if you get yards in chunks you get more chances to get yards.. its the next step in building or offense.. we threw deep 3-4 times and got 1 pass by lemon caught short on an underthrow instead of a long TD. we had 2-3 PI calls that netted zero yards. Oregon was going 70 in 5 plays we go 70 in 10-12.. do that 2-3 times a game and you have created 2-3 more drives on offense without the D playing any better.
just the two dropped TD passes adds about 30 yds.