NORMAN Oklahomas offense has plenty of pre sure on it this week. One week after failing to put a single point on the board in the Cotton Bowl, the Sooners welcome in a Kansas Jayhawks offense that has had the same succe s as Texas on the scoreboard. Both the No. 19-ranked Jayhawks and the No. 22-ranked Longhorns average 38.8 points per Bruins Blank Jersey game, the 19th-best mark in the country. And while its likely Kansas starting quarterback Jalon Daniels will mi s the game Saturday, backup Jason Bean had plenty of succe s against OU last year. Bean threw for 246 yards and ran for 59 more yards a year ago against a Sooner defense that was playing a lot better than the recent version of the 2022 defense. Jeff Lebbys offense is this week, a complete change of circumstance from what the OU quarterback picture looked like last week. But the offense has sputtered even with the talented lefty at the helm. Gabriel mi sed key throws at pivotal moments in the lo s to Kansas State, and was even more erratic in Fort Worth before he was knocked out of the game. With the confidence for OUs defense appearing to reach a new low, the Sooner offense needs to settle in early and score with the Jayhawks this Saturday. Jeremy Lauzon Kids Jersey The Sooners are no strangers to slow starts, however. Oklahoma has fallen behind first in every game except the season opener this year, and its important that the offense isnt pre sing from the start or the i sues could once again compound on Saturday. I think that the biggest thing for our offense right now actually is to play loose, tight end Brayden Willis said after practice on Monday. Just play loose and relaxed a little bit, and just go out and make plays. We have to go out and expect to make plays and make those plays. We cant wait on anybody else to make plays. So I think thats going to be a big emphasis this week is going out and attacking the opportunities we get.Last Saturday the Sooners walked off the field embarra sed. The shutout lo s to Texas marked the first time since 1998 OU failed to muster a single point, snapping a streak of 311 games. Oklahoma cant wipe last weeks showing out of the record books. They also cant right all the wrongs of this season on one play, which is a Tim Schaller Women Jersey mentality Willis said the offense will have to guard against. Scroll to ContinueIts a focused intensity, he said. You cant be overly intense where youre full of rage and you dont remember your job, but you also have to be intense. Then theres the having fun aspect of it. Some of the best teams, when they go out there and make big plays, you see them having fun with each other. I think thats a big component that if we could get, especially with how close this team is and this offense is in general, I think we could really play with each other with the love we have for each other.To have ma sive succe s, the Sooners will also have to find a way to navigate negative plays against Kansas. This year, Oklahoma has allowed poor exertion on one singular play to snowball into doomed drives, bad quarters and dreadful halves of football. In the face of a negative play, the offense will have to respond with a better play to find any kind of rhythm and get back on track. I think handling failure is knowing, again, not everythings going to go well or go perfect, OU coach Brent Venables said on Tuesday. And it doesnt have to. So just having a poise and a maturity to know in those moments, dont flinch. Play the next play, play the next series. Cam Neely Jersey Get the adjustments, get the corrections, and then take it to the field the next series, as opposed to so much stre s where its catastrophic if things dont go well.Right now, were just not playing with the efficiency that we need to. That goes on both sides of the ball, so we can help and compliment one another.Regardle s of how the season has gone to date, Oklahoma has a chance this Saturday to snap its three-game skid and seize positive momentum ahead of the bye week. OU cant dwell on the first half of the season this week, as those gloomy thoughts wont serve anyone well once the ball is kicked off against the Jayhawks. Obviously as competitors were all a little disappointed and frustrated, wide receiver Drake Stoops said on Monday. This isnt how Danton Heinen Kids Jersey any of us envisioned us starting the first six games of the season. We put the game to rest today. We watched film (Sunday). We watched it again today. We went through it with the coaches. Now its time to put our best foot forward for Kansas, which is a really good football team coming in on Saturday.