I've seen a lot of football. Watched plenty of teams with decimated lines.
Very rarely, almost never, have I seen a team fail to put up 25 yds of total offense in an entire half.
Maybe I missed it happening.
Also, pretty sure Donald didn't rip through the line on every snap. And if he did, the book on Donald is you run at him...not away from him.
Injuries happen during football games. Your plan to move past them shouldn't be 'ignore it, next man up'.
We were doing 5 and even 7 step drops with 2 injured starting OLs against one of the better DLs in football.
Geno 'didn't have time' because we ran plays that took too long for the WR to be in position or worse, asked the QB to read the coverage then throw AFTER the WR made his break.
It's one game. But it's been a pattern for longer. We often continue with game plans regardless of circumstance, matchup, or even effectiveness.
Even then, wrapping my head around 3 total yards of offense in a half (or 12) is still tough here. You should be getting positive yardage in most of your possessions in a drive. You should have more than 5 drives in a half.
It almost sounds like less than a yd of offense per drive in a half....
How does that happen? And when it does, does ANYTHING excuse it?