What’s wrong with Clemson? ESPN analysts Dan Orlovsky, Booger McFarland have the answer

Daniel Jeremiah made a wise choice to fly and not watch the Clemson football team’s offense.

The NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah may be 30,000 feet up in the air, but even he can tell the Clemson football team’s offense is not good anymore.

While he was unable to watch the Tigers’ latest example of offensive ineptitude on Saturday vs. North Carolina State, ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky and Booger McFarland provided varying levels of insight as to why the Clemson offense is so horrible these days. The Tigers cannot afford to drop a game the rest of the way if they even want to dream about making the College Football Playoff.

Here is what Orlovsky said about the issues hurting the Clemson offense vs. North Carolina State.

Clemson football offense stinks: ESPN analysts explain why that is the case

While Orlovsky provided the type of insight you would expect out of him, we now understand fully why Booger McFarland is paid the big bucks by ESPN. His insight is about as deep as they come. Truthfully, he’s not wrong, even if he is rather matter-of-fact in his analysis.

Overall, Clemson cannot move the stick for Jeremiah for three reasons. One, their offensive line is pretty much a wet paper bag. Two, quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei has a strong arm, but isn’t connecting on any big plays. It is a shame he is not running around more like Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence did before him. And three, offensive coordinator Tony Elliott hasn’t been able to mix up the play calls.

Though the Tigers’ defense is elite, the offense is the reason they are not winning a playoff game.

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