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dzrams
There is an oft repeated, but erroneous assertion that only Wilson and Brady perform well under pressure. s.
Nope.
That is not what anyone said.What I said was that they are the only 2 qbs I can think of who do well with subpar and/or injury decimated OLs.
The mistake is to reduce that to being about "pressure."
That's only a part of it, when the OL collapses.
First off the issue is not just pressure in a given game, it's consistent relentless pressure at a high level in game after game after game.
Do you have a stat on qbs being worn out by subpar OLs?
There's also the fact the playcalling changes because the OL is no longer cohesive.
There's also the fact that the qb loses confidence in the OL. Invariably they start pressing.
"Pressure stats" do not tell us what pressure percentage the qb faces in several series of games.
And there's no way for those stats to weed out which qbs are playing well or below average
behind broken OLs.Again, I have seen only 2 qbs play well behind injury depleted OLs. You know who they are.
And the broken OL is the issue I was addressing. I did not say a word about "qbs under pressure" taken as an isolated thing in itself.
To reiterate (and add more): It's not just dealing with pressure. It's dealing with lack of cohesion, run and pass. It's dealing with increased OL penalties. It's dealing with more 3rd and long situations. Plus more failure on 3rd and short situations. It's dealing with the fact that the playbook has to be cut back. It's dealing with the fact that the qb loses confidence in the OL and begins pressing. They can't score as effectively so as often as not they play from behind. Etc.
And I keep saying those things. I have a little list of things like that I often toss in when I talk about broken OLs and their effect. I never say it's just about pressure taken in itself, because it's not. It doesn't reduce to that.
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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/29/2019 01:17PM by zn.
