Josh Rosen, in his own words, may provide the most telling measure of his play each week.
The UCLA quarterback’s self-assessments were unforgiving after bumpy performances against Texas A&M and Brigham Young. Then there was his critique Saturday, which lightened considerably despite the Bruins’ loss to Stanford.
Rosen used cheery buzzwords like “executed” and “content” and “did pretty well” after completing 18 of 27 passes for 248 yards and a touchdown, as if he had mental conditioning coach Trevor Moawad speaking into an earpiece.
Even if it was just a tiny step toward becoming the player Rosen wants to be, he’ll take it after an underwhelming start to his sophomore season.