09-03-2016, 08:33 AM
The other aspect of not putting it in fourth gear were the defensive rotations. It's one thing to rotate in second-string guys, but the defense took it to extremes last night: in more than a few plays the entire second-string DL was playing with a mostly second-string DB group. I suspect in more demanding games they'll blend guys a bit more (e.g. playing second-string DL with first-string DBs) and/or not rotate as much.