fans will say “well, it worked… so what’s the problem?” The problem is that you risk injuring your workhouse (TA) and then what do you do?

The passing game opens up when defenses adjust to slow down the run but if TA gets hurt then BYU’s run game takes a big hit which then allows opposing defenses to focus on also shutting down the pass game.

No, WSU’s defensive backs were not that good. They are not good enough to smother Nacua, Pau’u, Romney, Rex etc… all at the same time. The issue here is Jaren struggles to see the field and struggles with making decisions which leads to a large amount of dump off passes to his check down guy. This then leads to a game where fans are pacified by his high completion % while conveniently ignoring the 146 yards passing. Of course, his completion percentage will be “efficient” when most of his throws are within 10 yards. Jaren needs to stretch the field and attack down field for this offense to really open up and play to its potential.