SOUTH BEND, Ind. — This is not last year’s Notre Dame offense. This is not the Irish offense of any point during the program’s four-years-and-counting resurgence, not even the 2017 attack that relied on Josh Adams’ explosive runs.
Notre Dame (3-0) is more reliant on big-play scores than it has been at any point during this 48-6 stretch, by a significant amount. The Irish are not struggling to score, averaging 33.3 points per game, but they are not doing it via sustained drives, not that there is anything wrong with that.
“We have a lot of talent out there,” fifth-year receiver Avery Davis said after leading Notre Dame with a career-high 120 receiving yards in Saturday’s 27-13 win against Purdue.