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Bingo by KeoughCharles05

The shift to a prevent defense up 18 with the offense actually rolling was infuriating.

A disruption-based defense pairs well with an offense that is rolling and a lead. Sure, you might give up a long play here or there, but you're also going to break up some drives with disruption plays. Up until the first TD drive of the comeback, they had run 35 plays for 205 yards. 149 of those yards came on 2 plays. 11 drives, 3 touchdowns. Even with the mistakes, that's a formula for success.

Up 18, we ceded them the entire box, and they took it. They went on a 15 play drive with 11 runs, that took about 6 minutes. What's most infuriating is that we had already established they were going to have trouble beating us through the air against our normal defense. The three drives in the second half had one long TD pass, and two interceptions. Why change things up? But we do. Their next three drives included two touchdowns, one field goal, 37 plays, and 209 yards.

The plays and yardage are pretty similar. 37 plays for 209 late versus 35 for 205 early. But those early yards took 11 drives to get, with 8 killed drives. Keep up the havoc.