re: Jalens playoff numbers

I’ll just quit posting then. You people are fricking nuts.

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I’ll just quit posting then.

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Ok

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You people are fricking nuts.

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Oh

add in the number of times he checked to a successful play, pointed out the blitzing defender so it could be picked up and that resulted in a successful play.


That wouldn't take much time. I'm not one of the die hard Jalen bashers, but he is horrendous at the pre-snap read part of the game. Every blitz he sees seems like the first blitz he sees.

Those stats are terrible by any metric you want to use. In context, Jalen is being asked to throw somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-25 passes a game. He’s not being asked to win it with his arm. If he completes 12-15 of them it should amount to at least 150 yards and keep the running lanes open for our backs.
I’m not denying the intangibles that Jalen brings to the table for they count for a lot. But are they enough to overcome his large passing deficit? That’s a matter of opinion. I support the kid and I hope he wins the game for us. But I also feel like we are asking a lot of our defense and frustrating the whole team when we continue to struggle and misfire on offense due to shaky QB play combined with questionable play calling.
You pointed to those stats being misleading in the last Clemson game due to being on a short field most of the time. That’s true, we had a short field much of the night.

But here’s a stat that’s not misleading in light of a short field. The offense started 7 drives beyond our own 40 yard line. That’s a pretty short field. We managed to score points on 3 of those drives and one of those 3 started at the Clemson 27 thanks to Payne’s INT. So despite starting in great field position, we scored all of 17 points on our 7 best opportunities. The other 4 were 3 punts and a missed FG. And on the successful FG we had 1st and goal from the 3.
I repeat, we are asking a helluva lot from our defense.

I think most of us are just in a wait and see mode with jalen tonight. I would be content if he continues his stat line, hopefully with 0 turnovers. Will be happy if he connects on a few deeper passes.

We are who we are, so let's lineup and do this thing .

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I think most of us are just in a wait and see mode with jalen tonight. I would be content if he continues his stat line, hopefully with 0 turnovers. Will be happy if he connects on a few deeper passes. We are who we are, so let's lineup and do this thing .

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I just want to win and I understand that no amount of squealing about the offense or personnel is going to change how we approach the game. Hopefully our plan works. If not, that will suck and we'll need to make changes. If it does work but there is a better path next year, frick yea let's do it.

Hope awhile but probably not lol

Dude who cares? Seriously at this point it is what it is. Nothing you say will change tonight nothing.

I’ll take the natty tonight playing the same game we’ve used to get this far. But we’re playing with fire and for no reason. We have better weapons than this to be so ineffective. We are asking our defense to play a perfect game every time out. If they have an off day, we don’t dare look at the current offense and say it’s on you today. And there’s no reason for it. We have the personnel to be explosive. Kiffin showed that. So why do we continue to handicap ourselves this way?