You are right that had we turtled the would have stuffed us. We were being effective though running the ball as long as we mixed it up.I don’t know. Maybe because thelr safeties will crowd the box if they know were gonna run it every snap. Call me crazy.
then there’s the fact that WR is one of the most talented units on the field.
we’re not a complete team. Guys commit penalties but we don’t have the depth to bench them.
Our WRs are our most talented unit but DB is their best unit on defense. We needed to keep throwing the ball but the deep ball wasn't there. What was there was the intermediate stuff. They couldn't cover Brown all night on the stuff 8-15 yards downfield. On a couple of plays they were giving Viska over 10 yards of cushion and we still tried to go deep instead of getting him the ball fast and letting him do what he does best which is operate with the ball in the open field.
We also were killing them on runs by Montez. We had multiple plays with 2nd or 3rd and less than 5 when the middle of the field opened up. A simple QB draw would have given us yardage, the first down, and kept the clock running but instead we launched it over the head of a double or triple covered deep receiver.