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I know it's easy to shyt on Hackenberg but that line is terrible.
I was hard on Hack yesterday out of frustration, but in reality there are a lot of things wrong with PSU's offense. In order:
1) AWFUL unimaginative, vanilla, predictable play calling
2) no spacing or imagination in the route concepts. You are 6-7 deep with real talent at WR and nobody is ever open?
3) the line is TERRIBLE. It's tough to run imaginative plays or get guys open when you can get pressure with 2 or 3 rushers and drop 8-9 into coverage. So the shytty line just compounds issues 1 and 2
4) Hack is severely overrated. He has a big arm and can be relentless throwing downfield. Those are his strengths. If he was Baylor's QB he would look like the draft pick he is projected to be. But he sucks under pressure, has no touch on his underneath or intermediate throws, throws often into double or triple coverage (dating back to high school and even his freshman year under O'Brien) and struggles with throwing with accuracy consistently. One throw he can look like Marino and the next he's Jeff George. His high school tape will show you the same limitations, so it's not just a product of playing in a shytty offense with a shytty O line.
It's a tragedy that we can take this stable of wide receivers and running backs and puke out this on field product.
John Donovan (the OC) should have been left in Philly, for real. This team will be better off with anyone else designing the offense and calling the plays.