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We played very solid football as a team last night! 1-0, flip the banner!!!
No real big mistakes that cost us, turnover free and basically penalty free on the offensive side. No false starts, no delay of games, we were prepared. This is great, especially for the first game. Kudos to the staff.
Offensively - 7 rushers carried the ball 44 times for 283 yards / 6.4 ypc. If you’d told me Friday that we were gonna rush for almost 3 bills, there’d be no anxiety. We HANDLED the LOS. That’s a very good sign for a team as woeful offensively as we were in 2020.
Sean Tucker is our best football player, he plays on Sunday.
The remaining 3 RB’s, I think it’s safe to say we’re all pretty comfortable with them getting the ball. That’s so much fun, deepest the position’s been for us in a very long time.
Not much to discuss with the WR’s as they didn’t have nearly as many opportunities. We ran 71% of the time last night, which is a great thing.
Taj does Taj things, sticky hands, hard to tackle. He’ll get fed the most this year. Queeley is very sure-handed. Great complimentary player, more of a possession WR, which is always welcome. We will see more from this unit next week.
TE - Mang did the thing from a blocking standpoint. We’ve got to get these guys targets though, have to. They need to be involved.
OL - Game ball with Tucker. I haven’t checked PFF grades yet, but they played competently. Everyone’s concerns eased a bit? I don’t know what their ceiling is, but the floor’s definitely higher. Great job boys. Enough said
Defensively - We did not allow a TD. When is the last game we could say that, does anyone remember? 2019, more than once. We were 112th in the country last year in Total Defense and gave up over 32 per game. This is a great start and we showed resolve.
DL - solid/unspectacular. We’re going to need to get home more and do a better job against the run. Nice stand late in the 1st half. I’m not down on the group at all, but for as much experience as we have, I’m expecting this group to do a lot of leading.
LB - Mikel Jones did Mikel Jones things. Wax/Cantin-Arku and squad performed admirably. They created pressure and finished tackles.
Did you see any missed arm tackles last night? Nope, you really didn’t. We played so much better fundamentally.
DB - Duce! Amiright?!?! Wow, what a steal, 4.9 and all. We’ve found the next in what is turning into a long line of very good DB’s. Williams will not have as much showtime this year because he won’t be targeted, but man, do I feel better with who’s lined up across from him. Great job by a really young secondary last night.
ST’s - we hardly knew ye, and that’s a great sign. They came out and did their job without error. Hey, our Fr Punter Williams can punt Dropped two Dimes inside the 10 his first two times at the plate. I’m not sure if he’s got a boomer for a leg yet, but he can certainly drop it in there…
QB - TD was accurate and hit his first read. He also ran well when given the opportunity. He’s quicker than he might get credit for. He almost hit a couple deeps but didn’t, he will, and I hope he hits more than he misses.
Concerns: I’m not sure I saw a pass within the hashes, almost everything was outside the numbers. We also did not really see TD get through progressions. 95% of what came out was Quick Game / RPO / Zone read. I’d like to see a bit more touch on the short and intermediate throws, almost everything was a rocket ball, Nassibesque but with a bit more speed on it if you ask me.
I still don’t have much evidence that he’s settled in enough to play calm and work to 2nd & 3rd reads. We will find out next week, as we will not bully Rutgers at the LOS like we did the boobercats.
GS got a handful of plays in closer duty and was trying too hard to make the most of those plays. I’m disappointed he didn’t get run, but I understand why that happens. He didn’t look happy after the game, but what competitor would’ve been? We’ll need him at some point, and he can move. I’m just interested to see how he throws/pocket presence.
We beat a solid MAC team tonight that was prepared to play football. We should’ve dominated like we did, we’re a P5 program with many more resources. That’s what you’re supposed to do and we did it. Gold star on the checkbox.
But we need to get back and keep it moving for Rutgers. Their score was a bit misleading against Temple, but, they’ll still be a more formidable foe.
