It's a combination of things.Really? Just the deep ball or what? Decision making?
The deep ball is bad. Really bad. I know Jalen will eventually find his rhythm, but who knows when it will be? Even the long completion to Stewart today was off, as a little more air would have given us a TD (easy for me to say from my couch of course).
We had a stretch in the 2nd quarter where aTm had a few series where they actually stopped the run. When the run bogged down, we had no chance of moving the ball. Now, I will give credit to aTm for their front 7 not giving Jalen a ton of time...but I think the two best defenses we play all year are still ahead of us. If we can't soften a defense up, it may eventually bite us.
I bet most didn't realize, because of the way we started the 2nd half, but we were able to get by with only throwing 5 second half passes. I don't think that'll work against AU or LSU.
Also, either our receivers aren't getting separation or Hurts isn't seeing them. Too many times Jalen is having to hold the ball too long. The play calling, especially in the 2nd and 3rd quarter, didn't do any favors for us either.
The one thing I will say, though, is it feel like Jalen is the kind of kid who will spend this next two weeks doing all the right things to get better. I think we'll look better coming out of the bye, but I'd be worried if we were going straight on to the LSU game.
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