Louisville Football: 5 Extremely Tough Lessons The Cards Learned In 2016
By Derek Snyder
We examine five extremely tough lessons that the Louisville football team learned over the course of the 2016 season.
It has been one of the most exciting Louisville football seasons in a long time. Lamar Jackson won the Heisman, the Cards won nine games, and an opportunity to beat LSU presents itself this coming weekend.
However, there were a few things that kept the Cards from achieving even greater heights in 2016.
With that being said, let’s take a look at five extremely tough lessons that Louisville learned in 2016:
5. Lamar Jackson Cannot Wins Games By Himself
This is one is a bit sarcastic, but holds a lot of truth within it. There was a point in the season where we all felt like Louisville’s offense couldn’t be stopped. If they turned the ball over, it was simply like a punt. If they had to punt, then that meant we were all mad because they didn’t score.
Heck, there was even a point this year where we all felt the Cards should score on every possession. However, even if Lamar Jackson is the best player in America, he can’t win football games by himself.
The whole team must show up and compete every game. They aren’t good enough to slack off and comeback every weekend.
Lamar Jackson needs the other guys on offense to play elite level football, 12 games per year before they are playoff-ready.