11-27-2019, 04:21 PM
(11-25-2019, 02:44 PM)fredtoast Wrote: As I have said before, I don't think it is fair to judge Finley after just three games. He did not work with the first team untill 5 weeks ago, and he does not have the talent around him to succeed. But I do want to point out one issue for which many people praised Finley and even claimed he was superior to Dalton. That is "pocket awareness" and his ability to avoid sacks.
Finley does not have enough attempts to qualify, but if he did he would rank next to last (34th) in sack percentage (11.2) ahead of only Marcus Mariota. Dalton ranks 24th (7.9). The league average is 6.9%.
Finley is also one of only 4 QBs who have more fumbles (4) than games played (3). Danial Jones has 14 fumbles in just 10 games; Gardner Minshaw has 11 in 9; and Mike Glennon has 3 in 2.
Give Finley a full training camp and regular season to get used to an NFL pass rush and he will likely improve, but he certainly did not deserve all the praise he got for being able to avoid sacks or extend plays.
Just saw a little bit of pocket awareness from Finley in the PS. Dalton has a much quicker release which helps him out.
Finley doesn't have a big arm though and isn't better than Dalton, it shown even in just 3 games. We had a much better
run game the last 3 games and he still didn't play well and turned the ball over which is inexcusable. Would rather see
what we have in Dolegala as we already know what we have in Dalton and now it seems Finley.
Hard to see upside with a weak arm in this League.
