Clemson Football: Offensive Grades vs. Charlotte
The Clemson football team handily took care of the Charlotte 49ers Saturday night in Death Valley. Here are our offensive grades for the Tigers.
The Clemson football team came away with an impressive 52-10 victory over the Charlotte 49ers in a game in which they played 111 overall players.
From start to finish, we saw a ton of substitution and young players get an opportunity to get in the game and make an impact while earning valuable experience.
As we put a close on the game, let’s take at our grade for the offensive unit Saturday night. We’re going to do grades a little differently this week with it being Charlotte.
Offensive Report Card:
Yes, the offense had the potential of scoring 70, 80 maybe even 90 points on Charlotte. Trevor Lawrence’s night came to an end with 14:54 remaining in the second quarter once he threw his final touchdown pass of the night.
Chase Brice, the Tigers’ backup played the remainder of the second quarter and most of third, but didn’t even see time in the fourth quarter.
Why? Because the Tigers were squarely in control of the game and weren’t focusing on scoring a bunch of points against Charlotte.
Instead, the coaches accomplished exactly what they wanted to accomplish in this one. They challenged young guys, kept a vanilla playbook and allowed Trevor Lawrence to make some difficult throws and seemingly get in rhythm over the course of the first quarter.
Probably the only disappointing aspect of the night pertaining to the starters was that Travis Etienne dropping a pass out of the backfield that was close to being ruled a live ball and he also seemingly had a fumble at the beginning of the game that officials missed. Even so, Etienne came away with his first rushing touchdown since the Georgia Tech game and it looked as if the coaches got him going a bit better in the running game, which will be huge for the remainder of the season.
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Grade: A
Overall, the offense got done what it needed to. Chase Brice looked good in his time at the helm. The young wide receivers made some plays. Trevor Lawrence was Trevor Lawrence and the offensive line did an excellent job. There’s not much more you could’ve asked for in a game where so many youngsters saw extended playing time.