[CardinalSagehen]

Another thing that I don't think people have talked about much is that our two fumbles were mishandled RPOs by Mills. Either he was undecided and held the ball in Scarlett's gut too long before deciding to keep it, or he was simply not well enough trained on how to run the play. I am assuming that coaches have now drilled into him how to do it properly, not to mention the fact that, as a smart kid, he is probably done extra work on it himself this past week so as to correct his errors.

-m.

No to mention that they simply don't need it. Mills may be a good runner, but with his injury history I think it is a bad play to call. We really don't want Mills intentionally running the ball, IMHO. This is especially true when we are already down a QB. I hope the staff has realized that and just forgets the RPO.

Everyone seems to be in agreement that it's the QB's fault on those read options, except the noble Cameron Scarlett himself. He took more than his share of the responsibility and showed class in his comments at this week's presser, saying, "the running back is responsible for the mesh in that play...." Of course, he also said they'll get it cleaned up. Great leadership.

Scarlett's comments here: https://youtu.be/rEOThj4fezo?t=2186

[CardinalSagehen]

Another thing that I don't think people have talked about much is that our two fumbles were mishandled RPOs by Mills. Either he was undecided and held the ball in Scarlett's gut too long before deciding to keep it, or he was simply not well enough trained on how to run the play. I am assuming that coaches have now drilled into him how to do it properly, not to mention the fact that, as a smart kid, he is probably done extra work on it himself this past week so as to correct his errors.

-m.

No to mention that they simply don't need it. Mills may be a good runner, but with his injury history I think it is a bad play to call. We really don't want Mills intentionally running the ball, IMHO. This is especially true when we are already down a QB. I hope the staff has realized that and just forgets the RPO.

Everyone seems to be in agreement that it's the QB's fault on those read options, except the noble Cameron Scarlett himself. He took more than his share of the responsibility and showed class in his comments at this week's presser, saying, "the running back is responsible for the mesh in that play...." Of course, he also said they'll get it cleaned up. Great leadership.

Scarlett's comments here: https://youtu.be/rEOThj4fezo?t=2186