I think we'd have to say the most improvement appears to have been made in the defense and special teams, although both are still a work in progress. The offense failed to show up apparently. I am wondering if all the praise and expectations put on Adrian Martinez has overwhelmed him mentally. He clearly seems to be afraid to fail which is the opposite of what Frost seems to say is what he wants his players to do. I don't like the green (no contact) jerseys on the QBs in practice. I believe you play like you practice and it seems like it making our QBs into 'flag' or touch football players. They become accustomed to the game being slower as defenders are not coming hard, etc. The QBs also tend to run with the ball less than full tilt and so on.
Frost's offense is the most QB performance dependent offense we've attempted in Linoln in my view. When the QB is really good and playing as well as a coach, the scheme will produce tons of yards gained and quite a few point scored. But without a great QB, the offense falls on its face.
I wish we could have seen Vedral for a couple series as well. I think we could diagnose the problems better. I know many have posited that Frost's offensive schemes will somewhat compensate for a mediocre offensive line. However, based on what we've seen so far in the Frost era, I am not so sure we can say that. 4-8 last year and this season is off to a impotent start this year. We gained quite a few yards last year but only scored about 30 poiints a game. Without ball control and time of possession dominance, 30 points is not enough to really put games a way unless you have a truly dominant - elite - level defense.
I have been quite hopeful for this season and thinking that 9 or ten wins are within reach but after game 1, we have a long way to go before that may happen. The hard part for me on this game is trying to find some kind of explanation for the offensive impotency that is easily fixable. At this point, however, I don't really see it.
