Wisconsin misplaced Tyler Van Dyke to a season-ending ACL tear throughout the opening possession of a 42-10 loss to Alabama. Texas misplaced Quinn Ewers to an indirect pressure within the second quarter of a 56-7 win over UTSA.
While Van Dyke is sidelined for the remainder of the season, and Ewers is taken into account week-to-week, each accidents final week served because the yearly, but at all times sobering, reminder of simply how necessary depth is on the quarterback place.
On one hand, Braedyn Locke changed Van Dyke and struggled to steer the Wisconsin offense to factors versus the visiting Crimson Tide. On the opposite hand, Arch Manning got here in for Ewers and totaled 5 touchdowns for the Longhorns: Manning ripped off a 67-yard landing run, and, of his 9 completions, 4 went for scores in entrance of the DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium trustworthy.
Granted Locke and Manning had been up towards a lot completely different ranges of competitors — Alabama is the No. 4 group within the nation, and UTSA is an AAC squad off to a 1-2 begin — however the distinction between their outcomes was head turning.
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That mentioned, these accidents didn’t change the way in which Ohio State head coach Ryan Day is approaching the event of his group’s quarterback depth.
“It’s the same thing as it was before watching that on TV,” Day mentioned Tuesday. “We’ve acquired to construct depth at each place. And clearly that’s one. We acquired 4 guys within the sport final Saturday. That was good. You don’t know what this week’s going to carry. We acquired to go play Marshall. We acquired to beat Marshall, and then we’ll determine the remainder of it later.
“If your focus goes anywhere else, I think that’s dangerous. But we’re gonna get these guys reps in practice. And the more game reps we can get them, the better, because we do know that’s gonna be important.”
Ohio State beginning quarterback Will Howard performed into the third quarter of a 56-0 domination of Western Michigan in Week 2. Howard accomplished his first 10 passes, threw for 292 yards and a landing and ran for one more rating. Then backup Devin Brown got here in and led a landing drive, notably dialing up a pleasant 27-yard completion to sophomore wideout Brandon Inniss alongside the way in which. Brown didn’t information the Buckeyes to factors on his subsequent sequence, nonetheless, he completed the evening 5-of-5 for 57 yards.
After that, true freshman Julian Sayin acquired within the sport. Sayin accomplished each of the passes he tried, the second ending in a 55-yard, catch-and-run landing for third-year tight finish Bennett Christian. Redshirt freshman Lincoln Kienholz piloted the ultimate Buckeyes drive, besides he didn’t try a cross.
“I think Devin and Julian did a nice job when they were in,” Ohio State offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Chip Kelly mentioned Tuesday. “Lincoln acquired three snaps, but it surely was actually late within the sport, and that was extra handoffs than anything. But we’ll see how that continues to go.
“You do have to have two quarterbacks, especially when you got to play such a long season. If you’re going to play a 16, 17-game season, at some point in time, one of those guys is going to be called upon during a critical time, and you hope that they get enough reps under their belt that they feel comfortable when they go in there.”
Kelly talked about, although, that it’s additionally important Howard continues to stack snaps because the Buckeyes put together for Big Ten play. As Kelly identified, Howard’s taking part in his fifth yr of school soccer however his first at Ohio State in a brand new offensive system.
Kelly mentioned, as coaches, it's important to stroll a “fine line” between fostering comfortability for a brand new starter whereas additionally constructing depth on the most influential place with sport reps.
“It’s the toughest position to play because you can’t practice it the way you play it,” Kelly mentioned. “What I imply by that, and I don’t care what degree it's, quarterbacks don’t get hit in apply. But quarterbacks get hit in video games. So it’s a unique sport for a quarterback when it’s reside.
“So to try to balance how many reps does Will need to continue to get better and continue to grow as we finish our last out of conference game here against Marshall and then head into conference play — do we feel like he’s got enough under his belt so that when those situations come up in a game that he’s experienced and ready as an Ohio State player?”
That’s the query, and it’s one Day and Kelly should reply Saturday afternoon.
