Purdue Football: Depth Chart Review – Offense

Quarterback

*Starters in Bold

Ryan Browne: Snaps – 46 – Comp – 10/29 – Yds – 142 – Td – 1 – Int – 2 – Rushes – 3 – Yds – 7

Grade: F

Gross.

That was Ryan Browne’s worst game of the season by a wide margin. That looked more like the quarterback predicted to be the Big 10’s worst, not the one who looked like one of the biggest roster values in the nation earlier in the season.

Purdue needs him to be a playmaker for this offense to work. When teams blitz, he needs to punish them, not encourage them. Browne may as well have worn a “please don’t blitz me” sign around his neck in this one because when Penn State brought the heat, he melted. According to PFF, Penn State blitzed him on 14 of his 29…