Here's the problem with Riddick, and it's a huge problem: he only goes downfield if he knows from the instant of the snap that he's going downfield. So in games liek today where he has no other choice, he doesn't look half bad. But when he does have choice, i.e. The first half, it's Checkdown Charlie. Now that's prolly a function of Derpvis combined with Riddick's natural constitution, but it's a bad combo. And his candy arm serves to limit when he can go deep. His IQ and general decent moral character are of little use in that regard.
I'm kinda done with it. I want to see a QB who fires downfield as a matter of instinct and as a primary choice and has the arm strength and release to do it at will. Maybe he'll suck like no other. But I want to find out.
Let the damn horse run.
And though he played his best game today, I would expect to see more of this next Saturday. Risk adverse football. Whether its how he naturally plays or not, he's been conditioned by this staff to do so.
If Iowa is down by a couple scores late next Saturday, maybe we'll see it again. But until then I would expect more of the same of what we saw in the first half. A lot of MW and 5 yard routes.