11-30-2021, 08:14 PM
Trying to get a complete read on this OL is not necessarily easy:
1) 30 sacks on the season but 15 are in 3 games.
2) At least 6 but as many (depending on source) as 10 sacks came from backs and TEs missing their pass block assignment.
3) Burrow DOES hold on to the ball more. What would be a really good stat (but I don't know where to find it) would be number of seconds between snap and sack and also snap and throw.
My visual read is that on the VAST majority of his drop backs Burrow has both time to do progressions and a clean pocket. Sometimes you see inexplicable plays too (like the Steeler sack where Burrow had a big clean pocket to step into and Chase open in the end zone but for some reason he rolled out right) but that is when we need to remember Burrow is still learning too.
Also, as the season has progressed and the line has gotten more snaps as a unit it is playing better.
1) 30 sacks on the season but 15 are in 3 games.
2) At least 6 but as many (depending on source) as 10 sacks came from backs and TEs missing their pass block assignment.
3) Burrow DOES hold on to the ball more. What would be a really good stat (but I don't know where to find it) would be number of seconds between snap and sack and also snap and throw.
My visual read is that on the VAST majority of his drop backs Burrow has both time to do progressions and a clean pocket. Sometimes you see inexplicable plays too (like the Steeler sack where Burrow had a big clean pocket to step into and Chase open in the end zone but for some reason he rolled out right) but that is when we need to remember Burrow is still learning too.
Also, as the season has progressed and the line has gotten more snaps as a unit it is playing better.
![[Image: 4CV0TeR.png]](https://i.imgur.com/4CV0TeR.png)
