When will we see "IT" from Raiola?

[herbie tarlek]

So we as a fan base need to nit pick and bitch about him? I mean if this isn’t fake news that NU fans are complaining about DR then we do have some serious hard rs out there. This dude did us a favor coming to a completely cratered NU to try to help rebuild it.

Not nit picking him at all, I just said he is not that great of an athlete and he needs to end his Mahomes clone vibe...please don't make him out as a guy that did us a "favor". He was paid quite well to come here

 

[Sous Chef]

Not nit picking him at all, I just said he is not that great of an athlete and he needs to end his Mahomes clone vibe...please don't make him out as a guy that did us a "favor". He was paid quite well to come here

He would have gotten paid no matter where he went.

 

[Flabio]

Not nit picking him at all, I just said he is not that great of an athlete and he needs to end his Mahomes clone vibe...please don't make him out as a guy that did us a "favor". He was paid quite well to come here

 

[herbie tarlek]

He would have gotten paid no matter where he went.

yes, but you guys think he was just so charitable coming to Nebraska? He got paid well.

 

[herbie tarlek]

True test will be Michigan, I hope he delivers but sorry I think he is very average at best and yes, I know the bar has been pretty low for the last 20 years.

 

[HuskerDocCo]

FIRST OF ALL this is not a shit talking thread, it's a hopeful prediction thread. There is no doubt that Dylan Raiola has INCREDIBLE physical tools to become a "generational QB", he's clearly very smart and he has a great attitude, he embraces being the face of the program, hell yeah. My question however, is when might we see Raiola start to reach his extremely high ceiling on the field?

I'm looking forward to finding out what truly sets him apart and makes him a special QB, aside from making the easy passes look easy and taking what the defense gives him (which, I will note, is a very welcome quality at NU haha). Right now we're 14 games into his career as a starting QB, he’s a freak athlete with incredible skills and arguably our top recruit in like 30 years, I don't think I'm alone in wondering when we will see more levels to his already impressive game.

Some interesting stats:

Raiola's career yards-per-attempt: 6.8
Casey Thompson (while at NU): 8.8
Adrian Martinez (while at NU): 8.0
Tommy Armstrong: 7.6
Taylor Martinez: 7.5
Joe Ganz: 8.8
Zac Taylor (while at NU): 7.1

Raiola number of 300 yard passing games: 0
Thompson (while at NU): 3
Adrian Martinez (while at NU): 4
Tommy Armstrong: 6
Taylor Martinez: 4
Joe Ganz: 8
Zac Taylor (while at NU): 3

Of course we're running different offenses over the years and yada yada yada, but it's pretty much universally agreed that Raiola has the talent and pedigree that none of those other recent QBs had, and this year I think he should have the receiving talent to rival what those guys had around them. When do you foresee him making a noticeable "leap" into the type of star who can carry an offense on his shoulders and scare the shit out of other teams? What do you think he needs to improve upon to get there?

when will see “IT” from you?

 

[DrinkItIn]

Not nit picking him at all, I just said he is not that great of an athlete and he needs to end his Mahomes clone vibe...please don't make him out as a guy that did us a "favor". He was paid quite well to come here

So let me get this straight — a guy playing D1 football in a P4 conference as starting QB as a true sophomore is “not that great of an athlete”? That doesn’t even make sense. Also, aren’t you the same guy who said First Team All Big Ten Brice Williams sucked for NU basketball?

 

[Quint]

Have the expectations changed as well?

Some peoples, sure.

Once money started changing hands out in the open fans expected the paid players to be better than the previous generations amateur players.

I still think they’re kids in their late teens or early twenties who are going to make as many mistakes as I did at that age. Difference is they’ll get paid for it, do it on TV and have a bunch of people pissed about it.

 

[huskerj12]

when will see “IT” from you?

Football-wise I peaked in 8th grade doc ☹️