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Auburn’s offensive keys against Penn State

Auburn’s offense has to be better Saturday, here is how they can be.

Auburn’s offense has been disappointing through the first two weeks of the season but with a strong showing against the Penn State Nittany Lions Saturday, all will be forgiven.

The Tigers are set to face Penn State in their first big test of the season and will do so as 3-point underdogs at home. However, the game is certainly winnable and it will likely come down to how Auburn’s offense performs against their defense.

The Tigers are averaging 33.0 points per game and a solid 7.12 yards per play. However, that came against Mercer and San Jose State, two programs that Auburn should have success moving the ball against. Meanwhile, the Nittany Lions have held their opponents to 20.5 points per game and 4.69 yards per play.

Here are five keys for Auburn’s offense against the Penn State defense.

A look at which Auburn Tigers graded the best, worst against Mercer

A look at the top and bottom performers of the week, plus which player had the stat of the game against Mercer?

In the final wrap-up of the Auburn Tigers’ 42-16 thumping of the Mercer Bears, we have the grades. We will also take a look at the stat of the game but we can circle back to that.

The team looked sharp in some aspects and not so sharp in others. It wasn’t expected to look like a well-oiled machine to begin the year, but we did see some progress.

The offense put up points and the defense made it difficult to score, what more could you ask for? As will be the case each week, Auburn Wire takes a look at the top and bottom PFF grades from the game. We kick it off with [autotag]Tank Bigsby[/autotag], [autotag]Robby Ashford[/autotag], and [autotag]Ja’Varriius Johnson[/autotag].