Sam Darnold was responsible for 11.0% of total pressures

[SBBlue]

I had to think about this one.

It indicates how many of the pressures were Sam's fault i.e. not getting the ball out quickly enough. So most of the pressures were his offensive line’s fault, I guess.   

[t96]

11th is still borderline middle of the pack though. I don't see much significance in this.

[SBBlue]

2 minutes ago, t96 said:

11th is still borderline middle of the pack though. I don't see much significance in this.

Yeah, I don't know how significant it is.  

They did have a ton of pressures, so knowing that Sam wasn't the cause of ~90% of them is a good thing.  

[ForJimmy]

It’s kind of pointless because he also made bad decisions… So he got rid of the ball quickly but it’s wasn’t always the right pass to make?

[SBBlue]

3 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

It’s kind of pointless because he also made bad decisions… So he got rid of the ball quickly but it’s wasn’t always the right pass to make?

Lets say, that 90% of the pressures were his fault because he held on too long... bringing him here won't help as much.

I wouldn't say pointless, but it just supports what we already suspected, that his pressures were due to bad o-line play.

You're right, this is not anything to get excited about.

Edited July 29, 2021 by SBBlue

[ForJimmy]

14 minutes ago, SBBlue said:

Lets say, that 90% of the pressures were his fault because he held on too long... bringing him here won't help as much.

I wouldn't say pointless, but it just supports what we already suspected, that his pressures were due to bad o-line play.

You're right, this is not anything to get excited about.

I will say he does seem to avoid pressure pretty well and extend plays with his legs. Lords knows he got plenty of chances to do so in NY.

[frankw]

I had not heard that holding the ball too long was a knock on him it was correctly deciding where to go with it. Once you get to that it becomes a question of how often did he go through his reads. That would offer us a better sense of the relevance of data like this.

[SBBlue]

9 minutes ago, frankw said:

I had not heard that holding the ball too long was a knock on him it was correctly deciding where to go with it. Once you get to that it becomes a question of how often did he go through his reads. That would offer us a better sense of the relevance of data like this.

Its not something you hear about anybody.  Who tops the list for causing the most pressure?

idk

[frankw]

3 minutes ago, SBBlue said:

Its not something you hear about anybody.  Who tops the list for causing the most pressure?

idk

I'm curious where Teddy would be in that list too. He probably got the ball out quicker than most.

[Sgt Schultz]

1 minute ago, frankw said:

I'm curious where Teddy would be in that list too. He probably got the ball out quicker than most.

I'm spouting this from memory, and in a vacuum the numbers probably don't mean much.

The league average time to release was right at 2.75 seconds.  Darnold's was 2.85 seconds.  Teddy was right about 2.6, I think, and if I remember right he was fourth or so.  I remember his time was in line with but a little faster than Brees.

I say the numbers don't mean much in a vacuum because a QB with a strong, clean pocket for 2.75 seconds is a lot different than a guy running for his life to get it off in 2.85 seconds.

For comparison, Mayfield's was the longest at around 3.2.  If my memory is correct, Mahomes was a shade under 3. 

Haskins was the fastest, I think.  Of course, you don't need much time to make a lousy decision. 

[rayzor]

New season. New team. New OL. New situation.

Who cares? Last year doesn't matter. That team doesn't matter.

It's a clean slate. This year...this team is all that matters.

[Shocker]

[kungfoodude]

Well he is likely to be behind one if the worst OL's he has ever had, so I don't know how exciting that stat is.

[AU-panther]

18 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Well he is likely to be behind one if the worst OL's he has ever had, so I don't know how exciting that stat is.

Would you consider our OL worse than last year?  Who did we lose and who did we add?