Eli5 why in football do they always reference rest as beneficial to the defense?

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So watching college football today the announcers always make a statement like “That drive took 10 minutes so the defense got a good rest”. How is that rest only beneficial to the defense and not for the opposing offense?

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Offensive positions know the play ahead of time. So, a WR for instance knows it’s a run play and could put less effort off the snap because they know the ball is not coming their waym

On the flip side the DB doesn’t know the place is away from them so they go hard at the snaoz then they realize it’s a rush so the break off their player and run full speed towards the ball carrier.

Now you could say the WR should.playbtiugh at the snap and even if they do, once the DB realize LA and breaks away towards the ball carrier there isn’t much left for the wr to do

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