Jennings 1st half vs. Iowa

I just watched the first half of the Iowa because I wanted to see how Jennings really played, rather than just going on memory. I know he struggled in the second half (haven't watched it yet) but he was actually quite solid in the first half.

It's hard to grade when I don't know all of the reads and progressions but he had 15 gradeable plays (I obviously didn't chart if he made corrects checks in and out of runs because I don't know what they are) but of those 15, I charted 10+s, two neutrals, and 3 "negative plays." Of the negative plays, two were overthrows. He really only completely missed one throw, a well designed option pass to Connor Neighbors that he threw behind him.

I thought in all he showed good poise. There were a couple of times when I thought he held on to the ball too long but a few sacks were jailbreaks, but he also threw the ball out of bounds several times to avoid sacks.

I also forgot just how dominant the defense and special teams were in the first half. The half was completely dominated by LSU.

I'll do the second half tomorrow but Jennings was, while certainly not spectacular, very solid in the first half. Cam also played it very close to the vest.

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