Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables kept it real with quarterback John Mateer in loss to Ole Miss
The Oklahoma Sooners had a bad game on offense from quarterback John Mateer, and head coach Brent Venables kind of let him know about it.
The Oklahoma Sooners are back in the loss column after a winnable game against the Ole Miss Rebels slipped away. It came down to the offense just not being good enough in terms of players and coaching, while penalties and turnovers were the difference-makers. Quarterback John Mateer didn’t play well, and head coach Brent Venables kind of knows that.
Venables kept it real with his QB during the loss.
“We will have to wait and go back and look at the tape,” Venables told reporters after the loss when asked how he felt Mateer played. “I told him you’re going to hate what you see on the tape because of the missed opportunities. We are all going to have some regret.”
Mateer didn’t play like the guy Oklahoma paid him to be
We all know that Mateer got paid in the offseason through the transfer portal. He was considered the No. 1 player in the transfer portal, and the Sooners got him. When they did, everyone rejoiced that they had gotten their quarterback, regardless of the potential cost, which could be north of $1 million.
And, while he started the season with some insane plays, like the scramble and sideline throw against the Michigan Wolverines, and completing 11 straight passes with a broken thumb in his throwing hand against the Auburn Tigers, it’s been bad since.
In this game, he made far too many mental errors. However, if you did want to pull out a bright spot from it all, he didn’t throw any interceptions, and he didn’t have many turnover-worthy plays like he did last week. But he still missed open receivers far too many times. He got too jittery in the pocket when the pocket was clean, rolling out, and forcing himself to make a harder play than what he had to make.
There’s the fourth down play where Sategna and Burks are wide open for a first down, but he wants to push the ball down the field to JaVonnie Gibson, who was not open at all and was in double coverage. He didn’t play nearly as badly as he did against the Texas Longhorns a few weeks ago, but he still wasn’t great. He’s not playing like the guy they have paid him to be.
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