The hail Mary wasn't on him, but he did have a mostly lousy game that day.
He started the year rough, seemed to be starting to figure things out, and then suddenly it just all collapsed back out from under him the last few weeks.
Reportedly some Bears played went to Eberflus and Poole and asked for the OC change. And some of those players were also asking for Bagent over Williams. Which is wild.
He desperately needs Nico back. It won't solve all the problems, but having a guy who can toast single coverage for huge plays should lessen the amount of pressure teams bring.
Lions had absolutely no business still being in this game in the fourth, much less winning it. Incredible defensive performance in the second half though.
I think Michigan was better than Nebraska. But Lloyd never stopped a good option attack in his like twenty years as DC or HC, and I'm not sure even that defense would've been the first against one as good as Nebraska.
LSU kinda reminds me on defense of the old Lloyd Carr Michigan teams. Tabe will probably remember that, no matter how good a defense they had in any given year (and they had some really really good ones) Michigan got touched by every option offense or running quarterback they played. (It's the real secret reason I'm not particularly confident they would've had a chance against Nebraska in 97. Statistically an all-time great defense, but didn't face one notable running QB all year.)