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“AZTECS FOOTBALL-MID YEAR REPORT”
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They are (3-3) to start the first season of new Coach Sean Lewis.
Up ahead, the teeth of the schedule, real people
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They come off the bye week and play Washington State-Boise and UNLV over a 4-week period.

The Aztecs offense is work in progress.  The defense has carried the team.
The metrics show a hot-cold offense.  The other side of the ball has been borderline spectacular.

Lewis’ offense is averaging just (307YPG);  Hard to believe the team has just 7-TD passes in 6-games.  the offense has just 13-TDs for the season.

The QBs are completing just 59% of their passes.  Hard to believe too, just a 33%-conversion rate on 3rd downs, and a time of possession of just 26-minutes per Saturday.

They don’t turn it over, and that is huge.

That other side of the ball, the defense, 25-sacks, 9-takeaways and 42-tackles for losses. Thank goodness for that.

Lewis had lots to say about a mid season evaluation of the team, but he did not want to rate his team.

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Good road win..2-0 in conference play
Bye week gives us opportunity to get better
We met with adversity in Wyoming..guys responded to it
Special teams have really grown us

Mekhi Shaw helped us alot
Nate Bennettt embracing roles here

Coaching rates passing grade
Not as close as to where we need to be on offense
Not willing to grade team right now
Nowhere’s near where we need to be
My scoring system..is above 50-it’s an A
If it’s above 40-it’s a B
If it’s above 30-it’s a C-only a passing grade
We have had just 1-game with a passing grade
Nowhere near the grade we want

Most impressed with resiliency of the club
Slow starts..injuries..working our way thru
Most disappointed..nothing

Most challenging-learn verbiage of a new system..not many unique situations..become familiar with nuance of language of playcalls
Players come from everywhere..plays they ran might have been called an orange
Here we call it an apple
Have to get adjusted to the different verbiage

Danny O’Neill more confident-getting used to the passing windows-speed of game

Tre White-leads the nation in sacks
Has taken huge jump
You never know about kids-surprises everyday
We had inkling of his obsession
Process and patterns of behaviours-you could see that
Practice habits great
Players selected him as a captain..his rep-cred is there

Our veterans share room with young players
Jordan Napier is showing results from growth..learned alot from Poke
Teammates help him grow
Embraces work-no shortcuts to get it done..he knows it now

Marquez Cooper-carried workload and volume
Plays best ball in 4th quarter
Need to spread some of those carries to other guys
He has good sense of clock management-understand situations
Not use other players right now-do not want to slow down the tempo

WR group-grow 2nd-3rd-4th receivers
Polk-Napier provide value now at midseason
We have so many offensive weapons to come together
Marry it all together -we see flashes

Win at Wyoming is important step..earn road victory
Check the boxes-go do that at altitude
Wyoming not easy place to win..allows us to take the next step

Chunk plays will come with consistency in their plays
WRs need to know where release point is coming off line
WRs learning route trees and what to do with option routes
Nate Bennett did all things come together his big plays.

Offensive line grow..need do basics at higher level

Our breakdowns not complex..need execute fundamentals at high level
Drives go 75-yards..rythm and sync..but next series not there yet
We have had to work thru injuries and musical chairs upfront
Not strong at level one-nothing else goes
Young players need to identify what they have to do
More reps-more intentional focus for each player

Players need to obsess about the details of their craft..QB-OL-WR-how read it
Want sense immediacy
We see ‘ah-ha’ moment for these kids

Defense doing a great job…
Turnovers-tackles for losses-sacks
We need to limit explosive plays..those plays counts
As year goes along-they dig in..holding people to explosive plays
Special teams doing special job-punting-pin people deep territory

Next 6-games..we need to close talent gap with teams coming up
The conference-great league
Handled things right today..so tomorrow is better

Unique having 2-bye weeks-like 2-minicamps
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