How losing Parker Washington affects the Penn State offense: BWI Daily

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The Penn State offense sustained another loss last week when top receiver Parker Washington didn’t play against Rutgers. Rumors of his season-ending injury turned out to be true on Tuesday when head coach James Franklin announced his season was over.

Today on the BWI Daily Edition, host Thomas Frank Carr discusses how the loss of Washington changes the lineup for the worse and how he thinks Penn State should adjust for the final game of the regular season against Michigan State. He’ll also give a preview of what Michigan State likes to do defensively and discuss the slow offensive start problem that the Nittany Lions have had this year. Subscribe to the BWI Daily Edition on YouTube so you don’t miss the show!

How Penn State adjusted to the loss of Washington

T-Frank starts by reviewing the outcome of the game against Rutgers to ascertain how Penn State adjusted to the loss of Washington. He highlights how fellow starter Mitchell Tinsley’s role changed, and KeAndre Lambert-Smith assumed a more significant role to pick up the slack. Fans saw how that played out and how Penn State adjusted throughout the game.

With the changes offensively, who does T-Frank think should see more playing time? He gives his case for returning Tinsley to his original role and letting another receiver assume the slot position vacated by Washington.

Slow starts given context

However, the loss of Washington doesn’t explain that Penn State’s offense has been exceedingly slow to put together drives and score points in games this season. So, T-Frank asked Franklin on Tuesday how the process of in-game adjustments works. He plays Franklin’s answer and explains how that process has gone for the team this season. It underscores a problem in the passing game that T-Frank has pointed out several times in 2022 and gives more clarity to the problems that the team has had stringing together plays.

Finally, he puts all of this in the context of the next game against Michigan State. He speculates about the need to play three receivers against the Spartans, how they might play the Nittany Lions and what he thinks the early-game matchups will dictate for the Penn State offense.

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