Roman Voss

Except they're playing and they're not getting better.

Now, the one solace I have is Roman Voss set a new career high in snaps.

That's great, but it's not exactly like Roman Voss is gonna fix your blocking problem because that's why Roman Voss doesn't play more, is Roman Voss is not suited to block as a true freshman.

[laughs] So I don't know what the answer is, where I gave them the grace of, "Okay, let's get to the bye week.

Okay, let's see how you do against Purdue.

And I think he needs to start playing immediately the back half of the year.

That's Roman Voss.

There's no reason for him not to be playing.

Do you want to guess how many catches? This is quick math here.

I'm gonna move an offensive lineman to a tight end number for the rest of the season." Now, I'm not anticipating that happens until after the bye week, because you need to have time to practice that, get that worked out, but I am so over them in the run game.

Or two, just rip off the Roman Voss and I would say George Roll Band-Aids, where Roman Voss has never blocked in his life before August.

He never had to.

He was just Mr.

You need to do something different because we're getting into the old expecting different results, yet you're doing the same things.

Am I being too harsh here? What is the temperature of the room here?

I, I think that I, I said in the group chat during, during the game, like I'm ready to sink or swim with Roman Voss.

Like the, there, there is value in failing with him, right? Because at least he gets the reps, and you get that on film, and you have that opportunity for him to learn.

I don't think he's getting the props he so richly deserves.

Go back and watch, there was a throw to Roman Voss first half- That's an NFL throw

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Then when it was 24-17, right? Washington has momentum.

He's going to need something of a compliment from the run game, of course, but it's-- this is one where it's got to go through the air predominantly.

You know what's been fun? I don't know if you can say the development, but just the two big moments for Roman Voss.

Two catches-

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I got a feeling that as a kid we're going to see more of as the season goes on.

Like this is the slow unveiling and packaging of what he may be able to become for the Gophers.

I don't know what that'll look like on Saturday, but I got a feeling as the season goes on, we're going to see a lot more of the highly touted Roman Voss.

100%.

And I know we did talk about in the group chat is as a, as a scheme, The gap scheme is helping them, and it's helping them as a change of pace, but it can be more crisp, and I think that they only have one way to go with the pull block, and I think it's only going to get better.

Well, that's where I know a common question I've received here in the last seven to ten days, especially with Roman Voss taking more of a role, is what does he have to do to have his role expand? And the easy answer to that is Roman Voss has to block.

Now, that is very simple in theory, but you have to remember Roman Voss at probably no point in his life has had to block because he was always the quarterback.

And if he wasn't the quarterback, he was going out to catch a touchdown pass.

There weren't probably many times in his 18 years on this earth that somebody is asking him to kick out a defensive end or come across the line and try to wham block somebody, whatever it may be.

So there's a lot of technique and fundamentals going on with him.

Now, I expect that for the caliber of athlete that he is, he'll continue to get better a lot more quickly than some other guys that have played the position for a long time.

But for those of you wondering, how do we have Roman Voss in the field more? He needs to be able to block because, Derek would tell you, then tendencies come into play.

Noah Jennings is making plays.

Zion Steptoe, Roman Voss, his very first touchdown here in your postgame press conference, and he's going to be a special player, right? I know I'm missing somebody.

Who am I missing, Drake? Probably a lot of

people.