Great piece.
I really dont have much to add this week. So I will just include my thoughts for the week here.
I brought up our inability to get deep with our WR earlier this week. Definitely hurt us. It will continue to hurt us going forward. It forces us to be perfect on offense.
Cherrington is a clown. I have no idea why this continues. Quay might not know the playbook front to back, but that SOB knows how to get in the backfield and beat a block.
Our safeties took bad angles and our LBs couldnt do anything because our DL got abused so bad. Really shoddy coaching by the D-staff and I continue to be highly suspect of C. Wilson as DC material. Heck, even as DL coach material.
Tyler showed great poise and did all he could. As many have said, the interception was on Mullen. aGAIN, this offense is going to be scary when Dak is a junior.
Malcolm Johnson was severely underused. As was the HB screen, bubble-WR screen game.
RoJo is our best WR. He needs to replace either LDP or Tubby on KR too.
aGAIN, Nick Griffin still has something to show. As I feared, LDP was rendered ineffective against a quality SEC D. Bama does that to everyone, so you really cant be disappointed in him, but man, I would have liked to see some more of Griffin - plus some Dak/Griffin packages in short yardage.
Jameon continues to show why he cant be relied on with another fumble.
Special Team CONTINUES to be an achilles heel. Thanks Dan.
Now, that all sounds bad, and I get that it was an NFL team we are playing, but it still doesnt excuse us getting rocked like that. I still think we have a chance at a great season, but unless we make some personnel adjustments at DL (more PJ and Quay) and WR/TE (more RoJo and MJ), we will have a tough time beating EVERY team left on the schedule. Notice, I am not saying it can't be done, but at this point I am HOPING for 2-2 the rest of the way. IF we make some adjustments and improve, 3-1 is certainly a possibility.
The offense should bounce back nicely this week, but I am scared to death of Johnny Football vs. our D.