I broke down several of the plays where inconsistent performances resulted in issues during the game. Hopefully it shows that Worley is part of the problem, but not the only problem on offense. I listed quater, time on clock, and down/distance so you could use Freaks sticky for the you tube link to the offensive plays of the South Alabama game.
1st Qtr, 10:08 on clock, 2nd and 9. Receiver rounds the route allowing the defender early recognition of the route and a better angle to gain ground on the receiver. Think the receiver was Pig Howard.
1st Qtr, 9:57 on clock, 3rd and 9. Worley way overthrows receiver. Receiver appears to be open. Safety was closing on the route quickly, but the ball sailed over everyone. Dont know if this was just a bad overthrow or play communication error between QB and Receiver.
2nd Qtr, 13:54 on clock. Worley hurries the throw on the screen play. Just a second longer to develop and probably ends up a completion.
2nd Qtr, 7:37 on clock. 1st and 15. Brendan Downs gets beat badly off the edge allowing Worley to be hit from behind fumbling the ball.
2nd Qtr, 6:53 on clock, 2nd and 20. Marlin Lane recognizes blitzing linebacker, but allows the blitz to deep into the pocket. Also the linebacker pushes Lane back into Worley enough to make him throw quicker than he needed to. If Lanes takes two steps up to meet the defender and takes a strong blocking stance, then Worley gets ample time to make the throw.
2nd Qtr, 6:46 on clock, 3rd and 20. Worley makes bad decision and throws into triple coverage for the interception. Another receiver ran a 20yd out to the sideline that was wide open. Same side of the field.
2nd Qtr, 00:34 on clock, 2nd and 5. Pass is complete to Pig Howard for 1st down. Problem is that Pig rounds off his route once again allowing the defender to close ground and make the stop. A simple quick inside head fake to the defender and a quick break to the left in his route would have created hesitation in the defender and enough separation for a catch and run in for the score.
2nd Qtr, 00:29 on clock, 1st and goal. Right Tackle gets whipped resulting in tackle for loss.
2nd Qtr, 00:20 on clock, 2nd and goal. Pig Howard rolls out of his break once again, but stops on his route. Worley throws to the spot where Pig would have been resulting in an interception.
3rd Qtr, 14:25 on clock, 1st and 10. Left Tackle releases block to quickly for screen play allowing defender to close on Worley before the RB gets head around to look for ball. Worley rushes throw. Throwing it high and too hard for the RB to catch.
3rd Qtr, 9:22 on clock, 1st and 10. Worley stares down the receiver as soon as ball is snapped. The end reads his eyes and jumps up tipping the ball. The backer in coverage also noticed Worleys eyes which gave him the opportunity to break quicker in front of the tipped ball for the interception. I believe the backer would have at the least swatted the ball away from the receiver and possibly intercepted it anyway.
3rd Qtr, 7:31 on clock, 3rd and 7. Looks like a wrong route or terribly overthrown ball. Dont know which.
3rd Qtr, 3:17 on clock, 2nd and 7. James Stone gets whipped by Nose Tackle resulting in tackle for loss. The Nose Tackle made plays all day.
3rd Qtr, 2:50 on clock, 2nd and 10. Another route error or bad throw. Dont know which.
4th Qtr, 13:44 on clock, 1st and 10. Brendan Downs and the Left Tackle cant seal the end on one defender resulting in Neal getting strung out to the sideline and not turning the corner.
4th Qtr, 13:24 on clock, 1st and 15. Worley overthrows Pig Howard. It looks like a bad overthrow of an open receiver, but I cant tell if Pigs route got knocked short and he wasnt in the intended spot.
4th Qtr, 13:18 on clock, 2nd and 15. Worley has the screen play un-folding. The blitzing defender is coming very quickly. Neal lets him come un-touched. Worley rushes the throw before Neal gets out of his break to avoid the sack. It is my opinion that Neal in this situation has to stop the momentum of the blitzing defender before he can release into his route.
4th Qtr, 11:22 on clock, 3rd and 3. Worley throws perfect ball to Smith for the first down and Smith doesnt hold on to the ball. Smith has done some good things, but he has had some easy drops.
4th Qtr, 8:10 on clock, 3rd and 6. Crossing Receivers run into each other and mess up the timing on the routes.
