Virginia Tech has arguably their best offensive performance of the season scoring touchdowns on 50% of their drives (excluding the 18-second end of the first half possession) on their way to a dominant, workmanlike 31-7 victory over Stanford. This was a strong offensive performance to build off what they did last week at Miami, putting up 34 points officially in that game.
So with that said, here's my offensive takeaways from Virginia Tech' strong victory at Stanford.
1. A 'Get Right' Game For Virginia Tech's Passing Attack
This hasn't been the start to the season that Kyron Drones and Virginia Tech's passing attack expected but last week at Miami, the Hokies started to show more consistency with their aerial attack.
This week, the Hokies were a pretty well-oiled machine through the air as Kyron Drones was 14-19 for 201 yards and two touchdowns, consistently connecting with his guy with only a couple decisions that weren't great. Drones felt very comfortable making his reads and finding open receivers even when he had rushers coming at him and his primary read wasn't an option.
After the game, Drones shared about what's changed over the past few weeks to get his rhythm back.
“I've really been focused on being me. In the beginning, I felt like I was trying to be somebody I wasn't. Just trying to go out there and force plays. Now I'm just letting the game come to me. That's what I've been doing the last two weeks, just letting the ball rip, seeing what I see, and then not overthinking it. Just going out there and just playing," Drones said.
His 73.7% completion rate was his best in a single game in his Virginia Tech career, which is fitting on a day where his timing was on and balls were mostly where they needed or had to be. The best example of that was the Da'Quan Felton touchdown that had to be slightly behind Felton to be a completion, with Drones delivering a strike and Felton doing the rest.
