After rewatching a few times this week and taking notes.
the problems that show up on tape, in order of importance:
QB1 panics when WRs don’t have separation, and can’t see the field well. QB2 is not scared, but also not accurate. QB1 throws about 1 out of 2 well. QB2 throws about 1 out of 3 well.
WRs rarely get separation, and don’t fight hard (at all) for contested balls. We've left several TDs on the field already from WRs not battling for the ball. Our WRs are mostly in man coverage and not winning.
OL is inconsistent, it’s mostly Stutts, Miller, and Jones having issues.
Have to say it – the officiating Saturday heavily influenced the outcome. 2 of AU’s biggest plays had phantom holds that killed the drives. Both of tamu’s big plays had uncalled blatant holds that caused the play to work.
PFF notes on SEC players (all filtered on snaps above minumum):
Stutts is the 28th rated OG in the SEC – so, 14 SEC teams, 2 guards/team…
Miller is 24th rated OT in the SEC.
We have 1 WR (Fair) in the top 32 of the SEC.
Thorne is 13th overall QB in the SEC, beating out Vandy’s QB by 1 pt. In terms of just passing, he’s the 14th in the SEC.
If I turn off min snaps, Robby is the 31st QB in the SEC. But it's a low sample size.
As bad as they are playing, the transfers are mostly upgrades from what we were going to have on the field otherwise. Might have moved us from 5 wins to 7. The miss on QB is devastating to this season.
