I'm a glass half full guy but for the life of me I just don't understand.

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Deer Captain Obvious,

Sep 18, 2022, 8:00 AM

It's more likely that to guard DJ a defense only has to cover his primary, which is where his eyes go throughout the play 90+% of the time, and his checkdown receiver. Therefor, many times he is torn between his two choices which are to throw to a man man in double coverage or just throw the ball away. That seems more obvious to me.

The coaching staff has dumbed down the playcalling to DJ's ability which has resulted in him appearing to do a better job of managing the offense. (1) That and the fact that DJ is much improved in speed and agility is why our offense is effective.

Imo, if our coaches made one mistake it was throwing the ball too much. We would have had a much better showing had we pounded the ball all night. Louise's Tech would have been worn down before halftime to where we could have given DJ much more time without pressure allowing him to try to learn to check down and find those open receivers rather than throwing to one with a defender on his back.

I think Dabo has reached the point where he believes DJ will give up if he appears to give up on DJ and is trying to coax him to achieve rather than riding him like a rented mule.

1. DJ is not able to hit a target moving laterally across the field but is limited to his ability to hit the targets which are moving, basically, straight away from him or standing still. You didn't see him trying to hit a receiver crossing the field because those plays were omitted from his playbook.

Signed,

Someone who disputes what you think is obvious