09-04-2011, 05:45 AM
You'll give up a lot of passing yards if you're ahead all of the time, especially by big margins. The thing to look at isn't the total yardage but instead yards per play. San Jose's QB had a 7.1 YPA, which is pretty mediocre. When you consider that he got 64 yards in one pop, his YPA less that outlier is a truly bad 4.8 YPA. Defense did fine.
It's the offense that was not up to the level we'll need (Luck with a 6.6 YPA and team rushing for 3.5 YPC...4.72 yards per play. Last year we averaged 6.7 yards per play, so there is quite a bit of room for improvement there.) Still--first game. Let's let things sort themselves out.
It's the offense that was not up to the level we'll need (Luck with a 6.6 YPA and team rushing for 3.5 YPC...4.72 yards per play. Last year we averaged 6.7 yards per play, so there is quite a bit of room for improvement there.) Still--first game. Let's let things sort themselves out.