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I miss QE and Sark in the red zone still sucks

This is stupid Sark right here. Complete stupidity.

I miss QE

My hot take is I don’t think this team has any real game changers on offense. Baxter looked good but needs time still. Wisner is a good back but is not going to give you a true home run. Waiting for Wingo to live up to the billing. He oozes potential, but I don’t know. The way he runs routes bugs me. Moore is solid but I don’t see him like one of the guys we’ve had in the past (Worthy, Mitchell). Everyone else is unproven to me. Probably not my best take, but I don’t know. I just don’t feel great about the weapons on offense this year.

83 is WIDE open too

I think this was the most surprising thing. He has way too many back foot throws. I was not expecting that to be his issue

I'd say they were still elite, because I think our DL nullified their OL but I was just surprised with how hyped up it was that we didn't even get one sack. Besides that big play to Tate, I think they play extremely well. You might be right on the coverage, who knows. Won't really find out till they play Florida at the Swamp in 5 weeks.

"Long Island" honestly might be the single funniest opponent I have ever seen for a P5 team.

(forgot to post this with my other comment lol) Some of our supposed top players MIA. Moore 4 targets, 2 catches for 6 yards. Wingo 8 targets 2 catches for 35 yards, etc. I know some of that was on Arch but boy was it sloppy today. I'm looking at the stats, too. You held Ohio State to 203 total yards and 2 TD's. Yeah you gave up that 40 yard TD play to Tate but it's not like they don't have that type of talent. But you still went out there and did your job. How the hell do we have more first downs, more yards (336) and we only put up 7 points? Yes we had the INT, but that was it. Why was Sark so aggressive with going for it 5 TIMES on 4th down? In tough road games, is not taking the 3 points acceptable? At least come away with something? Anyway, enough of my bitching. Love our team and coaches. Just very frustrated with the offensive performance. We're not doing this again where we have an elite D but our O can't do anything against teams with a pulse. Arch is going to get a ton of deserved criticism but he's still our guy no matter what. Same as it was with Ewers.

Watching more tape, arch’s mechanics looked very off all day. Even on easy throws it looked like he was having to use everything he had on every throw. Just conjecture, but it looked way off all day to me.

That’s why I think the defense’s performance was good but not elite. Needed more splash plays. No sacks, no turnovers. A few too many penalties. Leaky coverage bailed out by drops.

Can I just say, for all the hype about our pass rush and we didn't even get 1 sack?

1. Did his QB skills atrophy? 2. This is an inexcusable coaching performance when you had 7 months to prepare. 3. I don’t care that it’s only week one. There’s absolutely ZERO excuse for Arch to have lost simple fundamental aspects of his game that even 8th graders can do.

Gotta see them @ Miami and @ LSU to make an accurate judgement of them.

Is there any validity to Arch having a shoulder injury? @Gerry Hamilton

Florida (I get they’re playing a bad team) looks scary talent wise

If the comments aren’t questioning Arch their Questioning Sark . Relax , we are going to be fine . You’re just having a sugar spike from all the koolaid you’ve drank . Our next tough game will be Florida. If we lose then make your mean comments.

Man he is already out of most kids price range. Have to get him in a pack.

Glass half full is that outside of Arch the team looked really good given the competition level and road environment. Arch just has to get better over the next few weeks.

Holding is the only option, IMO.

I authored the fallout article: https://www.si.com/collectibles/what-happens-to-arch-manning-cards-after-huge-loss

Arch felt the pressure of all the hype and playing in a hostile stadium against a great defense which likely contributed to him missing on several throws (37% of them) he normally makes in his sleep. He is human after all. The talent is there and I am confident he will adjust and do very well. Tough first game . Don’t forget, the last time we played in the shoe it was with a seasoned Vince Young in a game we narrowly pulled out.

Despite Arch's struggles, the penalties, and the receivers' issues, the offense played well enough to win this game. We lost because of one reason: Sark's playcalling in the red zone. The QB sneak on our first time there was a terrible call. When we ran it on the 4th play of the game, we barely made a foot. Give it to Baxter who can hit the line with a head of steam and we have a much better chance of scoring. The next time in the RZ, we had 3rd and 3 at the 8. We had been running the ball well on that drive. If we were going to go for it on 4th down, which we clearly were, we should have run it on 3rd down. If we don't make it but are close, we can either run or pass on 4th down. If we get stuffed on 3rd down, then we pass on 4th. Given how we had been moving the ball, I like our chances to make 3 yards on 2 runs.

@Gerry Hamilton Do u think Sark needs to swallow the pill Ryan Day did and go find someone else to call the plays for him.

As always, great write up Jeff. Hard to stomach the first paragraph, knowing the defense and running game did all it could to win.