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[QUOTE="Millhouse, post: 191456, member: 78"]
even if increasing the tempo more often helped the offense yards/play, it might not be worth it to give the other offense more plays
 
simple example
 
they get 5 yards per play. we get 4. each get 70 plays. them 350 yards, us 280. 70 yards difference
 
we up the pace and get 4.1 yards per play. They stay at 5 yards per play. each now get 80 plays. them 400, us 328 now it's 72 yards difference.
 
in this case you could end up 48 yards better per game on offense and still be worse off by giving the other team 10 more plays
 
when the other offense is better (which is the case most of the time), giving them extra plays can swamp an improvement in your offensive performance
 
if you have a yards per play advantage, you amplify it by getting more plays. baylor, oregon, 90s buffalo bills. you don't want to amplify a disadvantage.
 
and before someone pounces on that to say "see our offense isn't as bad as you say", remember that other teams as bad as us wouldn't want to amplify that disadvantage either. our rankings in yards, plays, and yards per play are pretty close together
 
marrone has just enough confidence in nassib to let him play but not enough to think we ever have a per play advantage.
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