My thoughts:
- TJ Jones, love his effort. Reminds me of Donald Driver in the sense that he has great hands and brings 100% effort every play.
- Rees was off target, but didn't hurt us with his play.
- Nice to see BK trust two freshman WRs, and they rewarded him by playing hard and making plays.
- OL absolutely dominated in pass protection (more on this later). Not very impressive in run blocking, though. I watched LSU's OL later that night, and you watch two plays and you see the difference in the OL in the run game. Their OL deliver blows on running plays, ours get stood too often. Big difference in strength.
- Nix played good again. It's not a glamorous position, so I give him credit for keeping his cool, but personally, I wouldn't mind seeing him lay into the other DL. If he's getting smashed by doubles all game, the other DL need to reward him by winning one on ones. Sometimes playing for a teammate/coach you respect drives you more than you can yourself. I hope others are taking notice of how hard Nix is working and what he's doing for this team.
- IDK what it is with Tuitt, but he's a little overrated. Still talented and could be a late 1st round pick IMO, but he's not winning one on ones like he should be.
- Jarret Grace runs extremely funny. Just an observation, but he looks like a newly born baby deer that's trying to stand for the first time. Maybe it's the octopus-like arms, IDK.
- More on BK and trust. He showed it with his young WRs and they played well. IDK what's going on in the backfield, but personally I cannot stand watching GAIII play RB. His track speed isn't translating to football speed, he can't catch well, and he runs like a wet napkin. IDK why he keeps getting reps, but as a fan I'm upset that GB/Folston/Amir aren't getting the ball more, and I can't imagine how frustrated those players themselves must be. I don't blame the young guys if they consider transfers, although I expect their playing time to increase and hopefully they stay. As far as the Bryant transfer rumors go, the writing is on the wall IMO.
- Back to our OL and protection. Our offense is tough to watch, but imagine if we had Golson coupled with all of the time they give us to pass. He would have his 5 seconds in the pocket, roll out to extend it another 5 seconds, and we'd be making big plays all over the field I bet. I think our play calling stinks, but we're underestimating how important a mobile QB is nowadays.
I was told I was crazy when I said this offense would average 10 points less per game this year since Golson is out, and I think it's true. And pointing to PPG last year doesn't mean much, because Golson was playing much better and the learning curve was looking good at the end of last year, not to mention our outside weapons are better this year. This year's not going to be fun to watch, but the coaches need to just stay afloat. Golson out really set us back offensively. We were set to make huge plays this year IMO.
