[Goose]

If the O line cannot pass block, short passes are the answer.

That might help if the defense is not playing press man, which UCLA did basically all night. If you try to throw a quick slant or a quick out, it will get picked much of the time. Furthermore, the QB has probably been taught not to throw the ball if the receiver is tightly covered and to look somewhere else (for which he needs some time, which he didn't have). If we had receivers that were fast enough that our opponents simply couldn't risk playing press man, quick passes would be a possible help for lack of pass blocking. However, we don't have such receivers. We tried to substitute bubble screens, which gives the receiver  theoretically a little cushion because he is behind the line of scrimmage. In most cases, we got tackled quickly, but it did work a few times. One can't build a pass offense on this however.

[Goose]

If the O line cannot pass block, short passes are the answer.

That might help if the defense is not playing press man, which UCLA did basically all night. If you try to throw a quick slant or a quick out, it will get picked much of the time. Furthermore, the QB has probably been taught not to throw the ball if the receiver is tightly covered and to look somewhere else (for which he needs some time, which he didn't have). If we had receivers that were fast enough that our opponents simply couldn't risk playing press man, quick passes would be a possible help for lack of pass blocking. However, we don't have such receivers. We tried to substitute bubble screens, which gives the receiver  theoretically a little cushion because he is behind the line of scrimmage. In most cases, we got tackled quickly, but it did work a few times. One can't build a pass offense on this however.