is it too much to ask for faster starts and to learn how to close out games w/o us old farts having to massage our hearts back to pumping again....LOL.
Other than the slow start and the last two drives I liked most everything that happened. A great game plan against what UCLA was defending against, AB executing well, great pass blocking, as always great blocking by the receivers (JIII is an animal) and great in the red zone. The last two drives almost blew an overall great performance offensively.
Defensively our line was fantastic, they really plugged up the running lanes and had a good pass rush nearly every time. Noah was causing havic also. My only "ugh" defensively continues to be the soft cushions we give, primarily on the 3rd and 4th downs yesterday. I thought the in game adjustments defensively after that first drive were good and I do have to give DTR props on those 4th downs, he was clutch and made some great runs when it looked like we had him.
Overall I liked some of the major improvement but whatever Mario is saying pre game needs some work cuz' we just don't look ready to play most games. And please learn to close out games.......
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We are going to be favored from here on out as long as we keep winning. I had us for a loss yesterday (glad I was wrong) and still not confident we run the table but that was a huge first step....GO DUCKS!
Other than the slow start and the last two drives I liked most everything that happened. A great game plan against what UCLA was defending against, AB executing well, great pass blocking, as always great blocking by the receivers (JIII is an animal) and great in the red zone. The last two drives almost blew an overall great performance offensively.
Defensively our line was fantastic, they really plugged up the running lanes and had a good pass rush nearly every time. Noah was causing havic also. My only "ugh" defensively continues to be the soft cushions we give, primarily on the 3rd and 4th downs yesterday. I thought the in game adjustments defensively after that first drive were good and I do have to give DTR props on those 4th downs, he was clutch and made some great runs when it looked like we had him.
Overall I liked some of the major improvement but whatever Mario is saying pre game needs some work cuz' we just don't look ready to play most games. And please learn to close out games.......
.We are going to be favored from here on out as long as we keep winning. I had us for a loss yesterday (glad I was wrong) and still not confident we run the table but that was a huge first step....GO DUCKS!
