Deaconblue
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Kinda hard to believe that after an indifferent showing vs Mich State that Newman would never throw another competitive football again.
Jamie played his last few games at Wake like a QB who didn't trust his receivers and didn't trust his own throwing because of the pain that went with it. His favorite target was out for the season.
His RPO reads may have been influenced by doubts his receivers could get open and/or make the catch. He also may have lost confidence in his own body to make certain throws without so much pain that it had impact on his ability to hit his receivers.
MSU was crushing the pocket inside. That negated the handoff and left the QB pass/run option. And Jamie wasn't throwing. Thus the RPO became one dimensional.