re: Why does denbrock ignore the quick passing game?

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Defenses are basically playing prevent defense because they don’t want to get beat deep, which literally means they’re giving us the shorter routes.

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Did you watch the Auburn game, because that’s definitely not what they were doing. They bracketed Boutte, sat on short routes, played a lot of zone and basically dared us to throw deep. When we did attempt WR screens and short passes, guys were immediately in traffic after the catch.

Other than the pass to Emery out of the backfield that he took to the 1, Auburn was focused on stopping the short stuff and was usually in position to make the play. I expect most of our opponents the rest of the way will use a similar gameplan until we force them to have some respect for the deep ball.