(11-03-2019, 07:38 PM)hb1148 Wrote:

(11-03-2019, 07:33 PM)Bullseye Wrote: But Minshew wasn't pressured for most of the game.  The first sack wasn't until the 4th quarter.

The OL was not the issue in this game.

He wasn't getting hit necessarily but he was getting pressure pretty regularly. I think he was intentionally trying to get the ball out more quickly resulting in less accuracy, the ball was definitely all over the place today.

As to the emphasized portion above, I have the opposite viewpoint.

Obviously the quick screens, etc were designed for him to get rid of the ball quickly.

But there were way too many plays where Minshew held the ball for an excessive amount of time.  It's as if the part of his game that features movement in the pocket became a caricature of itself today.  I agree completely that his accuracy was an issue, especially late in the game, where it seemed to fall off a cliff.

I wish I knew what those plays were designed to do against particular coverages.  

The way I see things now, I am inclined to blame Minshew more than the OL or playcalling, though neither of those other things were flawless.  I'm betting for whatever reason, he started to drop his eyes and watch the rush.  I'm betting there were open receivers he missed.

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(11-03-2019, 07:44 PM)Upper Wrote:

(11-03-2019, 07:38 PM)hb1148 Wrote: He wasn't getting hit necessarily but he was getting pressure pretty regularly. I think he was intentionally trying to get the ball out more quickly resulting in less accuracy, the ball was definitely all over the place today.

Some of it was pressure but some of it was definitely him feeling phantom pressure too.

This is what I was getting at in my answer to HB1148, though you put it more concisely.

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