That isn't the primary complaint. The primary complaint is that our defense is keeping our offense off of the field. Especially last year when we had one of the best ball control offenses in the country, we should have been running 80 plays per game.
Your example:
In 1984 we averaged 75.3 plays per game. In 2021 we averaged 66.9 plays per game. That is a huge difference! We have an explosive offense and need to get them on the field. Instead we are running 15% less plays and scoring 15% less points that we could with the 1984 defense.