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[QUOTE="TheCusian, post: 2629490, member: 2585"]
I get tempo gives both teams more possessions. I do. I’m asking you to think beyond that simple reading of Dino’s system and philosophy.

If you can play at tempo efficiently and score more than a team that is either less efficient, slow, or can’t cash in with points at the end of a drive - that’s a huge advantage.

The goal of going fast isn’t to go fast. Dino isn’t saying “hey, let’s both have more possessions!” He’s making a bet that his offense can play more efficiently over all of the possessions than your offense can. It works best with a lead, but he knows even down his o is potent enough that you must keep piling up yards and have meaningful productive drives all game.

The system isn’t *just* tempo.

The less talented team wants to dictate the terms of the battle. If you train for tempo, get a billion reps so that you’re pretty confident you can drive the ball on anyone, if you are playing a tired defense, etc... if you think all that - you don’t need to rely on getting lucky.
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