O-line ranked 15th

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(12-03-2021, 12:55 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Last year he got sacked less often while dinking and dunking short passes.  This year he is getting sacked more often but throwing many more passes farther downfield.  Since the passing game is greatly improved I don't know if that means there is something "wrong" with Burrow's play.  

Last year Burrow had 4 completions of over 30 yards (2 of them short passes in air) and 23 of 20+ yds.  This year he has 17 completions over 30 yards (only 5 short passes in air) and 35 completions of 20+ yds.

................................'20......'21
Yds/comp.................10.2...12.1
Net yds/att............... 5.6...  7.1 (pass yds-sack yds/pass att + sacks)


Ben Roethlisberger and Russell are going to the Hallof Fame and they both take a lot of sacks because they hold onto the ball too long.  It is a trade off that works, but only with certain QBs.  I have not seen the numbers on Burrow recently, but when he got sacked 10 times in the first 5 games he had 3 seconds to throw the ball on every one.

Ben Roethlisberger is going to be a Hall of Famer because he plays for the Steelers. You put his exact same stats on teams like the Jags or Dolphins and nobody gives a shit about him. 6 Pro Bowls (2 of them in seasons where he only threw 21 TDs), 0 All-Pros, 0 MVPs. More seasons of <20 TDs than 30+ TDs. Literally the worst SB winning performance by a QB of all time. 34 TD/28 INT career in the playoffs. 

Benefit of being on a team that almost always had an amazing defense and very good rushing game.

His style of play has also led him to only play a full season 4 times in his career. 

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As for Wilson, Burrow doesn't have his legs, and doesn't have his baseball sliding ability.

(12-03-2021, 03:58 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Believe the same and we were at a record pace for sacks early in the year and this has died down quite a bit as the year has
went on and the OL gaining chemistry. Expect this to continue and for the sack number to continually go down by season's end.

It isn't going to get worse unless injuries happen exponentially. 

It actually hasn't. The record pace died out earlier because they played the Steelers (without Watt) and then they played the Jags and Burrow only got sacked 1 time in those 2 games. 

The last 3 games they have allowed 10 sacks, 13 sacks over the last 4 games.