A precursor to the grading: I have no idea how to give an overall level of performance when you are looking at a horrible first quarter followed by a freight train second period. No one looked focused at the beginning of the game (even the line looked sloppy), but then as soon as the second quarter began, the "same old offense" from the first three games showed up. The only process I can come up with is to simply grade the better looking team and then bump everyone down depending on how awake (or not awake) they appeared to be during the first 15 minutes.

Offensive Line

I commented above on a couple early letdowns (the busted play that led to Clark's fumble out of bounds, for example), but I simply can't ignore how dominant this line was and will most likely continue to be. There were holes up the middle that JoePa could have ran through and every time they pulled someone around to clear out a lane, it worked very effectively.

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