The Good- Jalen Hurts, JK Scott
The Bad- the OL stunk it up tonight
The Ugly- injuries
And the "HUH? He did what?" of the game:
Coach Oeaux throws in the towel, and throws his Fr QB into the House of Payne.
The Good: Jalen Hurts played a fabulous game despite his WR's best efforts to undermine one of his better nights as a decision maker and scrambling play creator. JK Scott may have been 1b to Jalen's 1a in terms of reasons we won tonight. 50+ yards per punt, 5 inside the 20, 0 return yards allowed. That is a banner night for a punter. He had a few touchbacks on kickoffs too. Missed out on a long field goal from having the specialist triple crown.
The Bad: Injury along the defensive front seven. We can't afford any more but they continue to happen anyway. Defensive front got pushed around by an inexperienced and mediocre OL. By all prognostication entering the game that OL was not suppose to be that good at least. Couldn't tell by the results on the field. It has been years since I've seen the middle of our defense look like they got moved 3 or 4 yards up field consistently instead of holding the line of scrimmage. Spoiled by greatness but it is a big development going forward into this hellacious stretch.
The Ugly: A two score win. They aren't likely to get any easier going forward especially since we continue to take an injury handicap against the field. I'll take 6 more ugly wins though.