P.J. Fleck has said before that building trust comes down to three things:
- Proof
- Consistency
- Time
First, can you do it? Then once you’ve done it, can you do it consistently? And how long can you maintain that consistency? Right now, the Minnesota Golden Gophers’ passing game can’t check any of those boxes, and that is a problem for Fleck and co.
Three years ago, quarterback Tanner Morgan broke single-season program records for passing yards and passing touchdowns, and Tyler Johnson and Rashod Bateman became the first teammates to be named First-Team All-Big Ten in the same season.