First, I am going to break the longstanding Motown Forums tradition of never admitting you were wrong.
I was dead wrong about the gameplan for the last 2 games. They weren’t holding anything back against Fresno. They have a very limited offense behind these QBs and OL and with an inexperienced playcaller.
I thought this team would be good this season based on the talent on defense. They have 7 or 8 guys that will get drafted in the NFL over the next few years. Texas with Ewers and that OL is really good and I don’t expect most teams to beat up on them that way. Still, it’s apparent the replacements at LB for Coltson & Barrett are a huge drop off. They need to be much better. USC will be a challenge and very telling what’s going on with the defense.
I also made the assumption as many others did that the OL would be better than they’ve played. It was never going to be like the last few years units but I expected better. I don’t know what the solutions are here.
QB is obviously a problem but the OL needs to perform better to adequately judge Warren. I don’t think he much but he really hasn’t had much time to throw at all.