[washingtonismoney]

That has been a problem forever.  The fact that it hasn't been fixed after several seasons indicates to me that there isn't a clear solution.  Or perhaps that staff does not consider it a problem.

Right, but as always it's a question of degree. I don't recall it occurring with the same frequency as this year (so far). Perhaps uncoincidentally, there have been fewer plays attempting to punish that tendency. Shaw has long had solutions -- the occasional reverse, bootleg, Spider 2 Y Banana -- and they generally work. (For example, Wedington had 3 rushes in 2017 and Rector 5 in 2016, for 15+ yards a pop. Some other rushes are less obvious statistically, but I recall Barry J. Sanders and Ty Montgomery getting these types of plays in the past.) 

That's been enough to tamp down the incidence of the weakside defender crashing down with abandon, albeit with some frustrating exceptions. 

To be fair, the coaches called a lot of bootlegs against UC-Davis, only for all of those plays to fail. But I still would like to see more attempts here. Even failed attempts can help.

[washingtonismoney]

That has been a problem forever.  The fact that it hasn't been fixed after several seasons indicates to me that there isn't a clear solution.  Or perhaps that staff does not consider it a problem.

Right, but as always it's a question of degree. I don't recall it occurring with the same frequency as this year (so far). Perhaps uncoincidentally, there have been fewer plays attempting to punish that tendency. Shaw has long had solutions -- the occasional reverse, bootleg, Spider 2 Y Banana -- and they generally work. (For example, Wedington had 3 rushes in 2017 and Rector 5 in 2016, for 15+ yards a pop. Some other rushes are less obvious statistically, but I recall Barry J. Sanders and Ty Montgomery getting these types of plays in the past.) 

That's been enough to tamp down the incidence of the weakside defender crashing down with abandon, albeit with some frustrating exceptions. 

To be fair, the coaches called a lot of bootlegs against UC-Davis, only for all of those plays to fail. But I still would like to see more attempts here. Even failed attempts can help.