Panthadad2
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Some of it is OL play.
I felt this way in 2020 as well, but it felt like a down year for our OL. Teams were able to break through the LOS pretty consistently, and there were many plays that didn't get a chance to develop because AK immediately had to leave the pocket to try to avoid a sack.
I don't know if this is an indication of needing to think about a change at OL coach, or S&C coach, or just more focused recruiting. Could also be a symptom of our own anemic pass rush game not giving the OL a sufficient challenge in practices.
I don't know how much of an impact it had, but it certainly was >0.
Some of this is opponents not respecting the play action pass. It seems like defenses can send numbers on every play as if in a run blitz and expect that the pass won't burn them nor get hit by an explosive run.