10-15-2020, 01:27 AM
(10-14-2020, 10:29 PM)jj22 Wrote: I think it's closer to a Luck situation if the hits add up as the years go.
Luck was ~75% self inflicted. Dude loved to hang onto the ball and not slide or avoid big hits.
https://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/205950/colts-on-andrew-luck-finally-sliding-to-avoid-hits-hes-reluctantly-accepting-it
That's from his 5th year in the NFL. Just finally starting to slide a little.
It's why Russell Wilson is going to last. The guy is smart because he learned in his first two years that if you want to hang around and be healthy in the NFL for a long time, you need to avoid taking big hits. Unless it's 4th and 1 with the game on the line or something, it's not worth taking a big hit for that extra yard. He gets sacked a lot, but it's rarely a big hit. I don't know how much of that is him being a baseball player so he knows how to slide, but it's the difference.
It's why you see Cam Newton built like a superhero and still breaking down because he didn't avoid hits.
It's why you see Ben Roethlisberger has only played 16 games in a season 4 times in the last 16 years because he didn't avoid hits.
Meanwhile Russell Wilson is 5'11 and hasn't missed a game going on his 9th career year despite averaging 90 rushes and 43 sacks a season. He avoids big hits.
Joe Burrow needs to watch Wilson tape and learn (and go to Reds Spring Training this offseason). The OL obviously needs improved, and the offensive scheme is garbage, but there's a lot Burrow can do to help himself. Of the 7 sacks last weekend, PFF had 3 of them as Burrow's own fault. We've all seen him take some meaningless stupid hits so far this season that had nothing to do with the OL but him trying to extend the play and losing track of time.
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