Published Oct 15, 2017
Sunday Grade Card
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Gabe DeArmond  •  Mizzou Today
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Every Sunday we hand out the grades position by position from Saturday's game.  Here are the marks from the Tigers' 53-28 loss to Georgia

QUARTERBACK--Drew Lock had one really bad throw, trying to thread the needle to Johnathon Johnson in triple coverage. It led to a touchdown that put UGA up 31-21 and put the game effectively out of reach. But he's allowed a bad throw. Especially when he takes the field with the pressure of having to score every time he touches the ball. That is ratcheted up a notch when he has no help from the running game. Lock wasn't perfect. But he was good enough. FINAL GRADE: B

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RUNNING BACKS--Damarea Crockett, Ish Witter and Larry Rountree III combined for 62 yards on 20 carries. Oh, and Crockett got hurt. FINAL GRADE: D-

WIDE RECEIVERS--Emanuel Hall was fantastic again. He's a true, legitimate deep threat. But Hall was the only Tiger with more than two catches. J'Mon Moore had more penalty yards (15) than receiving yards (8). Hall gets an A, but overall...FINAL GRADE: C+

TIGHT ENDS--Albert Okwuegbunam and Jason Reese each had a touchdown. Okwuegbunam is going to be a heck of a player, but he's just six games into his career. The most baffling part of this season so far may be the complete disappearance of Kendall Blanton in the passing game. FINAL GRADE: C+

OFFENSIVE LINE--Georgia didn't have a sack. Lock had more time to throw than might have been expected. At the same time, there weren't many holes in the running game. But UGA has the best defense the Tigers will face all season. All in all, the line held up pretty well. FINAL GRADE: B-

DEFENSIVE LINE--Missouri made some plays against the run early. Terry Beckner Jr. had his name called a few times early. But the Tigers simply aren't getting anything out of their defensive ends. They applied almost no pressure all night and frequently lost contain on the Georgia running game. FINAL GRADE: F

LINEBACKERS--Cale Garrett had 12 tackles and an interception. Terez Hall had ten tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and is the best player on the defense. At the same time, it's hard to give anyone a real good grade on a night when Georgia rolled up 696 yards of total offense and did nearly anything it wanted to. FINAL GRADE: D+

SECONDARY--Georgia came into the game averaging 158 yards passing per game. Jake Fromm threw for 326 and the Bulldogs took the air out of the ball in the second half. Missouri has a lot of problems. Perhaps the biggest one is that they simply can't cover anyone and when they do, they don't tackle very well. FINAL GRADE: F

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SPECIAL TEAMS--Larry Rountree III had a really nice kickoff return, Corey Fatony is the team MVP and there was one snap issue instead of two. So that's something. FINAL GRADE: C

COACHING--Missouri (at least on offense) kept answering the bell in the first half. But eventually they just ran out of answers. But the Tigers had a false start on the first snap of the game. They had an unsportsmanlike penalty and another targeting ejection. Less than three minutes in, they burned a timeout. And, yes, this team is talent-challenged on defense, but six games in, the coach who was hired because of his prowess as a defensive coordinator hasn't found a single thing this defense can do well. That's not good. FINAL GRADE: F