It's quite true that most of the time Brady was getting rid of the ball within 2-3 seconds. but he didn't seem to be scrambling for his life most of the time the way that we've observed Bortles to do. I suppose he is good enough of a quarterback to know how to effectively use the pocket protection... even with one of the best defenses in the league coming after him the whole game. I didn't observe Wilson to so much spend his time scrambling except when he had to, and then he tucked and ran down field, not backwards.

 

It was really educational to watch these too quarterbacks and how they moved (or didn't). By the way, I don't recall that I referred to either of those offensive lines as being 'elite', but I did say they are exceptional, and they are; and hey, they just played in the SB, so doesn't that kind'a mean that they are 'elite'?

 

That then brings us to what we saw with Aaron Rogers in the 'hawks/packers play off. Aaron Rogers was playing injured and not all that mobile. The 'hawks surely realized this and was trying to get to the man, yet, time after time, he had what seemed like ages to set up, look around and then throw. I agree that having receivers who get open are a part of it, as well as how hard the defense is actually coming after the quarterback, yet still... gads; it really appeared that he had a whole lot of time to stand back there and look around before throwing.

 

I'm just saying this because watching these teams play just makes it so much more poignantly obvious just how bad our o-line really is, and how far Blake has to go to learn to use the pocket. In college he was able to get away with scrambling and making 'desperation' passes, but it ain't gonna fly in the pro's. It would also help if he would just take note of what Wilson did and learn to just throw the ball away instead of trying to make plays where there isn't one and end up on his tail with lost yardage.

 

A bright future for this team really seems distant at the moment... or maybe I just need some coffee.

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