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Clemson Football: Complementary football is key to 2020

When the final horn sounded on Clemson football in 2019, one thing was clear, their final game of the season was not their best performance. Unlike the title game in 2018 where they played their best game of the year, this was by far their worst performance and it came against one of the best teams to ever play the game.

In the national title game against LSU, they played complementary football for all of one quarter and the scoreboard reflected that. What exactly does complimentary football mean? Well, NFL Atlanta Falcons Vice President described it best.

“It means the offense leads to the defense, the defense leads to the special teams, the special teams lead back to the offense there is a rhythm to it and it takes all those phases to go together.