Seemed like both guys were kept on a leash for the most part. Guys, this was not close to the full playbook. Buffalo didn't really respect either of them as passers. They were looking to stop the run. I thought both guys did some good things and some bad things.
Rhoda's pass to Johnson on that deep crosser was pretty money. But, he seemed to lock in on one guy a bit. That INT was really bad. Really bad. Outside of that really big mistake I thought he did ok managing the game.
Either Rhoda was told to not run or he chose not to on those read options. He had huge daylight at times IIRC but I'll have to rewatch the game. Running the RB into stacked +1 or +2 (on that third down on the Buff 42 in 3rd quarter) is a tough way to make yards. So I think either Rhoda doesn't have the green light to get out of plays or chose not to. I think the staff was playing this one pretty close to the vest. This offense will get much, much better as the QBs learn the system.
Croft's pass to Carter was sweet. The bubble screen decoy froze the CB and Carter got behind him. Pump fake and nice pass. That play alone is light years beyond what we saw from the old staff. It's a little thing but he placed the balls on the screens well. Too many times Leidner, and Rhoda, seem to throw at the receiver or behind them instead of leading them a touch to allow them to get up the field quicker.
Croft did choose to run it on the read options and he did it pretty well. Nobody will mistake him for Michael Vick but as he gets more decisive I think it will be an effective play.
He had the overthrow to Douglas, or was it Johnson. Not sure if just bad pass or miscommunication.
He put the ball on the money to Johnson on at least two go routes, but Johnson doesn't have that extra gear or doesn't get off well, not sure, and was unable to go up over the DB to make the catch.
We don't seem to really have a deep threat with wheels, which is a little disappointing but we have an actual functional pass game guys! Do we have any speed lurking in the recruits or true freshmen? There are other ways to manufacture a good pass game.
I think it's too soon to pick a QB. I don't think we as fans saw enough either way. Obviously Fleck sees what they do in practice. I'm a bit concerned that with the INT and the locking on Rhoda may be Leidner 1.1 but we shall see.