Quote Originally Posted by Really Clark? View Post
Actually I think you will find that teams who ran the most plays offensively also had some of the highest defensive plays as well. Part of a higher paced offense is you have quicker scores and some three and outs that doesn't run a lot of time off of the clock. Thus extending the game and requiring your defense to play more.
My personal theory on a lot of those HUNH teams and their defenses is they usually seem to tend to have offensive focused coaches that either don't pay attention to the defense enough or think that they can outscore everyone because they are a brilliant offensive mind. Like Mike Leach turning everyone into a slot WR.