USCe Grades

This is my opinion I don’t need And ain’t looking for a debate. Chime in with yours if you like...

RBs - A
OL - B+
WR - C-
TE/HB - ?
QB - D-

Offensive game plan - B-
Execution of game plan - C

DL - B-
LB - A
CB - C
S - B -

Defensive game plan - B+
Execution of game plan - B-

Special Teams
All solid A’s except punt return D+

I thought the OL made a big improvement and expect they will with more reps. DL just isn’t rotating enough guys at the moment. Especially inside. Zakoby in my opinion is our best linebacker even when Britt is on the field. Our DBs have to grow up and stop the shite talking. Do you job and at the end of the game let the talking speak for your play. Sherwood is an absolute beast. We need to go with Tennison some over Tutt just to give both reps. I guess Zion is some emergency linebacker but we need him and Peters (or Matthew Hill) to start giving us some depth at safety. The 3 corners are generally doing well overall but are young. McCreary is doing dang good for being our number 1.

Looks like Tank is the workhorse as he should be by his play on the field. As a true freshman I don’t want him with more then 20 carries in a game. 15-20 is perfect in my opinion regardless of need. DL looks to be the 3rd down blocking back. He and shiver (or where MAR is) need about 6-8 carries each to get us up to around that 30-35 rushes mark.

Wide Receivers have a long way to go. Thought capers other then the alligator arms on that one play has looked pretty good. He should take shed’s spot already. Eli and Seth are our best downfield. Schwartz needs football weight if he’s serious about concentrating on football. But has huge upside so development will be big. I think we have some young guys that can be good contributors but we need 2 highly rated WRs to compete regularly.

Bo... not even sure where to start. Way to much was put on him in the game plan for yesterday’s game. Needed more running and the WRs to give a little more help. The OL protected very well but he just rolls out. At this point the coaches either address it or we will continue to see that 55% passer. I wouldn’t mind seeing Bo have a few more designed runs and not just zone read outside but zone read inside power.

I like trick plays generally because they are exciting for the players. However when you are failing on execution of your base offense please scrap that crap. I’ve mentioned a couple times I’m not sure this offense is built to be a pass first offense. In accuracy at QB and lack of high end WR talent. I think we need more running involved.

Nothing needs to be said about coaching thst hasn’t been said over and over but will say as just mentioned less passing on O, more rotation on defense, less blitzing, and let’s run some zone coverages. Doesn’t have to be a part of the base defense but we have some long DBs and athletic LBs. Let them get some breaks and play soft coverage every once in a while maybe get some turnovers ourselves because we ain’t getting pressure now.