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NFCS Pass Protection Stats Thru 3 games


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2021 NFL Advanced Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com

        Net Passing Yards     PktTime    Sacks           Hits      Hurries
                              League Average 735 2.35 7 10 11
                             Carolina Panthers 854 2.4 6 11 13
                          New Orleans Saints 341 2.5 7 12 6
                                Atlanta Falcons 656 2.3 7 15 11
                   Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1049 2.3 6 5 9
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43 minutes ago, Al Morgan said:

Average. Exactly what you see on gameday

We're actually top 10 in pocket time.

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Looking at it under this lens, I'm not sure pocket time is a very good measurement for an OLine.  Looking at that list, there is a mix of great and crap OLines in that top 10.  While our pocket time numbers look good, I'm not sure it's really telling us anything.

What doesn't look good is hurries, pressures and hits.  Basically, what the stats seem to be saying - to me at least - is that Sam is doing a good job of understanding his line isn't as strong as it should be.  He knows, and he's getting rid of the ball quickly.

We're also seeing a pretty high blitz rate, which certainly impacts pocket time, pressures, hurries, etc.  I think that makes sense.  You have a questionable OLine and a QB who until recently was known to make poor decisions under duress.  Sam just needs to keep making good decisions and beating the blitz.

I think a better set of stats to look at for OLine is rushing.  For example:

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That is sorted by Yards before Contact, per attempt.  We are second from bottom.  When you flip that sort the other direction, you see something that looks a lot more like what you'd expect.

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Imagine what CMC would look like if he were 3 yards downfield before he was touched.

Don't let a single stat fool you into thinking our OLine is "ok" / "average".  

 

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Our PASS PRO IS about average and was much better than average until the Houston game where we had 3 out of 6 of our sacks 5 out of 11 our hits.  

In Houston our pocket time went up from an average of 2.3 to an average of 2.4.  Sam was a little more hesitant than usual.  They were in zone most of the game, so our wrs weren't finding the seam well or Sam was taking a bit longer when they did.  When it goes back down to 2.3, we will see fewer hits, sacks and hurries like before.

For those of you who cheered when Elflein went down, that says a lot more about you than about Elflein.  We did WORSE when he was out.  Linemen do not work in a vacuum.  

So far Sam is getting hit about average for the league.  He is not getting killed or running for his life.  

Our stats are better than Saints and the Falcons.  

The saints have more sacks and hits for less than half the passing yards.  



 

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3 minutes ago, SBBlue said:

No one is rejoicing frankw...only in your  mind.  

You had a seven page thread a week ago discussing how "bad" the oline looked in Houston. Maybe we should just see how they look against Dallas? And word of advice. You really need to let the Elflein thing go. If he can't see the field nothing either of us says will matter bc we can only utilize his services if he can stay healthy 🤷‍♂️

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