09-28-2020, 02:46 PM
(09-28-2020, 01:49 PM)bfine32 Wrote: His best attribute is not "getting rid of the ball"
He likes to stand in the pocket and watch the play develop and I dig it
According to PFF he was responsible for 5 of the 8 sacks yesterday by holding the ball too long.
I know the en vogue thing to do is shake our fist at the oline and they rightly deserve some criticism, but Joe's going to take some sacks as he learns the speed of the NFL.
My hope is we let the kid grow and not try to alter his game to a "one read" type deal. He's going to take his lumps, but he's a big boy and knows exactly what he's doing.
Got to be careful with how they credit those at times. They will credit a QB with holding the ball too long while running for your life inside the pocket. That said, I had counted three yesterday where he wanted to slide a little too much and he should have left the pocket rather then trying to sit in and deliver. He has a "it's not over until it's over" mentality that is similar to DeShan Watson who also takes a lot of sacks because of his own stubbornness at times. I'm not worried about the "Carr" narrative people keep floating because that doesn't appear to be his personality. I think by the end of the year when the competition is a little softer and he is more comfortable he could look REALLY special.
One interesting thing, people complained we didn't "get creative" and get him on the move with "misdirections and bootlegs" previous games but yesterday we saw why that isn't as great as it sounds. It cut the field in half and resulted in a lot of incompletions or busted plays as no one was open. I really like him out of 5 wide because he is so good at diagnosing the coverage off it. the sack where the DE came inside on sample was a good check by him to pull him in to block on a six-man look, the issue was one blitzer fell out and Jonah went inside to help Jordan rather than outside (he should have gone out when the blitzer dropped out).
