Boston College Football: 3 takeaways from Week 4 loss at Purdue

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN - SEPTEMBER 22: Tommy Sweeney #89 of the Boston College Eagles gets tackled after a catch by Cornel Jones #46 and Jacob Thieneman #41 of the Purdue Boilermakers in the second quarter of the game at Ross-Ade Stadium on September 22, 2018 in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

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WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – SEPTEMBER 22: Brycen Hopkins #89 of the Purdue Boilermakers fights for yardage after a catch in the first quarter of the game against the Boston College Eagles at Ross-Ade Stadium on September 22, 2018 in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

1. Boston College has a long way to go before contention talk

Coming into the game, Eagles fans had to feel good about the direction the program was headed after a 3-0 start to the season and there’s no reason for that optimism for disappear. However, expectations now need to be adjusted as the Boilermakers brought Boston College back down to earth.

Boston College was thought to be one of those dark-horse ACC title contenders, but they didn’t quite look like one against the Boilermakers.

The passing defense looked poor, especially on freshman Rondale Moore, but the run defense stepped up, so there were both positives and negatives from this loss. The defense isn’t bad, but there’s still room for improvement.

On offense, Anthony Brown didn’t look quite as solid under center and AJ Dillon, as previously mentioned, looked human for once.

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The Eagles may not quite be on the ACC contender page and there’s still a ways to go, but they’re heading in the right direction.

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