re: What our offense is missing...

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On that 3rd and 15 pass play that went for 31 yards he stepped out of bounds to avoid contact

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Staying in bounds to take on a would be tackler would have kept the clock moving. It would have stopped to reset the chains but then started again, possibly forcing a spike to kill the clock, leading to 2nd down. 2nd down could have resulted in a more conservative play call and ultimately led to a FG attempt.