[washingtonismoney]

I don't think Stanford misses anyone in particular. I think it's purely a tactical issue: defenses are aggressively selling out to blitz on every play and Shaw, for whatever reason, is refusing to pass enough. To be fair, some of the opportune passes that are getting called aren't getting executed properly (that play action bomb to Irwin was basically perfect...except for Costello's a-bit-too-far throw), but ultimately the offense will be fine if Shaw lets go of his preconceptions of what it should look like.

[washingtonismoney]

I don't think Stanford misses anyone in particular. I think it's purely a tactical issue: defenses are aggressively selling out to blitz on every play and Shaw, for whatever reason, is refusing to pass enough. To be fair, some of the opportune passes that are getting called aren't getting executed properly (that play action bomb to Irwin was basically perfect...except for Costello's a-bit-too-far throw), but ultimately the offense will be fine if Shaw lets go of his preconceptions of what it should look like.