Collins is not the answer. Hes also coming off of a surgery. Duggan is going to be good. The kid has a ton of upside. We just need better coaching on the o side and that will help the defense cone along. They have to pick up the tempo, move to short quick passes and strong runs at the line.
i agree that the duggan showed some positive things and there are things that could be done to help him a great deal earlier in the game.
first, the offense needs to be run-centric and the frogs had success on their scoring drive with the run game.
two, use the tempo. max seems comfortable in it and tempo is not the same as the hurry up.
third, use the shorter routes and use the talent and size at receiver. stephens, wells, hunt on the slant and skinny post routes.
the one part of the game i re-watched was the fumble iowa state forced and returned for the touchdown.
i don't fault sonny for being aggressive and the play wasn't terrible from the start. darius could have done a better job on the blitzer he tried to pick up, but the guy who forced the fumble took some time to get to max.
problem were the routes. the two outside receivers looked to be on go's, one receiver went a short distance and basically stopped, and the fourth recevier ran a deep 12-15 yard square in.
iowa state was not letting anyone get behind them so the go's were out and the check down was covered from the start.
there was no one in the middle of the iowa state defense 10-15 yards and hunt came free, but that route takes way too long to develop.
break that route out at 6-8 and make it a deep slant or skinny post with stephens, wells, or hunt and you give max a big target to hit in the seam.