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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 3947939, member: 628"]
Few thoughts…

The Good:

- OL looked remarkably competent. Great run blocking, solid pass blocking.  If they stay healthy and keep improving it’s impossible to overstate how important this unit will be in determining our season.

- Tucker is a monster.  In addition to his toughness, he has a gear where he can run away from people. Such a huge weapon. Kid *was* the O yesterday.

- Tackling was solid.  Amazing what happens when guys wrap up.

- Chestnut is the Tucker of the D.  Kid’s a star.

- D hunkered down and made stops in the red zone.  I’m the modern college game, I’ll take FGs  all day.

- Specials looked really good. Kickoffs went into the end zone, FGs and XPs were made, punts were placed perfectly, return game gave us good field position, coverage was string.  Couldn’t ask much more from this unit, which is absolutely critical for SU having a good year.

The concerns:

- Gotta convert TDs deep in the red zone.  Just have to.

- Ds gotta get off the field a bit more.  Couple drives needed to be stopped before they got in FG range.

- WRs need to get much better separation.  I don’t think we have the talent to do this 1-on-1, so the OC’s going to need to scheme them open.

- Passing game needs moreplays. I’m chalking this up to the game plan being vanilla.

None of the concerns are things that can’t be addressed.  The good seems repeatable.

Last thing, there is no more worthless cliche than the “biggest improvement comes between weeks 1 and 2”. I’ve followed football my entire life and I’ve never seen a shred of evidence that’s true. Hell, SU has a history of doing the exact opposite (hello, 1997 and 2019 seasons).  So there should be no assumption things just magically get better for the Rutgers game.  That being said, we reallllly need to beat those jerks.
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