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[QUOTE="Millhouse, post: 47343, member: 78"]
let's assume you're right that marrone is scared of the line and that's why we do what we do

We're 18th in tackles for loss, and slightly above average in sacks allowed

with production as bad as we are getting, doesn't it seem overly cautious to focus so much on avoiding sacks? they could risk more tackles for loss in to get big play rewards.

maybe it's not because Marrone's so scared of the line, maybe it's because he just doesn't think it's worth very much to try to give Nassib time to do anything downfield when the guy struggles mightily to just keep the ball in bounds.

teams like Oregon don't care much about tackles for loss. you're going to have some plays where an overcommitting defender lucks out. but those are bad probabilities, run enough plays and you'll get a big one. i know we're not oregon. my point is that we're terrified of TFL because we know nassib can't give you any big reward for taking risk. it's not about the line

this whole offense is designed around what nassib can do. which is not much. he can throw slants. so that's what we do.
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