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Short-passing game giving defenses problems

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Friday, November 29, 2002

This has been a season for the unconventional. Scoring is at a record pace. Rich Gannon could break Dan Marino's record for passing yards in a season (5,084). Marvin Harrison is on pace to shatter the single-season reception record. Quarterbacks, working the short-passing attacks, are completing more passes at a higher percentage and the trend isn't chilling in the lowering temperatures. So many teams have incorporated parts of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers "Cover 2" defensive concept that quarte ...

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