Broadway Press Conference for Norfolk State Game

[bluehaze]

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[bluehaze]

He has alot of respect for Norfolk State's coaching staff. I don't think Broadway is using coach speak when he's complimenting them.
Looks like Quick is first up to bat again.

[marchingband1969]

I think Quick will continue to start as long as he's healthy enough to play. Starting him does give us a slight initial edge because the other team has to prepare more for a read-option QB. I almost think Broadway is using Quick more to keep the other team off guard. The only problem I see is it doesn't take the other team long in the game to figure out Quick isn't as big of a running or passing threat as he was before getting injured.

I also think Broadway wants to bring Raynard along slowly.

[aggierattler]

Oct 6, 2015 16:18:57 GMT -5 marchingband1969 said:

I think Quick will continue to start as long as he's healthy enough to play. Starting him does give us a slight initial edge because the other team has to prepare more for a read-option QB. I almost think Broadway is using Quick more to keep the other team off guard. The only problem I see is it doesn't take the other team long in the game to figure out Quick isn't as big of a running or passing threat as he was before getting injured.

I also think Broadway wants to bring Raynard along slowly.

I pretty much agree with you on that, MB69.

[saabman]

Oct 6, 2015 18:12:07 GMT -5 aggierattler said:

Oct 6, 2015 16:18:57 GMT -5 marchingband1969 said:

I think Quick will continue to start as long as he's healthy enough to play. Starting him does give us a slight initial edge because the other team has to prepare more for a read-option QB. I almost think Broadway is using Quick more to keep the other team off guard. The only problem I see is it doesn't take the other team long in the game to figure out Quick isn't as big of a running or passing threat as he was before getting injured.

I also think Broadway wants to bring Raynard along slowly.

I pretty much agree with you on that, MB69.

I'm surprised that Broadway didn't mention how much of a passing team Norfolk State is ? I feel that our DB's will be tested this weekend. Norfolk like the long ball l hope that the secondary is up for the test.

[Gator]

Honestly,

I don't think we should be that concerned about their passing attack due to the strength of our defensive line. Pressure will always minimize their threat of a passing game. As long as we keep the QB contained, I think we'll get out of Norfolk with a victory.

[Brandmasta]

Hampton did burn us a couple of times on the deep balls, so hopefully we can contain Norfolk better than we did Hampton.

[marchingband1969]

Let's face it, a good passing QB in our conference can cause major problems for any MEAC defense. The good news is most MEAC teams rarely get a good passing QB. Just look at our track record. How many good passing QB's have we had the past 10 to 20 years. And when we've had a good passing QB, we've won consistently.

I'm sure that Broadway will have a few surprises for Norfolk but I'm also sure our defense will get burned a few times Saturday. I just hope their QB is just "good" not "great." It's going to be a tough game but I think we will win when all the dust settles.

[oleschoolaggie]

i’ve seen norfolk play rutgers on tv (still have it on my dvr) and their qb (hankerson) is the real deal. i warned folks about this guy 3 or 4 weeks ago. dude is a “pocket passer”, but is also a running threat. the ultimate “duel threat” qb. i watched him “accurately” make just about every pass imaginable against rutgers, long ball, short ball, intermediate ball. he can even “thread the needle”. i’ve seen this dude make very difficult passes look “easy”. he’s in hampton’s qb’s (watford) class, very similar and pretty much just as good.

this guy is very “dangerous” and if we don’t do a better job with our pass defense, we might see a duplication of what happened to us last week against hampton. it is “imperative” that we put intense pressure on this dude and don’t let him escape the pocket because he’s athletic and can hurt you with his feet just like hampton’s qb can.

hampton’s qb currently leads the meac in passing, but norfolk’s hankerson is not very far behind him in 2nd place. guys/gals, hankerson is no fluke! beware! let’s just hope we can do a better job of containing norfolk’s receivers than we did hampton’s because no doubt hankerson will get the ball to them and it’ll get there “on the money”...

[neighborhoodsuperstar]

Is Norfolk's receiving corp as talented and dangerous as Hampton's?

[Aggie Monster]

I'm surprised at the lack of faith in McRae after a very bad, very rare game. It was not a reflection of his overall productivity at CB. I don't think he will have another game like that. If a team tries him that many times again they will be asking for trouble.

[JayBee]

Oct 7, 2015 12:39:11 GMT -5 Aggie Monster said:

I'm surprised at the lack of faith in McRae after a very bad, very rare game. It was not a reflection of his overall productivity at CB. I don't think he will have another game like that. If a team tries him that many times again they will be asking for trouble.

I agree!

[AggieMac]

I agree with most of the sentiments, however I'm not too worried this week than I was of last week's match up with Hampton. Norfolk had -17 total net rushing yards and -0.5 yds/rush against Howard. Therefore they had to pass the ball in order to win, which plays into our style of defense. Granite they did a great job of connecting with receivers last week, but just like Hampton found out when you pass too much a turnover is bound to happen.

Yes McRae had a bad game and he knows it, based on his quotes on Instagram. I highly doubt the secondary will have a repeat performance.

[oleschoolaggie]

i guess the good news for us is that norfolk’s receivers “statistically” do not appear to be as talented as hampton’s receivers. but i don’t like to rely on stats, it could be because hankerson spreads the ball around more than watford. i dunno.

but hampton’s twarn mixson leads the meac both in receiving yards per game and total catches, that’s who hurt us the most last week. he went for 5 catches, 136 yards, and 1 td against us with his longest catch going for 48 yards. he accounted for over half of hampton’s total passing yardage (261 yards) last week. hampton also has another receiver (rashawn proctor) who is 5th in the meac in reception yards and 7th in catches. he didn’t hurt us too much, he might not have played, he had no catches against us.

that being stated, norfolk doesn’t have any receivers who are ranked ahead of either of those 2 hampton receivers. norfolk’s best receiver (statistically) is deandre sangster who ranks 7th in reception yardage and 8th in catches. other than him, norfolk doesn’t have any other receivers who rank in the top 10 of the meac. “hopefully”, that bodes well for us...

[oleschoolaggie]

Oct 7, 2015 13:00:14 GMT -5 AggieMac said:

I agree with most of the sentiments, however I'm not too worried this week than I was of last week's match up with Hampton. Norfolk had -17 total net rushing yards and -0.5 yds/rush against Howard. Therefore they had to pass the ball in order to win, which plays into our style of defense. Granite they did a great job of connecting with receivers last week, but just like Hampton found out when you pass too much a turnover is bound to happen.

Yes McRae had a bad game and he knows it, based on his quotes on Instagram. I highly doubt the secondary will have a repeat performance.

norfolk is “next to last” in the meac in rushing, only dsu has less rushing yardage. according to his press conference, norfolk’s coach seems to believe they rushed the ball poorly against howard because they had two starting o-linemen who didn’t play in that game. but i’m not too concerned with their running game that much beyond respecting an opponent.

unlike hampton last week, if we can force norfolk to become a “one dimensional” offense passing the ball, then we can pretty much pin our ears back and “blitz” them mofo’s sometimes and force t/o’s! couldn’t do that against hampton because hampton also hurt us on the ground compiling over 170 yards rushing.

but i’m like you, i just don’t see us performing so poorly (on both sides of the ball) 2 weeks in a row. i’ve got to believe that we will be “extra focused” this week because of what happened to us last week, at least i hope that's the case...