It's not just the quarterback costing the Auburn Tigers games. There are a lot of dirty hands on offense when it comes to the killer mistake.
offense has continued to find ways to not win the football game, and Auburn’s road trip to Missouri continued that season-long theme. Auburn was 105-1 in games they led by 14 points or more in the second half.Payton Thorne has taken his share of blame by both head coach Hugh Freeze and the media. But the truth and the unnerving part is that it’s a host of players who keep preventing Auburn from scoring points.
Missouri played without starting quarterback Brady Cook for the second and third quarters because of an ankle injury. Despite the announcers continually calling it "non-contact," Cook's leg was rolled up in a tackle on a previous play, and he tried to tough it out. Starting left tackle Percy Lewis didn’t play for long. In both of Auburn’s road games and on the first snap from scrimmage, Lewis failed to even get a hand on his man leading to a sack.
Freeze has worn his frustration on his sleeves this season. He’s been open with the media about Thorne’s mistakes, and week to week he’s expressed frustration about others’ key mistakes. Seeing as it’s a wholesale effort week after week by the offense to find ways to give the game the game away, it ultimately falls at the feet of Freeze.
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