OL Pressures After 2 weeks

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(09-18-2023, 06:50 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Except if he gets blown back and Burrow sees that happening BEFORE he can get pressured and is forced to dump it off earlier to try to avoid hits while already injured, it's not a pressure but it is still him losing and hurting the offense.

Burrow has the 2nd quickest time to throw in the NFL this year at 2.40 (a full .15 faster than even last year, .29 faster than 2021, both are very very large differences), the 31st completed air yards per attempt, and 27th intended air yards per attempt. He's sucked, yes, but also the entire offense is a mickey mouse offense of getting the ball out incredibly quickly for incredibly short distances.

It also isn't just how many pressures you allow.  It's how bad you got beat.  If you allow a pressure 2.2 seconds into a rep, it's nowhere near as bad as a guy just blowing straight past you into the QB's lap.  

Another factor is that often times the OL is facing a 4 man rush and somebody is either helping or getting help.  If you're getting more help and giving up the same number of pressures as someone else, you're going to grade lower.  

Personally, the OL has been ok for the most part, but given how little we've gotten out of Irv, it may be better to keep Sample in as an inline TE to help Jonah, then release as a check down target since Joe is having mobility issues.