Arizona Football and Jedd Fisch need answers on offense ASAP

Following a disastrous 0-3 start to the season that has been punctuated by an embarrassing loss to NAU, Arizona Football and Jedd Fisch need answers on offense and fast!

Well, Arizona Football has officially hit rock bottom. On a night that started with optimism, and a belief that the Wildcats would finally put an end to the nation’s longest active losing streak, quickly turned to embarrassment after the team lost to Northern Arizona for the first time in 89 years.

Coming into the year, there was plenty of sanguineness surrounding Arizona Football, its trajectory, and the direction of this program. After all, head coach Jedd Fisch had seemingly said and done all the right things.

The team added several key transfers, the staff appeared to be a bit of an upgrade, even adding some legendary Wildcats as positional coaches, and this team was injected with a bit of life and confidence after having been dejected and defeated from the previous regime.

After three games into the Fisch era in Tucson, the product on the field leaves much to be desired for fans and has Arizona Football scrambling for answers.

So far in three games, the Wildcats have been outscored 83-49, which sadly includes their loss to a previously winless FCS team.

More concerning is that in those same three games, the team has seemingly regressed each week, which is a stark contrast from the competitive effort they put forth against BYU in Las Vegas, which is now 3-0 and is soon likely to be ranked inside the Top 25.

However, the biggest takeaway in the Wildcats’ three losses seems to be the porous play of the offense.

Coming into the year, much ado was given regarding Fisch’s knowledge and creativity in being able to coach the offense, and in particular the quarterbacks. However, in their three losses, these are areas in which the Wildcats coincidentally struggle the most.

Plagued by less-than-stellar play at quarterback, questionable play-calling, and a porous offensive line, this is a group that has put up plenty of yards but few points.

Gunner Cruz showed glimpses of promise against BYU but regressed against SDSU. Will Plummer showed us that he still isn’t much better or different than the 2020 version of himself, and Jordan McCloud has had few opportunities to showcase himself, an unfortunate circumstance by joining the team late.

If the Wildcats are going to be competitive in any of their remaining games moving forward, the offense needs to play catch up in a big way, and it starts by solving more answers at quarterback and along the offensive line.