That is exactly what I was saying when they came out of the half. Give him one series. If he can't get his shit together, give another QB a shot, at least to let Tanner reset, calm down and gather himself.
A guy sitting behind me said this was the first time he ever saw Morgan play. When I told him he was a 5th year senior and this is his 4th year starting, he about fell over. The thing he noticed is he doesn't do progressions very well. He locks in on his primary target. If that guy isn't open "enough", only then does he start his progressions. Then the happy feet come next. By then the line is 4 to 5 seconds into their blocks, which is an eternity. He ends up getting sacked or flushed out not because the line isn't holding, but rather because he is holding the ball too damn long.
They were stacking 7 to 8 in the box ALL GAME. They had 1 safety deep most of the time. They were daring us to throw the ball. The middle of the field 10 to 15 yards past the line of scrimmage was there all game.
It was clear by the 2nd quarter he was rattled. Rattled Tanner is indecisive and often late on throws. He has a tendency to throw short on intermediate to long routes, but then will inexplicably overthrow on others. Receivers were open, if he trusted his arm and hit them in stride. The last interception - Spann-Ford had the linebacker or nickel guy beat and was behind the safety a good 3 to 4 yards. He threw it 7-8 yards short, right to the Illinois guy. Spann-Ford put his hands up in the WTF formation. He gets that ball where it is supposed to be, it very likely goes for a TD.
In the first half, we had a nice drive going with Kramer running the wildcat. He even hit a pass or two out of it. We ripped through midfield and were around the 30. Clearly had the defense on their heels. Then inexplicably we took Kramer out, replaced him with Tanner. Three plays later, it was 4th and 2, and we get stuffed trying to run the damn ball on a handoff out of the pistol/shotgun. If you are going to do that, put Kramer in with LeCaptain as the RB. At least make the defense deal with some bigger beef. It probably gets you the 2 yards and then some you need.
PJ really needs to take stock of his OC and needs to be man enough to sit Tanner for a series or two when he is clearly in his head, rattled and making poor throws/decisions. The defense held Illinois to 250'ish yards of offense and 14 points. They got off to a rocky start with two early scores, but Rossi adjusted and Illinois didn't attempt a FG let alone score again after.
The remaining 3 opponents are going to sell out to stop the run and dare Tanner Morgan to beat them passing. He is good enough to manage a game when he can play off of the run and mix in 15 - 20 passes a game. He is not good enough this year to win a game with his legs and arm throwing 30 or more times a game.
