Freddie Kitchens believes the UNC football program's offense is making progress.
However, that hasn't shown up at all on the scoreboard.
Ahead of the UNC football program's West Coast trip to California, Kitchens spoke to the media about his offensive unit. Of course, Kitchens believes North Carolina is on the right track, making progress as the 2025 season rolls along.
“I think some of the progress we’ve made hasn’t shown up on the scoreboard, but I think we have made progress. If you go back and look at TCU, moving on to Charlotte, moving on to Richmond, UCF, and now Clemson, I think we’ve made progress. Doesn’t always show up on the scoreboard, but we’ve made progress in different areas, and we just need to continue to stay where our feet are and get better each and every day. And eventually we’ll get the results that we want.”
Yes, the results haven't shown on the field.
If you take the 61 points scored against FCS opponents (Charlotte and Richmond) off the board, the Tar Heels have scored a total of 33 points in their three games against FBS opponents.
To do the math for you, that's essentially 11 points per game.
Just watching the Tar Heels' offense is a difficult task. From mind-boggling play-calling to poor execution, it appears to be a unit that doesn't trust its quarterbacks and lacks the creativity needed to put points on the board.
On third and long situations, it's very frustrating when a run play up the middle is called, resulting in little to no gain.
If you're looking for a play-caller change, you'll be disappointed to hear what Kitchens had to say regarding the topic:
“That’s never been brought up, never been discussed. I think we always look to see how we can get better each and every day that we go out to practice. And each game day and all that kind of stuff, we come out and re-evaluate things, and go from there. So there’s, of course, things I could have done better. I think we can say that all the way down the line, but sometimes you just got to keep your head down and go to work and try to get better.”
Hey, Kitchens believes that his offense is on the right track, but until they start effectively moving the football and scoring points, fans will want changes made among the staff, especially at the offensive coordinator position.