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Matt Rhule details Nebraska’s red zone mentality heading into 2023 season
By Ethan Stone
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Matt Rhule made something very clear about Nebraska’s red zone mentality heading into the 2023 season.
“We want to score touchdowns, not field goals,” Rhule said, via the Omaha World-Herald Tuesday. “That’s our whole mindset. And I like the way we’re proceeding.”
The Huskers had a strong 2022 season inside the red zone, scoring on 87% of their trips within the 20-yard line. 67% of those scores were for touchdowns. Rhule, who is making his return to college coaching after a stint in the NFL, is hoping for that trend to stay and even increase heading into his Year 1 in Lincoln.
He specifically pointed out QB Jeff Sims’ role in keeping that number efficient:
“A quarterback has to be really cognizant down there of kind of having a sniper’s mentality of touchdown/check down,” Rhule said “Not scrambling around and taking sacks.”
The Huskers kick off the 2023 season on Thursday, Aug 31 against Minnesota.
Ethan Stone was an editor for his student newspaper at the University of Tennessee and is now a News Manager for Saturday Tradition.