One of the major issues Purdue had over the first 2 games was pass protection.
Northwestern and EMU spent the majority of the game chasing around the Purdue quarterback. When you can’t protect the quarterback, you can only use a small fraction of your playbook. Brohm made some adjustments in protection against Missouri and was able to open the playbook back up.
This is how he got it done
Max Protection
Brohm wanted to throw the ball deep against Missouri, but he wasn’t sure Purdue could hold up to the pass rush.