3 takeaways from Michigan State football’s scary 16-10 win over FAU

2. Offensive woes

I expected a lot more from the offense, but unfortunately, there wasn’t much good on Friday night.

The one bright spot was running back Kay’Ron Lynch-Adams who ran the ball for 101 yards on only nine carries, including this monster 63-yard touchdown scamper.

But other than Lynch-Adams, there really wasn’t anything positive to take away from the offense.

The most worrisome thing was the offensive line struggling to get any sort of push against the FAU defense. If they’re going to struggle with FAU’s defensive front then I don’t even want to know how they’ll fare later this season against some of the top Big Ten teams.

The passing game also was not any good either. Aidan Chiles only threw for 114 yards which included zero touchdowns and two interceptions. His first interception was a terrible overturn from the refs so I won’t hold that against him, but his second came in the red zone which was almost returned for a touchdown. Not good.

Even the Spartan wide receivers struggled as well. They were rarely on the same page as Chiles and when they were they either dropped the pass or Chiles overthrew them. Veteran Montorie Foster Jr. also struggled all night as well.

Thankfully for Michigan State’s offense, I think a lot of their mistakes are correctable. I don’t know if they can correct them all by next week’s game at Maryland, but with more time and reps I think a lot of these issues can and will be fixed.