August 1st, The Courier Journal, “Can offense be better without Lamar Jackson?”. September 23rd, The Courier Journal, “Second thoughts: Louisville football is historically bad right now”.
Things have gotten worse for the Cardinals since. They sit at 2-6 and likely won’t be favored in a single game to close out the season. The highest odds S&P+ gives them to win another game is 26%.
It’s hard, obviously, to replace the greatest player in program history. Lamar Jackson left shoes too big for any one player to fill, a drop off was expected and justified regardless of what the coach said.