12-03-2021, 03:58 PM
(12-03-2021, 12:55 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Last year he got sacked less often while dinking and dunking short passes. This year he is getting sacked more often but throwing many more passes farther downfield. Since the passing game is greatly improved I don't know if that means there is something "wrong" with Burrow's play.
Last year Burrow had 4 completions of over 30 yards (2 of them short passes in air) and 23 of 20+ yds. This year he has 17 completions over 30 yards (only 5 short passes in air) and 35 completions of 20+ yds.
................................'20......'21
Yds/comp.................10.2...12.1
Net yds/att............... 5.6... 7.1 (pass yds-sack yds/pass att + sacks)
Ben Roethlisberger and Russell are going to the Hallof Fame and they both take a lot of sacks because they hold onto the ball too long. It is a trade off that works, but only with certain QBs. I have not seen the numbers on Burrow recently, but when he got sacked 10 times in the first 5 games he had 3 seconds to throw the ball on every one.
Believe the same and we were at a record pace for sacks early in the year and this has died down quite a bit as the year has
went on and the OL gaining chemistry. Expect this to continue and for the sack number to continually go down by season's end.
It isn't going to get worse unless injuries happen exponentially.
