(11-02-2022, 12:37 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(11-02-2022, 12:31 PM)Caldrac Wrote: There's no room for rational, reasonable and fair assessments in here I see. Not to mention the slides are sped up and it makes it appear that much worse but he has a long way to go in terms of QB technique here.

Again, presnap reads, using his body language to freeze a defender, looking a defender off, etc. I saw an opportunity or two there in the London game where he could have slid to the right side instead of running to his left where the pressure was coming from and he had enough room there to move up and around in that second slide.

Also, you're pointing out a "50% win rate", yet, he's in a pass centric offense. He's 6th in pass attempts. Looks like the staff is either A. Overconfident in Lawrence's abilities to initiate all of the above nuances to the position that I listed there and/or B. Overconfident in this team's pass protection abilities, which, I think they are given they have only surrendered 12 sacks on the year.

So, listen, I am not going to get into this back and forth tennis match with "my analysis this" and "my analysis that". At the end of the day? We can all be picky and choosy thanks to PFF's metric system. The reality is that, I listen to the radio every day, and I keep hearing a lot of different things from actual football players that see things differently. That's between Jeff Lageman, David Garrard, Leon Searcy and a few other guests, etc.

Not saying there's no merit to some of these slides. I just think, if we're going to be fair and honest? You would have to dig into every single 277 pass attempts he's had this year to determine what the root of the issue is with him offensively. Is it really pass protection? Or, is it his inability to process things faster, make presnap reads accurately, move the pocket correctly, etc.

Is it the high pointing of the football, the issue with him trying to laser beam everything into his receiver's hands, etc?

Anyway. It is what it is. Appreciate the slides.

The speed settings are at zero. No plus, no minus. 

The hosting site's resolution may speed them up a touch, but you are seeing something within milliseconds of game speed here. 

You've got some ideas in your head about what is going wrong (and they are likely all valid) - but they apparently don't allow for the possibility of quick pressure spoiling plays to be a major factor. 

I disagree.  No biggie.

No. It's a bit of both. I am completely rational. I just think there needs to be a little bit more factors weighed into this. That's all. 

If you're 6th in overall pass attempts, yet, you're tied for the 3rd in overall amount of sacks given up, and, you're clearly in a pass centric offense. 

Where do you draw the line from a metric's perspective, team's perspective, offensive line's perspective and Quarterback's perspective? It's one thing if he takes the snap and his lineman get absolutely handled and the guy is on his back. 

Saw this a few times with Burrow last year and I saw it recently on the Monday Night Football game where Brissett got absolutely hammered on a whiffed block.

I don't know. It's anybody's guess. It's honestly a combination of a lot of things, as is usually the story when you're 2 - 6 and losing games by one possession. It's like being in a War I guess. Doesn't matter which side you're really on. Each side views themselves as the good guys. No matter what the cost involved. 

Cheers man! As always!

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