Can a QB help an Oline?

[Shake n Blake]

(03-14-2017, 08:35 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I would agree with you oif the stats everyone was looking at really measured how quickly a QB reads a defense, but it doesn't.  The "quick release" stat everyone cites just measures which QB throws more short drop or quick routes. 

If that were the case, the Bengals should be consistently among the top 5 in YAC. Think about it. If Dalton is consistently among the league leaders in short drop/quick routes, and simultaneously among the upper half in YPA/YPC, the YAC numbers for his receivers should be fantastic. I don't think we throw short much more than most teams.