10-29-2021, 08:43 PM
(10-29-2021, 07:56 PM)samhain Wrote: Thanks, Nate.
What you say about the blitz is correct. However, in Brady's case he had rep as a top quarterback for most of the time that he was destroying the blitz, and teams that hammered him got penalized for it a lot. Joe ain't quite there yet. Brady also generally had very good lines and also other position players that were incredible at keeping him from getting hit by that blitz when things went bad.
Burrow got pounded early in the game vs the Ravens. It paid off, because as soon as he started cashing in on Baltimore sending extra rushers, they had to back off or pay the price. I don't want him doing that shit every week. I want him to be here for a long time. He's going to have to beat the blitz over a longer period of time before teams get wary enough of it to think twice.
Make no mistake, defenses will keep trying. Trying to double Jamaar is going to leave Boyd and Tee singled, and that's not a great thing to deal with. It also limits what they can do in front seven to stop Mixon, which I believe is truly Taylor's plan. Either way, they're leaving something to be taken. The Rams are remembered for McVay's passing offense, but Gurley was the monster during that run to the Super Bowl. I do look for teams to emphasize stopping Burrow/Chase much more late in the season, and as a result I expect to see Mixon have his way with them.
Yes, I don't like seeing Burrow get pounded like he did early in the Ravens game either. What is nice is he didn't take those
unnecessary hits on the run like he did against the Packers. He can take a hit in the pocket but those runs where he doesn't
slide and he gets knocked out are the ones that can hurt his future. He needs to stop that and I know he knows it.
I liked the adjustments from the OL after the first quarter and how they took care of Burrow afterwards. Burrow was going
to throw the ball and we were just going to run the ball enough to keep the Ravens D honest. The Ravens D is great against
the run and not so much against the pass, we took what they gave us and beat them with it.
I agree with your thoughts that the running game will be emphasized much more as the season goes on, I just want the
ball spread out and us not putting everything on Mixon like the Rams did Gurley and wear him out.
Give Perine a lot of touches and I guess Trayveon Williams since Evans will be out at least against the Jets. Didn't like losing
Patrick off the PS, I liked that RB.
