Chase vs. Sewell

[Essex Johnson]

(02-19-2021, 01:32 PM)Whatever Wrote: 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.

First you lay out a nice argument , I will take issue though with two things.. Frist Boyd is an established WR and has shown signs of separation and Higgins played well as a rookie and can only improve and the part of separation is can also be attributed to lack of time by line for WRs to separate , I think many times it is hard to evaluate, especially since we don;t know the route called or run... so Burrow with a intense rush gets rid of ball way before the intended route..  

Finally As the saying in coaching goes The Kiss Factor.. keep it simple stupid (not a reference to you obviously).. what does that mean here.. we know the line has been bad.. the down fall of the Dalton years can be attributed to a bad line.. lets go 100% fix the line first before we look elsewhere.