Chase vs. Sewell

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(02-18-2021, 05:50 PM)SadFaceBengal15 Wrote: Disagree with this whole heartedly well atleast half of this.... u MUST protect the franchise especially after not protecting it and our franchise goes down with quite possibly the worst injury he could’ve I endured.  What I disagree with 100000000%. Is that we need incredible pass catchers too smh I see a bu ch of people in here still projecting players way too early here as if we still have dalton lol joe Burrow doesn’t need this franchise to spend all of its pics on weapons everywhere to surround the Qb so that he has the best chance to succeed lmao.  If we simply protect a guy like Burrow everyone on offense is going to play their best football.  There wasn’t once last season where I looked at our offense and said damn we need more wr’s. However I clan remember consistently almost every drive saying damn we need to fix the offensive line.  With our Quarterback essentially dead right to even talk about doing anything else other than protecting Burrow early in this draft baffles me.  And it’s very interesting.  I’m not saying don’t draft a wr but over an early tackle or guard or corner or honestly defensive end/rush LB. ur out of ur mind... go get eskridge in the 4th or 5th and be done with the we talk imo

I'm not against drafting Sewell, but there are two realities people are overlooking.  First, no OL can block forever.  Second, the defense can always choose to send more guys than you can block.  

How many extra hits and sacks did Burrow take trying to buy time because he didn't have anyone open?  A bunch.  Putting better weapons around him so he can get the ball out on time is helping to protect him.  Having deep threats that back the defense out of blitzing so much is protecting him.

The "Burrow doesn't need weapons" argument is fine if you don't want to actually win games. One of the most interesting Next Gen stats for QB's is Aggressiveness %, which is basically the % of throws to targets with a defender within a yard of them. Joe was 2nd in the league in this category at over 22%.  This means almost a quarter of his throws are to well covered targets.  By comparison, Patrick Mahommes is down around 11%.  In case anyone wants to argue that it's just Joe trying to force it in to make plays, Brandon Allen was 7th with an over 19% score. Our guys don't get open and you aren't winning a bunch of games with your QB trying to thread the needle again and again to covered receivers.