm also interested in Jeff Jenkins progress, as I think the only thing keeping him from playing right now is his weight.
