From my perspective, playcalling became very vanilla after Braxton started to play pretty shaky. For a while there, he was a turnover waiting to happen...and it ultimately did happen with a pretty denard-esque interception. The playcalling was an issue because the key cog in the offense was struggling. Urban an Herman are known as excellent playcallers. They didn't suddenly go "Dave" for the hell of it. There were issues with the receivers, yes, but that doesn't excuse missing open receivers on rollouts and a handful of really bad throws. There's plenty of blame for a mediocre performance to go around, not sure why Braxton has to be immune from it. As for the OL, when the playcalling goes bland, they're gonna look bad. We saw that all of last year and countless other years. When the D knows what's coming, it's easy for them to pin their ears back and apply pressure.
In the end, it worked out. I joked about it, but the horrific 3rd quarter did lull Cal into a sense of security and opened things up for Braxton when he needed to perform...and he did.
And, like I said earlier...despite what I'd call a pretty below average performance, Braxton still accounted for a bunch of yards and 5 touchdowns. Stats aren't the only measure of a performance, but they do show the potential that is there. Braxton is still a work in progress, as is to be expected. When he, and the rest of the offense puts it together, he's going to be an absolute beast.
