JEFF BROHM: Well, it's a veteran presence that I think will continue to get better. When you went and looked at it, where did he really make his plays and stand out on Saturday? You saw the lift that Jalen Graham gave the defense. Yes, those linemen are going to play before the end of the year for sure. We have some tough guys on the team that are not able to practice as much, which I think has hurt us a little bit. Charlie has been nicked up, hasn't been able to practice much. Gus is playing through some injuries and he's just a tough son of a gun. At some point they'll have to go in, but we're not going to, you know, probably dip down unless we have to. They're not up to the capabilities of our first six, but they're getting closer. JEFF BROHM: Well, those guys are getting closer. Do you look at - I mean, you're always try to develop guys, but are there some of the younger guys that are closer that could help you in the second half of the year? I thought or offensive line played hard and we just got to correct any mistakes we had. When we thought we might have a hole running, they got off the blocks at the last minute. You know, those and their defensive line, especially the one-three technique, was a little better than we thought. Wasn't one of our better games, but couple of the sacks were coverage sacks, couple of the sacks were tight ends, couple of the sacks were the quarterback holding it too long. We were able to rotate a little more in those positions that gave guys more responsibilities. At some point it'll probably be less than the six guys that are playing, so we've got to get the other ones ready to go just in case. JEFF BROHM: Well, we got to continue to develop the others. As you look at the offensive line on film, how did they hold up? What did you see? Is this kind of the six that you need to go moving forward now? Unfortunately suffered a knee injury, and he will be out for the season. JEFF BROHM: He will be out for the season. I guess we tossed the ball illegally forward, so that was illegal, that part. JEFF BROHM: Oh, that was for when we recovered the onside kick. They threw a flag on that, not for the offsides, but they threw a flag for something else. But yeah, really good job by Cam, and any time you can block an extra point and do anything that gives you an advantage it helps. They came back and scored, so unfortunately didn't work out exactly the way we wanted. Gave us the ability to come down and score, take the lead, put us in an advantageous position, and then of course being able to score again gave us what we thought was a little leeway. On the two-point play their linemen was six yards down the field, so two good calls in our opinion that luckily were called.īut to block an extra point is huge when you block a kick, especially when the game is tied. Did he move a little bit before the others? Yes, but he was in the offsides when the ball snapped. When we looked at the video and had the big screen on it, he was not offsides from our vantage point. Any time you can block an extra point it's huge. Just how significant was Cam Allen's block of the PAT, and how did that affect strategy on your end at the end of the game, and how do you feel like it potentially impacted what Maryland wanted to do at the end of the game as well? So we're going to have to practice well, be really hungry this week to improve, and come ready to play. I think they have simplified some things in their plan and they're playing good football. They've got a talented football team, coming off two wins that has always had a lot of talent, got great size, they look the part, they got really good players. Without question we need to have a good week of practice. Always a lot to learn from the last game, so we're going to have to do that as we proceed forward. JEFF BROHM: They've been tremendous all year, so it will be great to get back and have a home game. Purdue football head coach Jeff Brohm held his weekly press conference on Monday to talk the close win over Maryland and preview this weekend's game against Nebraska under the lights of Ross Ade Stadium on Saturday at 7:30 pm.
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