I cannot help but wonder how much of the problem is the constant substitution AND the fact that the first team group never seems to be decided at any position on this team. Tell me a position on offense or defense, that is manned by the same guy for 90% of snaps, other than McScorely. It's just constant switching or subbing: Is McGovern a Guard or Center? Who is the main Right Tackle? Who out of 3 different guys is our workhorse RB? Who, out of 3-5 guys is our main TE? Who of probably eight different guys, constitute our main Defensive Backfield? And don't get me started on Linebacker. How many guys played significant numbers of snaps at LB, seven? I understand that subbing out the DL is supposed to keep the "mad dogs" fresh, but is there a downside?
I seem to recall teams in the not-so-distant past that had one guy play 80-90% of snaps at almost every position. How do they develop any consistency? Hopefully, CJF and the gang were doing a lot of experimentation at different positions during this game and just underestimated App State's ability to continue to come back against the second teamers and new guys (I can hope). I understand that there was a LOT of bad execution out there, and some significant injuries (Simmons, Givens, Stevens), but having a real starting 22 might help. Hopefully we will see a more consistent group of players next week.
