Almost two years ago, Penn State coach James Franklin popularized the rightful lampooning of the mysteriously beloved and confoundingly prevalent chuck-it-deep paradox—a belief from fans that an offense is merely stagnant because a quarterback is not dropping back and whipping the ball downfield as far as he possibly can.
“My skin is curling when you say, Just drop back and chuck it deep,” Franklin said at the podium. “I don’t even know what you’re saying. It’s like you’re speaking from Mars.”
