Does Nebraska’s Offense Have As Many Weapons As We Think It Does?

It’s that time of year. Fall camp is well underway. All Common Fans are frothing at the mouth, desperate for football season to get here and clinging to any and all scraps of information, practice reports, message board rumors, and Big Red tidbits we can find. Football season is so close, and yet the two weeks before kickoff feel like an excruciatingly long way out. 

In the run-up to the real season, prognosticating and previews will have to tide us over. Position group reviews abound. In-depth analyses of Nebraska’s offense, defense, special teams, sleeping arrangements, dietary habits, clothing choices and more are being consumed like corn on the cob at a summer picnic. 

Today, for the Common Fan version of preview season, we will examine the question: “Does Nebraska’s Offense Have As Many Weapons As We Think They Do?” For purposes of this exercise, we’ll look both at reasons to believe, as well as reasons for concern. Let’s get to it. 

Does Nebraska’s Offense Have As Many Weapons As We Think?

There’s been so much heartache in Husker Nation the last several years, it’s hard to let yourself believe good things are going to happen. So let me say this: I genuinely believe we have MANY reasons to be optimistic this year. I believe things will turn a corner in 2024. I believe we'll get back to a bowl game and Husker fans will be dancing in the streets from Omaha to Scottsbluff, from Falls City to Valentine, from McCook to O’Neill. On the Common Fan Podcast, we’ve said it more than once: it’s time to believe in Husker football again. If that’s going to happen, we’ll need the offense to take a big step forward. 

Reasons to Believe

• The Wide Receivers. During one of our recent episodes, 1620 The Zone’s Josh Peterson listed the wide receiver group as one of his main reasons for optimism about the 2024 season. During the offseason…

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