Who Has Got What It Takes

The most obvious thing on everybody’s mind during the Husker Spring Game this last Saturday is that Ganz and Lucky are ready for the fall. They are bright spots on an offense that looks to blow some people away this year. Don’t be surprised to see the Huskers as one of the top offensive units by the end of this upcoming season. Will our defense slow opponents down enough to make a difference? I don’t think we received an answer on Saturday, but there were some improvements and positive items to note.

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Even if #1 quarterback and running back are set, #2 QB and RB are still in question. I prefer the size of Castille and speed of Lee, but Witt has the better grasp of the offense and Helu will be deadly in screens and open field plays. I can see why the coaches like him so much. Helu just knows instinctively where to go and how to get there.

In the receivers department, Gilleylen and Brooks are going to be fighting for the “young guy steps up” award. They both were on the receiving end of great plays and Brooks made a “circus catch” that wowed the stadium. Neither of them could touch my boy, Nate Dawg on Saturday. Swift is awesome. He got one stripped in the end zone before he could come down with it and had Beau Davis overthrow him a couple of times, otherwise he would have had an exceptional game. He also made Mendoza look kind of silly, considering how easy it was for him to field those punts.

Murillo, with the pick and some batted down passes, just straight up looks great. He is the complete player many were expecting him to become, the total D-Back package. Reading plays, good speed / direction changes, and a nice vertical make him ready for the fall. Blake Lawrence looks like another guy who could already be living up to expectations. Though he saw limited playing time, he was in the right spots at the right times.

The linebackers had been reading the running plays really well and did what they were supposed to do. Wortman was the only real standout with his big hits and tackles, but nobody else just jumped out, which is OK, since they’re playing as a team. The running game looked better and had more focus (from the coaches) than I expected, be we still look ready to ROCK the spread option this year. The best parts of the whole thing were seeing the players talking, gesturing, and helping each other on the sidelines. It’s been said before, but bears repeating: everyone’s on the same page.