Staubacher
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Lad, I am glad you brought up fatigue. I noticed players gasping for breath with mouths opened in the 3rd and 4th quarters -- on defense And offense. Dez often seemed fatigues though he made little impact on moving the ball and the O line seemed . . . disoriented at times.
The defense seemed to be fatigues EVERY 4th qauarter. It might be as you mentioned that the defense's fatigue owed much to the offense's 3 and out act for much of the year. Maybe a lack of conditioning. Maybe the hurry-up tempo of the opposing offenses took the wind out of the defense.
That is something I hope the coaches (the ones not fired) will look at in the offseason.
I would have thought the "Finish the Fight" Tshirts would have helped this relentless bunch.