Re: New Story: Watson a more complete player than Lamar Jackson

Let's get this out of the way: Jackson is a phenomenal athlete. Most of the praise he gets is well-deserved.

That said, he didn't get most of his yards until our D switched to a zone and was on the field for 38 minutes, and after they'd already played ~55 plays in just the first half. And even with that gaudy 3rd quarter, our D held them well under their season average for yards-per-play, and Jackson specifically well under his usual numbers.

Now, that's not to take away from Louisville. They came up with the turnovers to put their offense back on the field. But it's also because our offense scored so ridiculously fast on them.

For amusement, comparison of L'Ville games vs us and FSU:

Louisville vs FSU:
66 plays, 530 total yards, 8 yds per play
13 for 20 passing, 10.8 per toss
46, 6.8 yds per rush
63 points

vs Clemson:
99 total plays, 568 total yards, 5.7 yds per play, 30% lower.
27 for 44 passing, 6.7 per toss, 38% lower.
55 rushes, 5.0 yds per rush, 27% lower.
36 points, 43% lower.

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I prefer Watson over Jackson

Oct 4, 2016, 9:59 AM

He is Clemson and he is ours.

But I have to also see what is before me.

Watson had 1 fumble on 14 rushes. DW had 3 interceptions in 31 attempts. 3 INTs - 1 was Ray Ray, 1 in endzone was behind Mike W (bad throw/good play), 1 was to either Deon or Ray Ray and the DB played it well (maybe OK throw, great play).
QBR Rating = 181.3
Watson played against not as good a defense as Jackson
Watson's WRs are much better than Louisville's.
Watson's TE may be equally as good as Louisville TE.
Wayne Gallman is better than Louisville RBs. He was only RB who shows up in stats as playing.

Jackson had 1 interception in his 44 attempts. 1 INT on a great play by our safety, who covered a lot of ground to get that ball. Jackson had no fumbles for his 31 rushes.
QBR Rating - 120.6
Jackson played against a much better and deeper defense.
Jackson's WRs are not near as good as Clemson's.
Jackson's TE may be equally as good as Leggett.

I prefer DW over the Louisville guy, but Lamar Jackson almost engineered the comeback. He did not step out of bounds on final play. He threw to a wide open WR, James Quick, who did not fight hard enough to get first down or touchdown.

Clemson was only up by six. So thank the Lawd that the crowd created the false start. Thank the Lawd that quick was not as determined or the fighter as our A.Scott. Thank the Lawd Edmonds played inside out and got some push onto to Quick.

But we better give Lamar Jackson his due. He played very well, but his team met their match.

Some things that no one talks about:
- Punk Petrino is a fine play caller. He almost bested Coach V.
- Thank the Lawd that Dabo has created a recruiting machine in Clemson. Talent with discipline will win.
- Thank the Lawd that the first two-point fail did not hurt us.

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New Story: Watson a more complete player than Lamar Jackson