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Originally Posted by Buckweath
Yeah that's two rookies who were not even highly drafted.
There is only one ball to go around and last year, everything was smooth and basically perfect offensively. There was no (major) injury to the best players and that offense was just firing on all cylinders all season long.
Some fans think a better defense will help the offense get more possessions and score even more points but I believe it's the opposite. When your defense is bad and allows tons of points, the offense has to go all out, be agressive and score tons of points too. That's kinda what it was last year.
When the defense is strong and doesn't allow too many points, the offense will get into a control the clock tempo and more runnings plays earlier during the game, making it score less points as not needing to score tons of points to win the game. It doesn't mean the offense is any worse but it just won't be as agressive and explosive throughout the game. The offense will become more concerned with just not doing any mistake and you win the game.
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I wouldn't say they were 'firing on all cylinders' all season. There were some lulls where Watkins' foot was bothering him and Hill had that high ankle issue. Replacing some pieces with guys that played in spread offenses very similar to what Andy runs will only make the offense more efficient. They are going to always try to put more points on the board when the opportunities present themselves, even when trying to burn more clock later in the game.