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Bar none, tonight's 19-14 win was the second worse performance of our season. A win is a win, but our offense was non-existent, and our defense nearly blew it for us at the end. All in all, this is not the performance you want 8 weeks into the season. Still though, there were some good takeaways from this game. Here they are:
Good Takeaways
Good Takeaways
- D'Eriq King had a solid performance, throwing for well over 300 yards and being on target most of the night. He missed Harley late in the 4th on a post and had some balls batted at the line. All in all, solid performance from him. He did everything he could.
- Our WR's finally showed up. Man did Harley have a game, guy caught everything coming his way. Pope had a phenomenal catch hugging the sideline too and looked good other than two drops. Dee Wiggins was mostly a non-entity along with everyone else though.
- Despite a terrible OL, our RB's were solid tonight. Chaney and Knighton are going to be an extremely dangerous RB duo.
- For the most part, our defense did its job. Can't complain when we hold an opponent to 14 points. Our DL played well despite getting borderline mugged all game. Nevertheless, a better team would've taken advantage of the opportunities we gave UVA's offense.
- We didn't have too many dumb penalties tonight and were disciplined for the most part.
- Borregales and Hedley continue to be absolute pillars of this team's success.
- Our OL remains the single biggest liability that we have on offense. UVA stacked the box and blitzed the entire first half and we couldn't do a thing about it. King was running for his life most of the game, and couldn't get a clean pocket consistently. We've improved from last year no doubt, but there's a long way to go. I view this as a personnel issue rather than a coaching issue, Justise has done a great job.
- Rhett Lashlee is on a three-game streak of terrible playcalling. We had four red-zone visits tonight and got 13 points total out of them. It's unacceptable. Even more so when you decide to go to the inside run three straight times despite your RB being gassed and UVA stacking the box. Lashlee needs to get better, plain, and simple. Our offense has way too many droughts and three and outs. Some of his play-calling straight up kills any momentum we have. This must change.
- Blake Baker's scheming is just downright terrible. It's as if we're incapable of getting off the field on third or fourth down. The amount of times we get gashed in the run game on third (especially by QB's) or just leave someone wide open downfield is astounding. Also cannot stand his delayed blitzes and stunting.
- At this point, Manny needs to bench Amari Carter for a game or two. It's inexcusable that he is literally called for targeting once a game. Manny needs to send a message to him and the team. Speaking of Manny...
- Being calm and collected is an important trait for an HC, but man does this guy have 0 sideline presence. There's no energy or fire whatsoever. We've got guys making dumb mistakes and he just gives them a pat on the back. See how Saban, Jimbo, and Dabo dominate a sideline.
- I will never understand being up by less than two scores and trying to mail it in. Nine minutes left in this game and we just stopped being aggressive on offense. Of course, we punt after and UVA scores. We cannot let teams get back into a game, we constantly give those opportunities.