That'll be a great combo with a quarterback who doesn't trust his O-Line. Bo Nix is one rough game away from being Turtle Moseley.
No. I don't agree with this assessment.
However I do have concerns.
1) Nix is going to suffer under the coaching he's getting. I watched half a dozen other freshman quarterbacks yesterday. All of them LOOKED like quarterbacks. Nix doesn't. The little things like footwork, body control, throwing mechanics are all being addressed by other coaching staffs in other places. I just don't think he is going to improve at the rate he could/should given the rinky-dink instruction being provided to him. I keep comparing it to LSU where I've watched Joe Burrow progress from a moderately-talented third-string Big 10 QB into a lethal decision-maker. In almost every measurable category he's a better QB than the ridiculously hyped bullshit artist Tinkle Tonkeybalooga.
B) Because of #1, Nix is going to struggle against teams (like LSU) where the limited options he has in the backfield and at wideout, the paucity of coaching the receivers are getting(and the lack of college level varied routes they are coached to run) and the lack of preparation he's getting will end up making him indecisive. First drive Nix actually saw and hit a couple of passes that weren't outside the hashes. After that, no routes were run in that middle-of-the-field wasteland.
#) Our hard-headed head coach refuses to adjust (or doesn't know how to adjust). As noted yesterday in a text, Arkansas adjusted after the second drive and then for most of three quarters Arkansas -- the pitiful Hogs -- shut the Gus machine down.
5> Yesterday was a mirage. Two quick scores, Arkansas makes some defensive adjustments and with 5 minutes left in the third quarter, it's a 17-3 game. Lots of cheap points after the Hog defense finally got tired made it look like something it really wasn't. A deeper team (and one with a half-ass offense, remember Florida and see LSU) would have been a real problem.
X>) What's the worst possible situation for the Auburn offense to be in? Second, third or fourth and a yard or less. I surely can't be the only one sick of watching AU fail to convert those.
I don't see the team I saw yesterday, particularly given the pervasive coaching shortfalls, beating LSU, Georgia or Alabama. Maybe that's just who we are. I keep telling myself it could be worse. I look at Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi State and think how far they've fallen and how easy it would be for a stupid coaching hire to light our dumpster on fire.
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