Marcel Reed isn’t hiding from Texas A&M’s problems.
After the Aggies’ 27-6 loss to Missouri, the quarterback put the spotlight squarely on execution as the reason a season that started 11-0 has gone sideways. Texas A&M has now dropped five of its last eight games, and its only SEC win in that stretch came against Arkansas. In the three conference losses this year, the Aggies have been outscored 93-33.
“It takes 11 people to complete a football play,” Reed said. “The average football play is six seconds.
If we can execute what we need to do, we’d be the best team in the country. But we are not doing that right now.”
He doubled down on that point in a separate remark: "It sucks. It takes 11 people to complete a football play.
The average football play is six seconds. If we can execute what we need to do, we'd be the best team in the country, but we are not doing that right now.
That's my opinion."
The numbers from Saturday told the same story. Reed completed 19 of 39 passes for 187 yards, with no touchdowns and two interceptions. It marked only the Aggies’ second Power 4 game in which he didn’t clear 200 passing yards, and their backs didn’t offer much relief, combining for 47 yards on 16 carries.
The defense hasn’t been able to cover for the offense, either. Mike Elko’s unit has allowed at least 150 rushing yards in each of Texas A&M’s three SEC losses, and Missouri piled up 252 on the ground against the Aggies.
Now Texas A&M gets a Week 7 meeting with The Citadel before heading to Tuscaloosa to face Alabama in Week 8.
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