re: Non-Barners: Would You Bench Nick Marshall for Jeremy Johnson

I wouldnt bench Marshall but I might try Johnson in Chad Slade's spot he couldnt do any worse

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Auburn family

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This is the issue I have with college football and only a 4 team playoff - the absolute importance of each game.

In the pros, if your QB has a sub-par game (ala Russell Wilson last night), you don't start talking about the backup playing the next week. You just can't be perfect week in and week out. No one can.

Dak Prescott had plenty of issues last week, Auburn just made a ton of mistakes and did not capitalize. Marshall is a very good college QB, he really is. Leave it at that.

I think JJ has looked really good in his opportunities. But I haven't seen enough of both to make a good decision.

As for the pressure on Marshall, could it be that teams are scheming for more pressure because they are daring him to throw?

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Wow. No. Tell your fellow Auburn fans to calm the frick down

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This. What Auburn was missing was the dominant OL blocking they had from last season against a darn good MSU front 7.

No. Nick didn't lose us the game against MSU. We played sloppy, got unlucky with a couple of unfortunate TOs for TDs early, and couldn't ever get it going enough.

For the most part, NM held his own against MSU. Red zone stuff is obviously an issue, but it's not like he was overmatched, we simply played sloppy as a team against a good team in their house. shite happens.

The one caveat is that I'd be willing to play JJ in game where we needed to go all in on the passing game. That was close to the case on Saturday, but at multiple points I think most folks thought it was still a winnable game for Auburn (we just couldn't keep any momentum). I don't want to play 2 QBs, but if we had handed MSU those 14 points in 3Q instead of the first, I'd understand giving JJ some work in that spot.

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I honestly wish we would run the read option more and let Nick make more plays on the ground instead of just running CAP into a mass of people on 1st down every time we enter the redzone

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Going back to his time with Chizik, Gus can be so stubborn with his play calling at times it infuriates me

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As for the pressure on Marshall, could it be that teams are scheming for more pressure because they are daring him to throw?

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This is likely true but it was also expected to be the case this year and I've been disappointed in our ability to counteract this. I think if we were running the ball more effectively it wouldn't be as much of an issue.

We have a bye week to figure things out. I hope we can find a good rotation for the O-line and maybe get some of our other receivers involved like Melvin Ray and Marcus Davis.

i don't think there's any doubt... he's yet to complete his 3rd full season as a college HC, 2nd at the power 5 level.

Y'all really miss Prosch, and CAP is not in the same league as Mason at RB. I actually think Grant is a better option than CAP from what I've seen this year.