A litany of head scratching decisions by this staff this year, but besides the absolutely ridiculous way they’ve handled QB’s, these are my most frustrating offensive “what the f, guys!?” decisions …
Jakhi Douglas was our 2nd or 3rd best offensive weapon against the best team we played — Notre Dame. He was good enough to 1) get open & 2) actually CATCH a pass. He caught 3 of them, for 80 yards. You know how many offensive snaps he’s played since? 0. And he’s not hurt; he’s played special teams both games since. He is still second on the team in receiving yards, only behind Pokey who himself had a big yardage catch. Those are the only 2 long connections we’ve seen. Another thing, though, is that Jakhi also had a nice 22 yard catch (Milton’s first throw). How is he riding the pine!? I’m not saying he should be WR1, but 0 offensive snaps?
Then, Jashaun & Treshaun are averaging 7.6 & 6.8 yards per carry, respectively. Between them, 7.2 ypc. Somehow, though, they are only getting 20.7 carries COMBINED per game. 150 yards per game. It’s absurd. We can’t pass, and I understand defenses will stack that box and make it tough, but GD, coaches, running the ball to open up the pass game has been a staple in organized football for a century. It’s tried & true. I know the game has changed over the last decade, but that’s because QB’s are amazing these days. But we don’t have one of those guys on the roster, & we don’t have guys to throw to consistently. What we do have is 2 running backs who’ve shown to be consistent and explosive at times. Maybe try giving it to them 40x against Louisville.
Honorable mention here, but the middle WR screen to Malik in game 1, we haven’t seen it since.
Jakhi Douglas was our 2nd or 3rd best offensive weapon against the best team we played — Notre Dame. He was good enough to 1) get open & 2) actually CATCH a pass. He caught 3 of them, for 80 yards. You know how many offensive snaps he’s played since? 0. And he’s not hurt; he’s played special teams both games since. He is still second on the team in receiving yards, only behind Pokey who himself had a big yardage catch. Those are the only 2 long connections we’ve seen. Another thing, though, is that Jakhi also had a nice 22 yard catch (Milton’s first throw). How is he riding the pine!? I’m not saying he should be WR1, but 0 offensive snaps?
Then, Jashaun & Treshaun are averaging 7.6 & 6.8 yards per carry, respectively. Between them, 7.2 ypc. Somehow, though, they are only getting 20.7 carries COMBINED per game. 150 yards per game. It’s absurd. We can’t pass, and I understand defenses will stack that box and make it tough, but GD, coaches, running the ball to open up the pass game has been a staple in organized football for a century. It’s tried & true. I know the game has changed over the last decade, but that’s because QB’s are amazing these days. But we don’t have one of those guys on the roster, & we don’t have guys to throw to consistently. What we do have is 2 running backs who’ve shown to be consistent and explosive at times. Maybe try giving it to them 40x against Louisville.
Honorable mention here, but the middle WR screen to Malik in game 1, we haven’t seen it since.
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