I had MSU's game against USM up on my computer while I was at the Ole Miss game Saturday, so I was keeping up with it more than watching. I compared Will Rogers' numbers to his PFF grades (which are wildly debatable in general) and it didn't seem to fit. They gave Rogers an 84 passing grade for the day which is very, very good, almost elite, but he was 12-for-27 (30 dropbacks) for 144 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. He was 0-2 on his only throws for more than 20 yards.
Then, I noticed MSU had six drops in the game. That still doesn't compute for the ridiculous 84, but it's a ton of drops for one game. State has 18 drops as a team for the season. By comparison, Ole Miss has 14 drops this year on basically the same number of attempts.
It is (was) a new coach and a sort of new system at times, but for the season Rogers is still doing the same thing as far as where he throws the football -- short, high percentage throws that rarely test things down the field. It's the same as always, in that Ole Miss needs to tackle well inside 10 yards and prevent yards after the catch. This game every season lately has tested the Ole Miss linebackers and defensive backs to tackle. If they do, MSU doesn't move the ball. Rogers, on the year, has only thrown 15 passes 20 or more yards out of 199 attempts. Forty passes have been between 10-19 yards and 114 have been inside 10 yards. By comparison, Dart has thrown more passes between 10-19 yards than he has 1-9 yards.
Rogers has scrambled seven times on 221 dropbacks.