Some of the game footage that UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen studies is about acceptable failure.
A quarterback taking a sack. A scramble that goes for only a few yards. A pass completed short of the first-down marker.
They’re all outcomes that are preferable to forcing passes that lead to interceptions. They allow an offense to either keep the ball for another play or punt it away while managing field position.
Rosen knows they’re the kinds of plays he needs to make even if they might seem like momentary setbacks.
“A lot of it is just playing within the system,” Rosen said Wednesday.