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Bulletin board material? Colorado LB says passing is a ‘weakness’ for Huskers QB Adrian Martinez
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Colorado was relatively quiet on its trash talk early this week, but as gameday against Nebraska gets closer, the shots are beginning to trickle out of Boulder. The latest may be a regretful one.
All week, the conversation has been about how Colorado plans to stop dynamic dual-threat quarterback Adrian Martinez. Though he didn’t perform particularly well against South Alabama in the opener, he’s still considered one of the top players at the position in college football.
But Buffaloes linebacker Davion Taylor recently told The Athletic that he believes that if his team can keep Martinez inside the pocket, they’ll have a good shot to win the game. He’s not really impressed with the sophomore’s passing ability.
“We have to keep him in the pocket and make him pass,” Taylor said, according to Max Olson. “If we make him pass, I feel like that’s probably one of his weaknesses.”
👀 Colorado's Davion Taylor on defending Nebraska QB Adrian Martinez: "We have to keep him in the pocket and make him pass. If we make him pass, I feel like that’s probably one of his weaknesses." https://t.co/iic5kPun9q
— Max Olson (@max_olson) September 5, 2019
Martinez didn’t look special throwing the football in the opener last Saturday. He completed just 13-of-22 pass attempts against the Jaguars, throwing for 178 yards with one interception and no touchdown passes. He gained just six yards on 13 carries, as well.
That performance was somewhat of an outlier of Martinez’s brief career under center for the Huskers, though. Last year, he threw for 2,617 yards while completing passes at a 64.6 percent clip with 17 touchdowns. He added 629 rushing yards and eight touchdowns, as well.
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The last thing Colorado wanted to provide Martinez with after a less-than-impressive showing was more motivation to return to his usual self. It seems Taylor isn’t too worried about it, though.
Saturday’s game just got a little more interesting, that’s for sure.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB