Things I want to see outside of the W.
1. Protect Cam. OL pass protection has been slipping. It is a combination of poor communication allowing late blitzes to get through and then just flat out getting beat. On the second sack of the FSU game, Francis had to block two guys. You always take the inside guy in that situation. He decided to block no one. Cam can escape one guy, hard for him to escape two. That simply should not happen this late in season. 78 got absolutely manhandled on the last sack against FSU. Do better! Protect your QB. So this poses an interesting challenge. Duke is top 10 in sacks with 3 a game. I want to see no more then one sack allowed. And I do not want to see Cam running around the pocket like he was last game. That was annoying and we should be better then that. Otherwise I count that as a loss and a sign of a serious problem that better teams will take advantage of.
2. The Heisman campaign has officially started. I need to see a 3 or 4 TD performance from Cam. If that means taking a short TD run off the board, then go with it. We have been waiting all year for the play action fake with 9 lined up at FB. With Manny's overly aggressive defense, I think we see a 2 yard TD to Lofton this game of the PA. Get up early and let Cam eat. Let's get his trophy!
3. Duke has the 108th ranked offense in the country. We better make them look like the 108th offense in the country. We need blood for the last time they came to Hard Rock and embarrassed us. They are terrible on 3rd down and even worse on 4th. I want another solid performance against a sorry offense (see FSU). Let's build some momentum on the defensive side of the ball. It is astonishing we have the 13th ranked defense in the country. But we need to be better and we better play better this game.
4. Win the turnover battle. This statistic is the only possible way for Duke to stay in game. They are second in turnovers gained. We are awful. How we did not get one pick against those sorry FSU QB's is remarkable. We need to flip the script in this game. I want to see one pick and one fumble recovery and zero turnovers on our side.
Go Canes!
