[Goose]

Okay, but perhaps another consideration was that we were not stopping Rosen.  It didn't matter if we gave him the ball at the 10 or the 40, he was picking apart our secondary.  Perhaps coach Shaw put more value on keeping the ball out of Rosen's hands than field position.

Could be. But in the past we have had luck against Rosen (two years ago) not being able to string long drives together. Maybe our defense was so questionable that he would agree those yards didn't matter, but I think it much more likely that it was an aberration. A great aberration, to be sure, but not what Shaw would "normally" do.

[Goose]

Okay, but perhaps another consideration was that we were not stopping Rosen.  It didn't matter if we gave him the ball at the 10 or the 40, he was picking apart our secondary.  Perhaps coach Shaw put more value on keeping the ball out of Rosen's hands than field position.

Could be. But in the past we have had luck against Rosen (two years ago) not being able to string long drives together. Maybe our defense was so questionable that he would agree those yards didn't matter, but I think it much more likely that it was an aberration. A great aberration, to be sure, but not what Shaw would "normally" do.