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UCLA Football: 5 overreactions from loss to Stanford in Week 4

By Connor Muldowney

PALO ALTO, CA - SEPTEMBER 23: Josh Rosen #3 of the UCLA Bruins looks to pass against the Stanford Cardinal during the first quarter of their NCAA football game at Stanford Stadium on September 23, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
PALO ALTO, CA - SEPTEMBER 23: Josh Rosen #3 of the UCLA Bruins looks to pass against the Stanford Cardinal during the first quarter of their NCAA football game at Stanford Stadium on September 23, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /
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PALO ALTO, CA – SEPTEMBER 23: Josh Rosen #3 of the UCLA Bruins looks to pass against the Stanford Cardinal during the first quarter of their NCAA football game at Stanford Stadium on September 23, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
PALO ALTO, CA – SEPTEMBER 23: Josh Rosen #3 of the UCLA Bruins looks to pass against the Stanford Cardinal during the first quarter of their NCAA football game at Stanford Stadium on September 23, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /

2. Josh Rosen is becoming a turnover machine

Over the past two games, Josh Rosen has thrown a total of four interceptions. Through the first two games, he didn’t have a single pick. Is it because he’s facing off against better defenses? Hardly, Memphis ranks near the bottom of college football is yardage allowed per contest.

What’s the issue, though? He admitted that against Memphis, he was trying to play “hero ball” which led to a couple of back-breaking turnovers. Against Stanford, he made a couple of ill-advised throws that ended up in the arms of Cardinal defenders and he fumbled the ball once, but luckily the Bruins recovered.

Are Rosen’s turnover issues becoming a problem? At this point I’d say no. He went interception-less in the first two games of the year before the Memphis game. However, he did fumble the ball three times in the first two games and lost two of them.

Turnovers could hurt this team in the long-run, but until this become a recurring issue (more than two games) than we can’t call Rosen a budding turnover machine. Not just yet.

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