Virginia Tech travels to Raleigh hoping to break a tough losing skid. Let’s see what the Pack has going.

Offense

The big news for NC State is that top quarterback Devin Leary is out. Leary should’ve—but didn’t—start against the Hokies in 2020. This time ‘round, we won’t see him at all, as Leary tore his throwing-side pectoral muscle. Repairing a torn pec is like stitching two Jell-O jigglers together, and you have to treat the repair as such over the long time it takes to heal.

Leary wasn’t dominant, but he was good enough. At least in his absence, the Wolfpack are running a misdirection-heavy offense, which normally would lead me to think that inserting a new quarterback wouldn’t be as much of an issue as it would be with, say, a more pro-style scheme. However, NC State’s offense looked disjointed against Syracuse. Jack Chambers (QB, #14) is a grad transfer from Charleston Southern who hasn’t hit throws beyond the LOS with any consistency. Most of the best passing plays I saw from him were with the screen game:

His best attribute right now looks to be his running:

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