09-21-2021, 04:44 PM
(09-21-2021, 04:05 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: The line ain't great by any means but those grades don't seem accurate.
Wouldn't be the first time. Sometimes they are quite obviously flawed.
You're free to believe the 9 sacks and 19 hits aren't heavily contributed to by the line. You're also free to doubt PFF grades. But when things look this bad in both those regards, don't get red with me when I disagree and use them as evidence.
How I (and others) feel is completely understandable, even if you disagree.
(09-21-2021, 04:23 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Not excuse hunting but i'd put a lot of the pressures/hits/sacks on the gameplan yesterday. I was yelling at the TV, wondering why Burrow was just standing there after getting the snap. The resulting info on the "gameplan" answered that and it was a super shitty gameplan.
Burrow def isn't moving as well as he did last year but that shouldn't surprise anyone. It may well be a long year, until he gets 100% with putting everything on that knee, but as long as he's not knocked out again, there should be improvement as the season goes on.
It's fair to wonder how much those things play into it, and like I've said, I think they do. I think a lot of things have to go wrong to be giving up a sack or a hit on every 2-3 throws.
(09-21-2021, 04:29 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Weeeelllllllllllllll...
The blame should go where the blame belongs. If it's predominantly from other areas besides Olinemen, that's where it should be and you can't say "the line is bad" if they're not giving up the pressures/hits.
If they are, then fine.
Everyone should be willing to assign blame where it's needed and not try to look at a bottom line to fit a narrative.
Agreed, and I posted the PFF grades from the last game. They were terrible for everyone other than Hopkins.
Would be nice if someone could post a link to site that tracks who gave up the sacks. That said, when you allow 9 sacks and 19 hits in 2 games, I find it incredibly hard to believe that the line wouldn't factor heavily into that.
If it doesn't, we must have the worst scheme, RBs, TEs and QB in the history of history, as far as allowing sacks.
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