![]() ![]() There were 3 touchdowns and Richardson averaged 51 yards per pass attempt and 28.8 yards per rush attempt. Of those snaps, 10 were successful plays and 6 were “explosive” (15 yards or more). On Saturday, Richardson was involved in only 11 snaps. Richardson’s numbers, from even a mildly advanced metrics standpoint, are staggering. On the other hand, how do you keep a stallion like Richardson locked in the stable for much longer? He’d also be keeping his word to Jones that he’d be given a chance to develop, improve and play, which matters to Mullen. On the one hand, does he stick with a kid in Jones who has the respect of the locker room, the trust of the coaching staff, plenty of talent and who waited patiently for moments like the one coming Saturday? Mullen is famously loyal - sometimes to his own detriment - and in sticking with the talented but struggling Jones - he would in many ways be staying on brand. If Richardson is available, Mullen faces a choice. But he stayed on the sideline and a Florida spokesperson denied it was a muscle pull, so ice and rest should have Richardson available for Alabama. Richardson strained his hamstring on that play, which meant the end of his day and perhaps calls his status ahead of the Alabama game into some question. : Florida Gators news September 11, 2021 ▶️? Anthony Richardson 80 yards to the house on a zone read. Richardson’s next drive would be a 1-play touchdown, on this 80-yard jaunt where he ran over linebackers and past safeties and corners en route to his third produced touchdown of the afternoon. Jones entered, and USF stuffed 4 plays in the red zone thereafter, leaving the Gators empty-handed through 4 second-half possessions as a result. Unfortunately for Florida, Richardson lost his helmet on the third play and by rule, had to leave the game. After Jones and Florida turned the ball over and came up empty on the Gators’ first 3 second-half possessions, it took Richardson all of 3 plays to drive Florida inside the Bulls’ 10-yard line. Richardson’s second drive took 6 plays - the nerve of the young man!! - but Florida hit paydirt again when Richardson found Copeland for another deep touchdown. His first play of the game? How about a 75-yard touchdown strike to Jacob Copeland that set the tone for the Gators early and proved Florida still had a vertical passing game a week after it went quiet in the opener against Florida Atlantic?Īnthony Richardson’s first pass of the game Richardson played 11 snaps Saturday, but the size and scale of his play was monumental. Instead, Jones’ mistakes were kindling or kerosene on the quarterback controversy fire, given another gargantuan effort from Richardson. Jones’ errors were preventable and they were costly, and least of all because they allowed a woefully overmatched South Florida team to hang around into the fourth quarter on a steamy September day in Tampa. Both interceptions resulted in long runbacks and, ultimately, 10 USF points. ![]() Jones threw interceptions on Florida’s first two third-quarter possessions, both miserable throws where Jones held the ball too long and failed to look off a cheating USF safety. Then the second half happened, and once again, Jones seemed ill-equipped, or not quite ready, for a moment as big as the one that will face this Gators team next Saturday, when No. Jones was terrific in the first half, tossing a touchdown pass and adding almost 70 yards rushing in helping Florida to a 35-3 halftime lead. For at least one half, he kept his promise. ![]() He called his performance and mistakes “disappointing” and promised it would get better. Jones struggled in his first Gators start against Florida Atlantic a week ago while Richardson shined, leading many Gators fans and analysts alike to wonder if Florida had a quarterback controversy, no matter how many times Mullen insisted the job belonged to Emory Jones, the heralded recruit and hero of Mullen’s transitional recruiting class who waited 4 years to have his turn.Īll week, Jones handled a disappointing Week 1 performance as maturely as possible. How could they, considering the elephant in the room- or, in Florida’s case, the herd of elephants that next Saturday will be in The Swamp? There is no running back controversy, but it also is malpractice for media members to not ask about one at quarterback. ![]()
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