Had a manager at TGI Fridays of all places who liked to talk about the beach ball analogy when discussing perception. if you hold it in place and put it next to your face...it's one color. If you step back and look at it while turning it slowly, you see it's a lot of colors. If you spin it really quickly...it's tough to tell what it is.
Judging an offense single play..set of downs..qtr or even half of football is pointless. Look at the whole game..or season before judging. Donovan Edwards sucked in the first half against OSU. Tore them up in the 2nd half and became a fricking legend