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Message: [QUOTE="reedny, post: 3543483, member: 1423"] We avoided the death spiral until early 3d quarter when they went up 2 scores. At that point, they knew we couldn't stop them on the ground; they knew we couldn't run against their loaded box; and they knew we had to pass. So they tightened their man coverage and unleashed their DL. Tommy's time to throw got shorter and shorter. Even when he had a couple seconds, our WR's either couldn't get separation or couldn't finish. We racked up a bunch of 3/outs, and the rout was on (670 yards). The root of the problem is that their lines dominated ours on both sides of the ball. Our OL has injury issues galore. We're also banged up at the LB and safety level. Regardless, if we can't pass, can't run and can't stop the run - we're in for a long season. Chalk it up to Covid - my main concern now is holding our 21 class together (it looks really good). [/QUOTE]