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One huge error of omission on my part in my post was on play 7, MJ does an amazing job evoiding the sack and getting the ball thrown away. Erased a 10 yard loss.play 7: Nobody on the entire left side of the LOS (Aback, LT, LG) blocked anybody.
play 8: MJ makes one good read, then one horrible one. He keeps on the dive key - good, he keeps on the pitch key - bad, very bad. It looks like a huge gain is set up for the pitch.
play 9: I think MJ was just throwing that one away, at least I hope so. What he should have done is pull it down and scramble to his left. There was a huge hole and he had a ton of green over there.
The best part about MJ, imo, is he's a smart guy. He has experience and all these mistakes makes him a better player because he can learn from them. That is why CPJ is alway gonna favor the guy with experience assuming all else is equal.
It's a first down if it's thrown on a rope on time to Qua's sideline shoulder. It's a pretty small window but it's not impossible.The pass play looked like he was throwing it away. 2 guys there to cover Qua and it was 5 ft above his head. No chance in that pass getting completed.
Defense played great and the fumble recovery on the opening kickoff helped a lot. It was a perfect storm. Not saying MJ didn't play well because he did everything that was asked of him. We started clicking in the 2nd qtr offensively once MJ settled down and CTR seemed to let the D "play" and it payed off.So far we've seen 9 plays in a series and it's easy to see a lot of bad execution against VPISU last year, and yet we moved the ball pretty well and won the game.
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We got the ball inside their 40 on the fumbled KOR, converted a 4th and 2 then kicked a FG. These are on drive 2.So far we've seen 9 plays in a series and it's easy to see a lot of bad execution against VPISU last year, and yet we moved the ball pretty well and won the game.
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Yes, we were hampered in this game but it seems to me as though Virginia Tech was just flat. Hard to believe, they would ever be less than totally focused against us (as they just about always seem to be) but this game was not one of their better efforts not to disparage the really tremendous performance by MJ and the Jackets.So far we've seen 9 plays in a series and it's easy to see a lot of bad execution against VPISU last year, and yet we moved the ball pretty well and won the game.
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I think they relaxed and lost their edge when they learned we'd without our 3 most crucial players on offence (C, QB, BB).Yes, we were hampered in this game but it seems to me as though Virginia Tech was just flat. Hard to believe, they would ever be less than totally focused against us (as they just about always seem to be) but this game was not one of their better efforts not to disparage the really tremendous performance by MJ and the Jackets.