I thought our game was definitely one I’d take in a heartbeat given the result. Double digit win. On the road. Rivalry game. Opponent who beat the fake UT too.
Defense was nails. Jahdae Barron was nails. Collins has his best game of his career here.
Our entire D was superb!
Offensively, we left some room for improvement. I think Quinn made some really good throws. He also made not so good ones and also stepped into sacks and literally tripped himself for one sack. Offense wasn’t as bad as it seemed. Non-PI call plus victory formation at 2min with ball around Arky 20 is more like a 20-point win. For those glass half empty people - you further validate why I have glass half full people in my life.
Here’s the topic I really want to stress: Jaydon Blue.
If that game. If that 4th quarter….particularly the drive we responded to their FG with our TD isn’t convincing that he has far more talent than any healthy RB we have I just don’t know what to say. I highly encourage a rewatch of that drive. He extended multiple runs…with multiple missed tackles, and extra yards. The screen play.
The run to the outside he broke (yes he fumbled but that was a more forgivable…blind, arm hammer strip one than the ones from the past).
Put it this way: if Blue wasn’t our feature that drive, I don’t see us marching down and essentially crushing Arky’s momentum and essentially sealing the game. That drive for me was the BLUE drive and that drive has the narrative on this game being far more glass full than empty, no matter which take you previously had.
If we want to help improve our offense for the last 1/3rd of this season, Blue needs to be our feature back. It’s really that simple.
Defense was nails. Jahdae Barron was nails. Collins has his best game of his career here.
Our entire D was superb!
Offensively, we left some room for improvement. I think Quinn made some really good throws. He also made not so good ones and also stepped into sacks and literally tripped himself for one sack. Offense wasn’t as bad as it seemed. Non-PI call plus victory formation at 2min with ball around Arky 20 is more like a 20-point win. For those glass half empty people - you further validate why I have glass half full people in my life.
Here’s the topic I really want to stress: Jaydon Blue.
If that game. If that 4th quarter….particularly the drive we responded to their FG with our TD isn’t convincing that he has far more talent than any healthy RB we have I just don’t know what to say. I highly encourage a rewatch of that drive. He extended multiple runs…with multiple missed tackles, and extra yards. The screen play.
The run to the outside he broke (yes he fumbled but that was a more forgivable…blind, arm hammer strip one than the ones from the past).
Put it this way: if Blue wasn’t our feature that drive, I don’t see us marching down and essentially crushing Arky’s momentum and essentially sealing the game. That drive for me was the BLUE drive and that drive has the narrative on this game being far more glass full than empty, no matter which take you previously had.
If we want to help improve our offense for the last 1/3rd of this season, Blue needs to be our feature back. It’s really that simple.
