Live Game Talk: Louisiana vs. Minnesota

[cajun4life]

Look, we needed to jump out ahead by 17 in order to get them to play into our strength. We didn’t do that and it allowed them to just grind us down. We played pretty good. We didn’t play great, but not terribly either.

The one thing that is absolutely unforgivable is procedure penalties. False starts, offsides and formation penalties. You can’t have the mental lapses in close games. That turned into change of possessions.

Texas St is a much better matchup for us. Not sure we pull it out, but the style of play fits us better.

[CajunVic]

. . . maybe there adjustments worked better because of personnel . . .

[zephyr]

. . . maybe there adjustments worked better because of personnel . . .

I think this is correct for their offensive personnel adjustments. We just didn't adjust to their blitz packages in the second half to get Zeon to make quicker decisions. Theirs worked and he made two poor decisions along with some other questionable decisions in the second half. He's young and he's going to do that but they just pressured him more and we didn't seem to have an answer.

[CajunVic]

. . . it’s why he was not QB1 to start the season . . . he is young and will get better in time, hopefully it is time spent here . . . those are not the types of adjustments that are made at halftime . . .

[CharlieK]

I think this is correct for their offensive personnel adjustments. We just didn't adjust to their blitz packages in the second half to get Zeon to make quicker decisions. Theirs worked and he made two poor decisions along with some other questionable decisions in the second half. He's young and he's going to do that but they just pressured him more and we didn't seem to have an answer.

How do you know? Because we didn’t win?

[zephyr]

. . . it’s why he was not QB1 to start the season . . . he is young and will get better in time, hopefully it is time spent here . . . those are not the types of adjustments that are made at halftime . . .

This offense is absolutely different with him in there and that's a good thing. Blitz protection is something that can be adjusted at halftime though.

[Cajunrunner]

Again, Minnesota’s QB:

12/14, 146 Yards, 2 TD and a meaningless INT.

You let the opponent’s QB complete over 85% of his passes with a yard per attempt of over 10, you’ve probably got about a 0.824% chance of winning that game.

[Jacob81]

I watched the game again on tv. I was watching sort of on my phone live. Anyway. We needed to blitz more on 1st downs. Minnesota was ahead of the chains all day.

And… how did we not recover the onside kick??

[zephyr]

How do you know? Because we didn’t win?

Because they were able to get after Zeon in the second half and put him under pressure, both times helping create interceptions.

[CharlieK]

Because they were able to get after Zeon in the second half and put him under pressure, both times helping create interceptions.

How do you know we didn’t adjust? Sometimes they just out athlete you. Sometimes it’s the jimmy and the joes not the X’s and O’s.