So what's up with the batted balls?

[GRWatcher]

On 10/2/2022 at 7:00 PM, MrBubba said:

To be honest, when Watt or others are leaping over eight foot in air doesn't matter if the QB is 6'6 they smell blood in water.

 

On 10/2/2022 at 7:14 PM, TheCasillas said:

I've noticed that when the players on opposing teams dont get through their blocks.... they stop in their tracks and just watch the QB and then jump to bat the ball. I called that out against the Giants... i found it interesting because it seemed to be coached.

Batted balls happen to every QB at some time. Josh Allen had 3 batted balls in the Ravens game. There are things both the o-line and QB can do to minimize it. One thing I noticed was that when the defensive player would stop with his hands up our blocker would also sorta' kinda' stop too with their momentum going backwards. They have to be coached to counter that; it's in the footwork. I also think all d-line coaches are emphasizing this in practice because it works and, until it doesn't work, they will continue to do so.

As far as the Saints overcoming Brees' batted balls, we all know that Payton's o-lines were always shadow holding until the refs called it the first time. They got away with it a lot.

[Smithers]

37 minutes ago, outlaw4 said:

It's even more bad Baker is making those comments which imply our coaching staff isn't already putting him through some drills to mitigate this issue. Guess they're too busy putting together more PowerPoint slides.

This wouldn’t have happened if we still had the DBO sign 

[Jmac]

He is still a dickish wise guy I see. Didn't like him before and I sure as hell like him less now.

[MHS831]

Our QB

[Brooklyn 3.0]

It's like when a player has a tell in the NBA. Defenses then pounce on the tell. So all these batted balls with Baker are due to his tell and defenses are feasting. It's going to be up to McAdoofus and the O-Line coach to help Baker throw the defenses off.

[Cdparr7]

2 hours ago, Cdparr7 said:

It’s called elbow slot drills. The goal is to get the elbow to 45 degrees above the shoulder 6” x 6” above the shoulder. It helps with release and accuracy. Not trying to be a know it all but this is high school stuff.

I mean this plus his height and arm length.

[CRA]

 

42 minutes ago, Cdparr7 said:

I mean this plus his height and arm length.

 

Plus predictable short passes to the outside. Those require the ball to come in hot and low. 

it’s all a recipe for what we are seeing. 

life is easy on those defenders trying to bat what they know is coming down