(01-21-2020, 11:08 AM)TrivialPursuit Wrote:

(01-20-2020, 02:48 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: I think you're being fooled a little bit by badly timed passes due to pressure and the high number of improvised routes due to Minshew's scrambling. 

Because these receivers did in fact gain separation at a very good rate. 

Westbrook's next gen stats show an avg separation of 3.2 yards. Equal to Tyreek Hill on the year.

Chark came in at 2.8, and Conley came in at 2.2.  
(Other players in the 2.2 -2.8 range include Amari Cooper,  Alshon Jeffrey and Emmanuel Sanders) 

Now clearly there were times when these guys were covered well, but I think if you go back and look at where they are at the top of their routes in the all 22,  you'd be surprised to see them open regularly. 
(with the N.O. game being the outlier showing much less of that)

It all boils down to giving Minshew, who is actually a natural pocket passer, a pocket with time to throw. Yes, he can make things happen when things break down and that's exciting - but we need an offensive line that can give him time to properly go through his reads - and his speed at doing that should increase with more reps in a clean pocket.