3-20 Final. Hornets get dominated in the trenches but hold up on the defensive side as the Go Go offense will wait another week to make an appearance.
Defensively the Hornets held their own. Some redzone stops in the first half and a tightening of the screws in the 2nd half kept this one from being a total laugher. The defense finished with 1 redzone forced turnover, 7 sacks and 11 TFLs. There are still things to clean up as there were too many procedural penalties early on and the contain and tackling struggled on the night. Derek Houston (14 tak, 1 sac, 1 TFL) led the Hornet defense with six others getting at least a share of a sack. All in all a pretty respectable performance considering that they were on the field for over 41 minutes.
Offense was a total no show. Coach Richardson did not have the offensive line ready for this game as they got embarrassed up front. 131 total yards is abysmal as the execution was just not there tonight. Jaden Rashada (11/27, 107 yds, 1 INT) did not look comfortable with the exception of a couple of drives. He struggled with his down the field throws and would constantly stare down receivers. He's fortunate he doesn't have a few more interceptions on the night. The receivers did him no favors as Jordan Williams had a drop on the opening drive that would have gotten the Hornets out of the shadow of their own endzone and Tim Conerly (1 rec, 10 yds) dropped a touchdown pass midway through the 4th quarter that would have made things interesting in the final minutes of the game. Jordan Anderson (4 rec, 49 yds) was the leading receiver for the Hornets. There were a few plays where it looked like the receivers just quit on their routes. Lots to work out in the passing game. The running backs got a lot of touches but none of them did anything notable.
Special teams was respectable as kicker Grant Meadors (1/1 FG) nailed a 36 yard field goal that ended up being the only Hornet points of the game. These points were set up by the special teams that pounced on a muffed punt by SDSU.
On to the next one.
Stingers Up!
Defensively the Hornets held their own. Some redzone stops in the first half and a tightening of the screws in the 2nd half kept this one from being a total laugher. The defense finished with 1 redzone forced turnover, 7 sacks and 11 TFLs. There are still things to clean up as there were too many procedural penalties early on and the contain and tackling struggled on the night. Derek Houston (14 tak, 1 sac, 1 TFL) led the Hornet defense with six others getting at least a share of a sack. All in all a pretty respectable performance considering that they were on the field for over 41 minutes.
Offense was a total no show. Coach Richardson did not have the offensive line ready for this game as they got embarrassed up front. 131 total yards is abysmal as the execution was just not there tonight. Jaden Rashada (11/27, 107 yds, 1 INT) did not look comfortable with the exception of a couple of drives. He struggled with his down the field throws and would constantly stare down receivers. He's fortunate he doesn't have a few more interceptions on the night. The receivers did him no favors as Jordan Williams had a drop on the opening drive that would have gotten the Hornets out of the shadow of their own endzone and Tim Conerly (1 rec, 10 yds) dropped a touchdown pass midway through the 4th quarter that would have made things interesting in the final minutes of the game. Jordan Anderson (4 rec, 49 yds) was the leading receiver for the Hornets. There were a few plays where it looked like the receivers just quit on their routes. Lots to work out in the passing game. The running backs got a lot of touches but none of them did anything notable.
Special teams was respectable as kicker Grant Meadors (1/1 FG) nailed a 36 yard field goal that ended up being the only Hornet points of the game. These points were set up by the special teams that pounced on a muffed punt by SDSU.
On to the next one.
Stingers Up!
. Gotta say though, Sting always brings some good perspective.
