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(01-17-2021, 02:47 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I'm happy to criticize Lamar, but the question I have is: "is the Ravens' passing scheme and route running poorly designed/coached because of Lamar's struggles as a passer, or is one of the reasons why Lamar has struggled this season because our passing scheme is poorly designed and our route running is lacking?"






This doesn't excuse Lamar's flaws. He struggles when the pocket collapses and he has a tendency to try to save the play rather than get rid of the ball. This leads to him scrambling around the backfield and then losing yards on the play. His accuracy the pedestrian and he struggles throwing it deep. 

That said, he consistently has low interception numbers, even adjusted for passing attempts. His passing TD % in 2019 was better than Mahomes, Brady, Brees, Roethlisberger, or Wilson's career highs. He had the 3rd highest passing TD % this season, behind Rodgers and Wilson. His passer rating is also consistently high.

His success in 2019 wasn't just his legs. He was able to use that threat, however, to open up the passing game with great success. He hit a lull this season, but that's relative to 2019. If he is going to be judged by slow progress in playoff play, he's fortunately in good historic company there. 

From what i've seen, and admittedly it's not a lot, a lot of his passing stats come when the play breaks down. The longer a play lasts, the greater the chance of a big play. Especially for a guy as elusive as he is.

I don't know if or how much timing passes are incorporated into the Ravens offense. I also don't know his capacity for reading a defense for that type of system. 

He's going to need to adapt in that aspect or he's going to have a short career, whether it be from injury eventually or just not producing as a pocket passer.

With the running game what it is, he should be able to produce consistently from the pocket. It could very well be that he is a good pocket passer, just hasn't shown it a lot yet or it could be that he's just not as good when the lights are turned up, like Dalton.

I know which one it looks like to me.