Quote:Watching the SB one of the things that I took away from it was the amount of time that the pats and 'hawks give their quarterback to set up and make good throws. That was also true watching the 'hawks and packers play. Those quarterbacks have time to sit back there and read a book! Now think of what it's been like for the jags quarterbacks for around the last twelve years or so.

 

The contrast is startling! Even my wife, who isn't that much of a fan, noticed the amount of time the Aaron Rogers, Russell Wilson and Tom Brady have (usually) to set up and throw the ball. No wonder those quarterbacks seem really good... they have exceptional offensive linesmen in front of them!

 

In my opinion... our focus needs to be on our o-line. I'm sorry, but a first round draft pick linesman shouldn't need years of experience to just become average. Not all first rounders are gonna work out and right now I'm concerned that Joelckel might be a bust. If he was a later round pick I'd be a little more forgiving, but for a first rounder he's been pretty disappointing.

 

Watching good teams with a good o-line just makes what we've got here seem so much worse.

 

Wilson does a lot in the pocket with his footwork and it's hard to pressure the guy too much when you've got to worry about Lynch taking the football and running up the sideline with it.

 

Brady in that game was getting the football out of his hands within 2.8 - 3.0 seconds of taking the snap and dropping back to pass. He's a thinking man's QB at the end of the day and 9 times out of 10 he knows exactly what he wants to do with that football and what he needs to do to get the coverage out of position with his eyes. It's the same thing Manning has done throughout his career.

 

That's not a knock against their pass protection though. Both teams have invested quality picks on quality lineman and it does show up on gamedays.

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