Sorry if it was covered earlier? but very early in the game

[VinnieVOL]

We had a 3rd and 7, the D jumped offsides (so free play).  Joe should?ve chucked it downfield, instead he scampered and as best I could tell got past the sticks for the first down. 

Instead, we got a 3rd and 3 which we failed to convert.  Did we really not decline that penalty??

[JeffCountyVolFan]

He went out of bounds short of the line to gain. I was furious.

[droner]

Yea, it was another of his brain locks. He could have thrown it downfield on the free play or at least try to bully his way for a few extra yards and get the first down.

It brought back memories of the Ole Miss game of 2021. The mustard bottle game.

[japanvol]

Not as furious as I was when it was 4th and 2 and he tried to run for it when he had no chance instead of throwing it to someone. He had a month to get ready for Clemson and had Hooker helping him at practice. That was peak Joe Milton. He also had better receivers and protection for that game. What we saw today was after a bye week. I?m afraid it?s going to be rough going forward unless considerable changes to philosophy and personnel are made.
I would put the responsibility on the regression on the passing game as follows:

Milton 55%
Receivers 25%
Offensive Line 20%

And there is probably an argument that some percentage should also be attributed to the change in OC.

[VinnieVOL]

Ok, I couldn?t make sense of what I saw on that play from my seat near the top of section PP.   

[BanditVol]

Not as furious as I was when it was 4th and 2 and he tried to run for it when he had no chance instead of throwing it to someone. He had a month to get ready for Clemson and had Hooker helping him at practice. That was peak Joe Milton. He also had better receivers and protection for that game. What we saw today was after a bye week. I?m afraid it?s going to be rough going forward unless considerable changes to philosophy and personnel are made.
I would put the responsibility on the regression on the passing game as follows:

Milton 55%
Receivers 25%
Offensive Line 20%

And there is probably an argument that some percentage should also be attributed to the change in OC.

Injury to Bru really hurt us.

I might put a bit more on the OC change.

Very true that Joe dodged out early on the 3rd down with the offsides call. No excuse for that.

At least he ran tough later in the game.

[VinnieVOL]

Bru was a beast in downfield blocking.

[PirateVOL]

Bru was a beast in downfield blocking.

on one run in the 4th, maybe Milton?s long is run but a receiver (probably Nimrod) hustled and mademamgood block and push the defender down the fiel