Does Passing Offense Get It Together

To me Coleman, Singelton, and Fields make almost any passing game dynamic.

I’m much more concerned about kicking. We will need those 3 points in SEC play.

I’ve seen a lot of people bitch about the game yesterday.

The last two years we lost games like this we had no business losing.

Yesterday we slept walked through the game and dominated them. Yeah there were a few busted plays, but this team isn’t the last two years teams. Those teams would have found a way to lose games like this. And yesterday busted plays and all we gave up negative rushing yards.

For the first time in years we have hope. We have a chance to be a really good football team, and it’s disappointing seeing more people complain about the game than celebrating a dominant win. Sure it was an over matched team in Ball State but so was New Mexico State. I remember that game having a fairly different result.

I think against Ball State and South Alabama it makes sense to pass more than we should if the team needs some practice on timing etc.

The biggest issue I saw was the pass blocking.

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The last two years we lost games like this we had no business losing.

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We never lost a single game "like this". Ball St is an inferior opponent in all aspects. We did lose games we should have won last year, but they were not of the Ball st caliber. They were Oklahoma, Arkansas etc.

I’m gone to give Malcolm a little slack from last night. I don’t know how they looked on tv, but at the game those punts were awful knuckleballs. Wind wasn’t helping either. The ones that he actually punted clean, Malcolm did an okay job with other than the one at the end of the half that the guy just nuked opposite side of the field after a few wounded ducks. Malcolm dead sprinted over but he wasn’t getting to that one.

It needs to be better, but with how bad those punts were to try and field, I’m much happier with someone letting it go instead of trying to make a diving catch on a wounded duck.

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To me Coleman, Singelton, and Fields make almost any passing game dynamic.

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You would think so with the talent but to me what makes a dynamic passing offense is a vertical passing game. Yards per attempt, yards per catch and so on.

Singleton is like our Ryan Davis and Eli Stove guy- bubble screens and jet sweeps.

We all should enjoy the win but I remember scoring 77 on teams like Ball State with Jason Campbell on multiple deep strikes.

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My biggest gripe are the opening drives that result in zero points. It feels like every game we start off slow. Every half time we start off punting. To me it screams poor coaching and the inability to motivate your team to execute at a high level.

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The opening drive should be scripted and well thought out. I have no clue why we always start sluggish.

We haven’t seen a lot of long vertical throws in the passing game. It’s a lot of short to medium catch and run plays.

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We haven’t seen a lot of long vertical throws in the passing game. It’s a lot of short to medium catch and run plays.

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Right. We need to stress the defense. If the defense is trying to stop the run the intermediate passes are not going to make the defense readjust.

Auburn used yesterday as a glorified practice for the passing attack.

We know we can run the ball. We know we can go RPO at will. We also know that Jackson Arnold is new to the system and still trying to mold with the WR group. We also need to give the OL reps for pass protection. Auburn will probably do a lot of the same against South Alabama.

We also need to acknowledge that our RB are not the best. Probably the weakest we have had in years.