Hackenburg?
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I would be scared if i was the team that had to draft him. A team is drafting him solely on potential and not what they see on the playing field.
Penn State will have to start a new freshman QB next year so next year will also be a question mark even if the offensive line gets better.
Penn State will have to start a new freshman QB next year so next year will also be a question mark even if the offensive line gets better.
The one similarity is that both offensive lines were bad. Its hard for a qb to be good under those circumstances.
Great freshman years, both guys followed by subpar college careers. I don't think you can draft him high based off his freshman season. He has stuck with PSU, so maybe he get's hot and turns the image around. Tom killed himself transferring 2 times.
Thanks beaced. I have been away for a while. Cant take the over emotional responses that go on.
Well with regards to OL's, in Savages case, he was benched and the new QB came in and had success. At least in Savage's case it wasn't entirely an OL issue.
Svavage > Hackenberg. Savage was a prostyle QB who was on the freshman All-American team. Fast forward to his sophomore year, New OC tries to implement a spread offense which obviously doesnt play to Savage strengths. Chas Dodd comes in, spread offense QB, and has success. Its comparing apples and oranges... Also the oline was one of the worst, if not the worst in the country which lead to Savage being hurt
Hackenberg is his own worse enemy. Yes the online has been bad but he has forgotten the basics. He needs to be more consistent. He like a rattled pitcher who aiming and not just throwing the ball. He has all the physical tools. If the light goes the sky the limit. Right now I just don't see it. I think he will come back next year unless he puts together a run the second half of the season.
The next Qb will most likely be a redshirt sophomore or redshirt freshmen. The good news is that both are more mobile QBs that fit Donovan's spread offense then Hackenberg did. The entire offense returns except one OL and possibly Hack returns next year.
true. What really hurt was losing anthony davis to the draft a year early. with davis, we might have had a decent line. we had no adequate replacement.
Yes. In the sense that both are very talented, but became shell shocked by a terrible offensive line that allowed far too many sacks. Hackenburg is a mere shell of what he was as a true freshman.
He can't read a defense during the play or pre snap. Against Army the CB was blitzing from the left side and it was obvious. The QB needs to read this and throw quickly to the WR the CB was coming off of. Hack didn't read the blitz, stood in the pocket and was sacked by the CB.
Hackenberg would be smarter to transfer where the offensive line gives him a chance. Needs a change of environment. Savage when he came back to Pittsburgh took some big hits but was able to still concetrate on the field.