ONWARDS & UPWARDS!
No real big mistakes that cost us, turnover free and basically penalty free on the offensive side. No false starts, no delay of games, we were prepared. This is great, especially for the first game. Kudos to the staff.
Offensively - 7 rushers carried the ball 44 times for 283 yards / 6.4 ypc. If you’d told me Friday that we were gonna rush for almost 3 bills, there’d be no anxiety. We HANDLED the LOS. That’s a very good sign for a team as woeful offensively as we were in 2020.
Sean Tucker is our best football player, he plays on Sunday.
The remaining 3 RB’s, I think it’s safe to say we’re all pretty comfortable with them getting the ball. That’s so much fun, deepest the position’s been for us in a very long time.
Not much to discuss with the WR’s as they didn’t have nearly as many opportunities. We ran 71% of the time last night, which is a great thing.
Taj does Taj things, sticky hands, hard to tackle. He’ll get fed the most this year. Queeley is very sure-handed. Great complimentary player, more of a possession WR, which is always welcome. We will see more from this unit next week.
TE - Mang did the thing from a blocking standpoint. We’ve got to get these guys targets though, have to. They need to be involved.
OL - Game ball with Tucker. I haven’t checked PFF grades yet, but they played competently. Everyone’s concerns eased a bit? I don’t know what their ceiling is, but the floor’s definitely higher. Great job boys. Enough said
Defensively - We did not allow a TD. When is the last game we could say that, does anyone remember? 2019, more than once. We were 112th in the country last year in Total Defense and gave up over 32 per game. This is a great start and we showed resolve.
DL - solid/unspectacular. We’re going to need to get home more and do a better job against the run. Nice stand late in the 1st half. I’m not down on the group at all, but for as much experience as we have, I’m expecting this group to do a lot of leading.
LB - Mikel Jones did Mikel Jones things. Wax/Cantin-Arku and squad performed admirably. They created pressure and finished tackles.
Did you see any missed arm tackles last night? Nope, you really didn’t. We played so much better fundamentally.
DB - Duce! Amiright?!?! Wow, what a steal, 4.9 and all. We’ve found the next in what is turning into a long line of very good DB’s. Williams will not have as much showtime this year because he won’t be targeted, but man, do I feel better with who’s lined up across from him. Great job by a really young secondary last night.
ST’s - we hardly knew ye, and that’s a great sign. They came out and did their job without error. Hey, our Fr Punter Williams can punt Dropped two Dimes inside the 10 his first two times at the plate. I’m not sure if he’s got a boomer for a leg yet, but he can certainly drop it in there…
QB - TD was accurate and hit his first read. He also ran well when given the opportunity. He’s quicker than he might get credit for. He almost hit a couple deeps but didn’t, he will, and I hope he hits more than he misses.
Concerns: I’m not sure I saw a pass within the hashes, almost everything was outside the numbers. We also did not really see TD get through progressions. 95% of what came out was Quick Game / RPO / Zone read. I’d like to see a bit more touch on the short and intermediate throws, almost everything was a rocket ball, Nassibesque but with a bit more speed on it if you ask me.
I still don’t have much evidence that he’s settled in enough to play calm and work to 2nd & 3rd reads. We will find out next week, as we will not bully Rutgers at the LOS like we did the boobercats.
GS got a handful of plays in closer duty and was trying too hard to make the most of those plays. I’m disappointed he didn’t get run, but I understand why that happens. He didn’t look happy after the game, but what competitor would’ve been? We’ll need him at some point, and he can move. I’m just interested to see how he throws/pocket presence.
We beat a solid MAC team tonight that was prepared to play football. We should’ve dominated like we did, we’re a P5 program with many more resources. That’s what you’re supposed to do and we did it. Gold star on the checkbox.
But we need to get back and keep it moving for Rutgers. Their score was a bit misleading against Temple, but, they’ll still be a more formidable foe.
ONWARDS & UPWARDS!
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