The offense struggled a little bit against Rutgers. The offensive line really didn't create many holes for the Tarheel running backs. They only had two long runs, one each by Gio Bernard and Ryan Houston. Out of leading rusher Gio Bernard's 81 yards, 66 of those came on two runs. 33 yards out of Ryan Houston's came on one run.
Completion wise, QB Bryn Renner had another good game but he threw three picks, he threw two up for grabs and he tried strong-arming one into Erik Highsmith where it was defleccted and intercepted. He seems to be having a hard time finding the safety playing centerfield. He has thrown picks to the centerfielder in each game this season.
The wide receivers played solid games with the exception of the fact they put two balls on the ground. Dwight Jones, barring injury, may be the best wide receiver in the ACC. He posted another 100 + yard game and scored another TD. He is setting himself up to be a high draft pick in next years NFL draft. Freshman Tight End Eric Ebron had a nice 27 yard reception and Tight End Nelson Hurst also had his first reception on the season.
The positives that came out of this game are that the running game has a sense of excitement about it with Gio Bernard back there. His 60 yard TD run was a thing of beauty. Ryan Houston also had a nice 33 yard run that sealed the deal for the Tarheels towards the end of the game. He was also very alert in recovering the fumbled snap by Bryn Renner and may have saved the game in doing so.
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