Our greatest area for improvement

[Hawkeyes5]

Bar none is punt returns....there had to be better options. Marsette, Goodson, Tracy would be great options in MHO.

 

[Hawk1960]

Agree ... should be very easy to fix.

 

[Caddy]

Agree ... should be very easy to fix.

Well it should be.. Should have been fixed long ago. KF won't change anything, whereas other coaches see the punt return as a chance to make a big play or score, KF is just happy if we can catch it. Which doesn't happen very often, and it will come back to bite them in the ass watch.

 

[ssckelley]

Just get someone back there who will at least catch the damn ball!

 

[Xerxes]

Just get someone back there who will at least catch the damn ball!

Yeah, finding a good punt returner is difficult. It takes a special kind of player to do that.

However it doesn't take a special player to judge the flight of the ball, wave your hand, and catch it.

 

[thedukeofearl]

Perhaps the Wisconsin game last season

Has something to do with it

 

[Hawkeyes5]

Heck to me Oliver Martin would be a great way to get the guy some touches and use his athleticism

 

[NEIChawk]

Mine would be to have more beer in my fridge. Poor planning on my part for a Saturday of football

 

[HaydenHawk56]

I think our biggest weakness might also be break away speed in the skill positions. Goodson shows promise though.

 

[M1911A1Hawkeye]

Mine would be to have more beer in my fridge. Poor planning on my part for a Saturday of football

Same here. Amber just left for the store to make sure we have enough for tonight's ass beating of Nebraska.

 

[Caddy]

I think our biggest weakness might also be break away speed in the skill positions. Goodson shows promise though.

Agreed.

 

[archiehawk]

Pass pressure for me. Can't Allow QBs for teams we play later to stand back there with no pressure.

 

[Gibsonian]

You guys are dead on in your assessment here. We are leaving yards of available field position that are there for the taking on the ground like walking past 10 dollar bills afraid to pick them up.

2nd on the list and more difficult to fix as it doesn't appear to be low hanging fruit, is our pass rush. I sure didn't expect it to be so weak. Our guys overrated coming in to this season. We obviously lost more than I thought last year.

 

[NEIChawk]

Same here. Amber just left for the store to make sure we have enough for tonight's ass beating of Nebraska.

That's awesome. My wife went to the Iowa game with some friends. I had a 6 pk of tallboyz. Thought it was enough, but now that the Clowns are getting beat, I need more

 

[dahlhawk]

Bar none is punt returns....there had to be better options. Marsette, Goodson, Tracy would be great options in MHO.

I say pass rush, we need more pressure.

 

[Hawkeyes5]

Well today our O Line made their D Line look like All Americans

I say pass rush, we need more pressure.

 

[HawkeyeWalker]

We need Brents and Hankins back and healthy. It'll allow for more aggressive pass rush, and less cushion.

Getting Jackson back bolsters the oline.

 

[hwk23]

I think LB could be improved. Specifically, #49 gets in position well but he’s a little slow and not really an aggresive tackler, imo. Not sure how that translates when we play better teams. I feel like Mike LB is an upgrade from last year.

 

[ibahawkeye]

Heck to me Oliver Martin would be a great way to get the guy some touches and use his athleticism

With Goodson, Young, Goodson ahead of him in the rotation, I wander about IKM. I like IKM but I just think he’s buried in the depth chart so perhaps this would be a way to get him involved.

 

[hwk23]

With Goodson, Young, Goodson ahead of him in the rotation, I wander about IKM. I like IKM but I just think he’s buried in the depth chart so perhaps this would be a way to get him involved.

It probably wouldn’t happen but I was wondering if IKM shouldn’t redshirt this year. He looked very good against ISU but there’s such a log jam with three juniors all pretty close in talent. We might need him in two years.