Quote:RE: playing to Blake's strengths -

 

Blake's protection has actually been pretty good this year. It's a real shame he struggles from the pocket, because he's actually had one this season more frequently. 

 

Also - Olson DID actually have him rolling out quite often in three or four of the games this season. I'll have to do the research to be sure, but I'd guess he rolled out 25-30 percent of the time in a few games. I remember being glad it was in the game plan. That rollout stuff is not gonna work much more than that before it gets sniffed out by the defense.  You can't do it constantly.

 

 And guess what, he still threw some pretty craptastic passes while rolling out as well. He's making it pretty tough to play to his strengths this year. 

Still - I would like them to utilize the rollouts and keep the tempo from sagging to slow as it will give him a chance. 

 

The thing that bothers me the most looking throughout the all22 stuff is how often he never looks in the direction of an open (sometimes even uncovered)  receiver, TE or RB because he is squarely locked on one guy.  He's let a lot of opportunities slip away.  

 

Same regards on that last sentence there. It's cringe worthy man. He doesn't even bother to look for his other options or properly go through his reads. And like you said, he has had time in the pocket this year more than we've been accustomed to seeing in year's past. But that stare down, light as a feather / stiff as a board throwing from the hip [BAD WORD REMOVED] needs to go. 

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