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AMES – The best advice someone can offer Taylor Mouser, Iowa State’s new offensive coordinator, is nestled within these three words:
Overthinking not allowed.
The Cyclones are loaded on offense. Playmakers are throughout the depth chart, starting with freshman All-American quarterback Rocco Becht. If a veteran offensive line can keep improving (and yes, it improved throughout most of last season), that side of the ball could be very, very good.
Again, overthinking not allowed.
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Starting over is not what this unit needs, after the Los Angeles Rams hired away 2023 OC Nate Scheelhaase. This isn’t like making over an offense that’s broken. Offensive coaches know their guys. They know the plays. They know what needs to be done. Becht, receivers Jaylin Noel and Jayden Higgins, tight end Ben Brahmer, and running back Abu Sama (among others) – they know what to do.
What this offense needs is continuity. This is no time to fill proven stars’ heads with a new playbook. Plus, with four starters and 57 combined career starts among the returning offensive line, Mouser’s biggest job for 2024 is to, bluntly:
Refine – and not mess up what’s already been started.
Iowa State is promoting tight ends coach Taylor Mouser to offensive coordinator after the departure of Nate Scheelhaase to the NFL
No current offensive assistant coach knows the players (and Campbell) better than Mouser, who will be 33 when the season starts Aug. 31 against North Dakota at Jack Trice Stadium. They worked together at Toledo. Mouser came with Campbell to Iowa State in 2016. He’s been a graduate assistant, an assistant director of scouting, and he was in the offensive quality control department, before becoming the Cyclones’ tight ends coach in…
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Author : The Des Moines Register
Publish date : 2024-03-01 17:28:47
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