Oklahoma Sooners quarterback John Mateer clears the air regarding a potential issue that seems to be dominating headlines
John Mateer and the Oklahoma Sooners need to be better on offense.
John Mateer has not been playing his best ball for the Oklahoma Sooners as of late, and he’s even been on record admitting that. Since recovering from the thumb injury he sustained against the Auburn Tigers, Mateer has not been the same. That quarterback we saw complete 11 straight passes to win the game with a broken thumb, that quarterback we saw make some insane throws against the Michigan Wolverines, he is nowhere to be found.
Is it the thumb with Mateer? Is it his own self getting in his way? He cleared the air real quick.
“I think in this offense, you have to be really disciplined with where your eyes go and what you see, and it’s pretty simple… So I need to just get it done… It’s definitely not my thumb. I’ll tell you that. I’ll stand by that,” Mateer told reporters earlier this week. “My thumb’s perfectly fine. I think it’s just the ups and downs of the flow of the game. And I’m a human. I’m not perfect. So there are good times, there are bad times.
“And I’d say it’s bad, I don’t really think it’s that bad. Like, I’m not not seeing the field. It’s not like, crucial, it’s okay, you know? So I don’t want to put that perspective out there. I’m still confident in what I’m looking at. And there’s just a couple that I missed, you know, when that happens, it just happens. We have bad times.”
Sooners need Mateer at his best, and Ben Arbuckle is going to demand it out of him
The Ole Miss Rebels have one of the worst defenses in the SEC, and yet, Mateer struggled. It will only get harder for him if he plays this same way. So, they need him at his best, and his offensive coordinator knows that, too.
“The best way that I can help him is at practice,” Arbuckle told reporters Tuesday. “And it’s just, it’s just demanding it out of them, you know, and demanding perfection. The other way I can do better for him is, again, always instilling confidence in him. He knows I and Coach Venables believe in Him to the nth degree.”
Oklahoma is set to travel to Knoxville, Tennessee, to play in one of the toughest game environments there is at Neyland Stadium. Mateer will not have it easy at all, even if the Tennessee Volunteers’ defense has some flaws. There’s going to be 100 thousand fans screaming at the top of their lungs. Whether Mateer has a thumb issue, an eye issue, or a mental issue with processing during the game, it’s going to be tough with that home crowd.
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