Zak needs 1 more year to change culture

[Mike M (the other one)]

(11-16-2020, 12:55 PM)fredtoast Wrote: We were 17th in scoring offense in 2018 the year before Taylor took over.

In his two seasons we are 30th and 22nd.

Oh stop it, you should not use RANK, as rank year to year ceiling and floor change. Some years multiple teams avg over 30 ppg while other years none do. Same on the other end, some barely crack double digits in ppg and if teams are tied, they are listed by Alpha.

2003 21.6 ppg Kitna started all 16
2004 23.4 ppg Palmer first season started 13 games
2005 25.8 ppg
2006 23.3 ppg
2007 23.8 ppg
2008 12.8 ppg Palmer only played first 4 games
2009 18.8 ppg
2010 20.1 ppg
2011 20.8 ppg AD Era starts
2012 23.8 ppg
2013 25.9 ppg 
2014 22.1 ppg
2015 25.6 ppg AD Started 13 games
2016 20.3 ppg
2017 18.1 ppg
2018 23.0 ppg AD started 11 games
2019 17.4 ppg AD started 13 games
2020 22.7 ppg Burrow Starts

Now let's talk about what kind of OL each QB inherited
CP: Levi, Steinbach, Braham, Bobbie Williams, Willie  
AD: Whitworth, Livings, Cook, Bobbie, Andre
JB: J Williams/Adenji, Jordan, Hopkins, Redmond/Price/XSF/Spain, Hart/Taylor/Spain

Now obviously, ML inherited/maintained a much better OL (til Ogy/Fischer/Price) than ZT has been able to put together.

However, JB is doing better in his first year than AD and just under CP (who both had multiple All-Pros on their Lines) with a line that might generate 1 All-Pro (Williams).
 
As you can see there is lots of variables that feed into a teams "rank" Just take that 22.7 and replace the 23.0 in 2018 and it's the same rank, how ever flip it and guess what?? Same rank.. 22nd in 2020.

So each QB started with a floor and rose up over the next 3-4 years before dipping again. I like where JB's floor is, I'd like to see what he could do with an OL like the 2 previous QB's had, I think his ceiling could be higher than CP's.