75 yards in the 2nd half

I don’t want to see Lofton getting the ball on critical downs. I’ve seen enough over the last two years. He’s just not clutch.
I thought both of those throws were bad reads by Mensah. He had Moore over the middle for a first down on the first one, and Toney sitting down in the zone for a first down on the second one. I don't think the plan was to chuck it Lofton outside 1on1 down the field on both of those plays.
 
Pretty much the smart thing to do on the road when you have a lead and trust your DC, as opposed to forcing the ball and turning it over which probably loses us the game a la SMU.
Just play sound ball. Get your other guys involved, keep the defense honest, run the ball, and don’t force things. You don’t have to spam WR screens.
 
Too many casual takes. The interior OL was the same as it was when we scored 24 and had 300 yards in the first half. Mensah set the ACC record for consecutive completions and we were steamrolling. Something legit happened that changed this game to the point where we went from the greatest show on turf to a bunch of morons trying to **** a doorknob. It was glaringly ****ed up beyond Wake adjusting or Shannon becoming a ****** or anything like that. Let’s hope it’s actually not something that will derail our season
 
They did try to run the ball. They weren't able to bc the OL is an issue. A lot of 2nd and 9s 10s and 11s.
I agree and that needs to be fixed. My biggest thing with Dawson when he goes conservative is his route concepts. Everything is short and the defense can easily keep everything in front of them. You got to keep the defense honest. Unless pass blocking is an issue we should never see them go into a shell like that.

But you are correct that run blocking is an issue.
 
Too many casual takes. The interior OL was the same as it was when we scored 24 and had 300 yards in the first half. Mensah set the ACC record for consecutive completions and we were steamrolling. Something legit happened that changed this game to the point where we went from the greatest show on turf to a bunch of morons trying to **** a doorknob. It was glaringly ****ed up beyond Wake adjusting or Shannon becoming a ****** or anything like that. Let’s hope it’s actually not something that will derail our season
The interior OL is def an issue and needs to improve if this teams wants to see close to the success they saw last year. Injuries and that are my only concern.
 
Too many casual takes. The interior OL was the same as it was when we scored 24 and had 300 yards in the first half. Mensah set the ACC record for consecutive completions and we were steamrolling. Something legit happened that changed this game to the point where we went from the greatest show on turf to a bunch of morons trying to **** a doorknob. It was glaringly ****ed up beyond Wake adjusting or Shannon becoming a ****** or anything like that. Let’s hope it’s actually not something that will derail our season
What's wild is we averaged just over 6.5 ypc with our RBs (on 21 carries) after our 3rd quarter TD. We had been running the ball with great success!

I think the team just lost focus when the fumble recovery got negated. We would have been up 31-7, 20 minutes left in the game, 1st & 10 from our own 40 yard line. The game turned into Murphy's Law after that.
 
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