(10-23-2018, 12:25 PM)Senor Fantastico Wrote:

(10-23-2018, 12:11 PM)JackCity Wrote: Let's not pretend that Blake does anything but throw crossers , throw to flats and intermediate digs/outs in our offense. Kessler can do all of those and likely does them better than Blake too. So the argument that he can be completely negated applies to Blake.

You could argue that without a vertical game defenses will be able to squat down on routes...but Blake has also been objectively awful throwing deep 4/5 seasons in the league. 

The only real difference we might see is Kessler isn't near as mobile as Blake and likely takes more sacks. His release should help a bit and the trade is probably that Kessler takes more sacks but has less awful turnovers. 

And none of that is to say Kessler is good or any sort of future, just likely fits our offense better with how awful Blake has been.

Pretty good analysis. Defenses will squat on Kessler because he can't drive the ball. They'll squat on Bortles because he is wildly inaccurate when he throws over 15 yards. I don't see a huge difference in the way teams would play us. 

I do think it looks like Kessler reads the field a bit better but I'm not nearly astute enough to say that with any assurance.

And to take that a step further, if the defense is squating down to try take away our usual crossers and stuff which QB is best equipped to counter that? I'd argue the one with much better accuracy and timing...

 Yeah he seems like a high IQ guy based on everything we know of him.

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I'm still not sure what to make of Hackett, I've been high on him in the past. His opening scripts used to be top notch and that's usually the product of great offensive planning and analysis but I dunno anymore.

As an OC his QBs have been Ej Manuel, Jeff Tuel, Thad Lewis , Kyle Orton and Bortles. I mean, it's nigh on impossible to scheme an offense around those guys. He made Blake serviceable last year and made Orton okay for a year.

Can he do better with better QB talent? Possibly but I'm also not sure if I wanna find out.

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