mondry wrote:I'm having trouble finding their exact definition of what equates to a pressure so I'm not really sure. I think it includes all passing plays though.
Ofc it doesn't help when the backs and TE's don't stay in to block. The team as a whole doesn't seem to be very good at recognizing the blitz. I've seen enough plays where the back/TE's will release instead of picking up the blitz. Can't catch a pass when Teddy is flat on his back before you turn around.
mondry wrote:I think Teddy's had time too, but when he doesn't have time he REALLY doesn't have time, like an unblocked blitzer coming through, but that's just an observation from watching the games. Clemmings in particular doesn't just get beat, he gets beat badly.
In the past 3 games, against 5 or more rushers, Teddy has had 2.30 seconds to throw and has gone 19/29 (65.5%) for 288 yards, 2 TD's, 0 INT, and 3 sacks for a rating of 121.1. Against 4 or fewer rushers he's had 2.66 seconds and has gone 39/57 for 315 yards, 0 TD's, 0 INT's, and 7 sacks for a rating of 67.5. So I would argue he's doing better under pressure lol. Less time to overthink I guess.
mondry wrote:I'm all for the chemistry theory, we've changed his #1 wr every year now and if we dump wallace that will happen again. On the flip side though he seemed to form a connection with Diggs immediately. Teddy's deal seems to be with trusting his WR's so I think we need good route runners with sure hands, that seems to be Diggs so far.
It wouldn't have to change. Dump Wallace and let Johnson take his playing time. It doesn't pay to have a field stretcher when opposing defenses know Teddy can't hit the deep ball anyway.
mondry wrote:For their accuracy stat they go over each play and "assign blame" for why the ball wasn't completed so when the blame goes on the pass catcher it's omitted from the QB's stats and affects the WR's grade. They also omit throw aways when throwing it away is the "best play" available. We happen to have more than our fair share of drops this year and because of the pressure Teddy's having to throw it away a lot, after they decide what should be counted and what shouldn't, that's how they come to him being #2. They're very subjective so take it for what it's worth.
Ahhh ok, makes sense. I'll still argue it's because Teddy throws a lot of short passes lol. Would be nice if they broke it down by distance. Like where would he rank if they just went by passes that traveled more than 10 yards beyond the LOS? I bet he starts sliding down the list when you do that.
mondry wrote:Interesting that he has a half second faster time out of the gun, even if the QBR hasn't translated to me he seems noticeably "better" or "more comfortable" from the gun.
Yeah I don't doubt that. Probably get a better view of things and don't really have to worry about the drop back. On passing plays most teams throw out of the gun 70% of the time or more, so you could say most QB's prefer it. Carr is about the same from the gun (102.7 rating) as he is from under center (102.2).
mondry wrote:When I have some time I want to try and find out how effective Asiata / Mckinnion were running out of the shotgun last year compared to AD this year. Right now this isn't Teddy's team, it's Peterson's, everything is being catered to him. With Peterson out of the picture I would imagine they go back to catering Teddy (no reason to go out of your way to build around Mckinnion / Asiata) and the passing stats would improve.
Well if we go back to catering to Teddy then I hope he speeds up the progress a little more lol. That's my biggest complaint about him. He looks the exact same as he did at the beginning of last year. Carr on the other hand has improved quite a bit. Just show me some progress Teddy.
And I'll save you some time on the shotgun stats.
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS AVG TD
2014 McKinnon 43 185 4.30 0 19 108 5.68 0
2014 Asiata 4 24 6.00 0 15 88 5.86 0
2015 Peterson 31 53 1.71 0 12 65 5.42 0
mondry wrote:We also need to start drafting O-lineman that are equally good in pass protection compared to run blocking. Clemmings if I remember right is another guy who rated very highly in his run blocking (in college) but left a lot to be desired in pass pro. This kind of thing has to stop if they ever want to sport a legit pass first team that's complimented by the run.
I can't argue with that. Everyone was laughing at the Cowboys for taking so many oline high in the draft the past few years, but now their line is one of the best in the league.
mondry wrote:Zimmer seems pretty attached to Norv but I would probably consider replacing him sooner rather than later if Teddy is my guy. I just don't have a lot of faith in him being able to adjust his system enough where Teddy would make sense, but since we used a first round pick on Teddy, it probably makes more sense to keep him than Norv, who I think is a little "out dated" anyway.
Yeah with Frazier we had an outdated defense, and now with Norv we probably have an outdated offense. All I know is they're not the right fit for one another, and like you say, one of them probably has to go if we hope to get better on offense.