(03-19-2021, 08:08 AM)NCJag Wrote: Have to wonder though: how much of the sacks given up by Richardson/Taylor are due to hesitation/holding the ball too long by the QB and just bad technique and pressure from the DEs?  Not saying Taylor and Richardson are the ANSWER at the ends....but get a QB back there who can read/react and get rid of the ball QUICKLY, it might make a world of difference. Minshew DID seem to run himself into a lot of sacks.

I think it is a mixed bag.  Yes, he may have sometimes held the ball too long which resulted in sacks, but his mobility and ability to move around also bought a lot of time and also avoided a lot of sacks.  He also sometimes avoided sacks by scrambling for yardage.  I can't imagine if we had Byron Leftwich at quarterback last year.  We probably would have had 100 sacks and that's a conservative estimate.

It's true that a really good quarterback can maybe sometimes hide the deficiencies of poor offensive tackle play, but that's still a deficiency.  This also only goes so far.  Did you watch the Super Bowl?  Did the best quarterback in the league make his offensive line look good?

I also don't like the "obvious passing situation" argument.  It's not uncommon to find your team tied or down with less than 2 minutes less.  Those are going to be obvious passing situations.  You need tackles who don't completely fall apart in that situation.

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(03-19-2021, 08:30 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(03-19-2021, 07:21 AM)jaguarmvp Wrote: Some of the hardcore homers are just laughable with their excuses.  Again some of them defended gene smith so not surprised!

I haven't seen anyone on here say Cam and Taylor played good last year.  Did I miss something?  

I've seen people refer to him as "average" and even "slightly above average".  There's also a long list of people who think it was smart to apply the franchise tag to him or that there's no chance a 1st round rookie could beat him out.

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