Coley ain’t the guy

Uh oh idiot ozzy Osbourne Jr may try to call you out for this...

Agreed. Fromm and the receivers were off last night. The plays were mostly fine, imo. If they execute just a clip better last night, we likely have another 14-21 points.

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Uh oh idiot ozzy Osbourne Jr may try to call you out for this...

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Nah, he's said this from game one. Don't be a little bitch because you thought you were bringing new info that has been posted 100's of times on here.

Seems like he is locking in on a Target on some plays instead of going thru his progression,but some plays he will find his 3rd option.kinda weird.

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WG_Dawg

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I agree. To me, Jake has not taken that step forward I thought he would as a third year starter. I don’t know if I would go so far as saying he’s regressed but he’s definitely been “off” and has missed some throws I would think he should have made. How much of that is on Jake and how much is on the qb coach/offensive coordinator?

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This morning I watched the replay and feel quite a bit different.

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Agree 100%. I just watched the majority of the replay and our offense was actually very effective and SHOULD have produced 40+ points but we had several key miscues that you pretty much covered but I'll reiterate.

Fromm had 3 miscues that would have turned this game into an absolute massacre - not hitting a wide open Swift on the 2 yard line, overthrowing Kearis right before half for a sure TD, and then noodle arming the ball to an open Eli Wolfe in the 3rd quarter. We also had a couple key drops that would have extended drives. I must say that Jake also had some absolutely beautiful throws last night mixed in with his mistakes.

Overall, the offense is still underperforming and that is worrisome. However, it looks like we are misfiring on just a few key plays throughout the game that is preventing us from really blowing some teams out/reaching our full potential. I am not a big fan of Coley but he was fine yesterday. I feel good about Auburn as long as we can protect Fromm and don't turn the ball over.

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This morning I watched the replay and feel quite a bit different. I think most of the above sentiments can actually be pinned on Fromm yesterday specifically.

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I think that's a little ungenerous.

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We moved down the field with ease and went up 7-0.

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Thanks to a couple of nice throws by Fromm.

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The next posession we're down inside the redzone and on 3rd down fromm tries to throw a fully covered route to someone (pickens?) while swift was absolutley wide open on a little flare route. I mean nobody was within 10 yards of him and you or me could have walked that TD in.

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Here's the play.

The snap is low and takes Fromm's eyes off of the play. When he regains his line of sight, he's got a bead on Woerner who is in single coverage in the end zone, a play that Fromm throws to all day long, except he's normally throwing to athletic receivers who can jump. Woerner barely gets his toes off the ground and the ball is a little off any way due to Fromm having an unblocked defender coming right for him, giving him no time for a perfect throw, much less time for a check down to Swift. If Fromm has more time, maybe he makes a better throw or checks down to Swift. He was waiting for Woerner's route to open up for the man-on-man shot and good defense by Mizzou made the difference.

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In the 3rd quarter we had a TE (can't remember which one) wide slap open streaking into the east endzone and fromm was not only late on the throw but short as well and incomplete.

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This is the play. First of all, yes, it was underthrown. Looks like bad mechanics had Fromm throwing with his weight back instead of leaning into the throw. Even so, it wasn't "late", per se, as Fromm was looking for Simmons over the middle first who was running maybe a post route but didn't have leverage. He then went to Wolf who had a couple of steps on his man and Fromm threw it as soon as he saw that. The defender made a good play on the ball and knocked it away. The ball was catchable even if it was behind, but the defender made a play that made the difference. This was on Fromm, sure, as he could've made a better throw to ensure the defender couldn't knock it away so easily.

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Last series before halftime he had Kearis with 2 steps on the defender and overthrew him.

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This play. Yes, it was overthrown, but it was also a low percentage play. The ball traveled over 40 yards, had to go past two defenders, and was about 2-3 inches off target to make that catchable. That was unfortunate, but a couple of plays earlier, he threw a very nice ball to Pickens that only he could have caught, and he tried to one-hand it and it fell incomplete. If Pickens doesn't have a prima donna moment, we are first and goal from the 2 yard line and not talking about the low-percentage miss.

To summarize: yes, Fromm made some mistakes. He had some imperfect throws and likely could have given us some more points if he played those better. With that said, Missouri's defense made plays and our receivers were inconsistent with their routes, catches, and discipline that made it that much harder for Fromm (and our offense overall) to succeed. Fromm deserves his share of flak for his mistakes, but lets not be too hasty to ignore context and pin everything on him alone.

To whom it may concern,

Every QB has “a couple of nice throws “

The one that killed me (again) was when we had 75 yards to go with 35 seconds and Coley calls a freaking draw play.

I put this on the level of being 3rd and 25 and calling a screen.

It’s just beyond moronic and every OC should be instantly fired for calling such insane bullshite.

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The one that killed me (again) was when we had 75 yards to go with 35 seconds and Coley calls a freaking draw play.

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You are nuts. We scored 3 points with 35 seconds on the clock.

It worked. We had the timeout in hand. We had the entire field and entire playbook at our disposal. The draw play reminded the defense that.

FWIW, florida and missouri moved the ball against our pass defense in the 4th quarter with the exact same playcalling.

Try to take a realistic approach when you watch our playcalling. And before you bitch online, save it for the drives that dont work.