5 takeaways from a dominant Halloween win over the…

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One reason why Smith thrived was improved pass protection from his teammates. After a rough couple of weeks, the offensive line did a much better job of keeping their QB clean. Ethan Pocic took over and started at center for Kyle Fuller, plugging up what had been the biggest hole on the interior. Pocic got beat bad once, but it was a solid overall performance up front. Smith took three sacks, but two of them were his own fault.