So many of the issues that hampered the University of Wisconsin football team’s offense a season ago had a clear answer.
Why did the passing attack struggle? The Badgers were without their top two receivers and its younger players at the position weren’t ready to step up. Why’d the run game get slowed? Teams could load the box to stop it and churning out yards became harder to do without a transcendent player in the backfield like Jonathan Taylor.
Badgers coach Paul Chryst says big plays come from both deep throws and everyone doing the little things to make the average play pop
But arguably the offense’s biggest issue last season — the inability to create big plays — well, that one had a number of layers to it.