Michigan State Football: 5 takeaways from first month of 2018 season

EAST LANSING, MI - SEPTEMBER 29: Brian Lewerke #14 of the Michigan State Spartans runs for a first down in the second half while playing the Central Michigan Chippewas at Spartan Stadium on September 29, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

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EAST LANSING, MI – SEPTEMBER 29: Brian Lewerke #14 of the Michigan State Spartans scores a first half touchdwon while playing the Central Michigan Chippewas at Spartan Stadium on September 29, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

2. Brian Lewerke can be great, needs consistency

Everyone loves to blame the quarterback, but Brian Lewerke has not been a problem through the first four games despite him being slightly off in the last two. He was solid against Utah State and Arizona State, but struggled slightly against both Indiana and Central Michigan.

Lewerke has that “it” factor and can be great, but he needs to show more consistency both with his accuracy and confidence but he must eliminate his “hero ball” mentality. What I mean by this is that he likes to force the issue far too often which has led to his five interceptions compared to five touchdown passes. He has thrown multiple interceptions in the end zone.

Decision making must improve for him to reach that level of greatness Connor Cook and Kirk Cousins both achieved but it’s a good sign that we are criticizing the kid even with improvement made in his accuracy (66 percent) and he’s averaging about 250 yards passing.

That just goes to show how much potential this kid has, but he just needs to show consistency and it wouldn’t hurt to get on the same page as his tight ends.

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