I just rewatched on GamePass.
1st series. no pocket issues.
Tannehill 20 yard run. Drake had two fair plays. Other than that, Jets D stopped them legit.
2nd series. Nice pass to Amendola. Then sacked. He had time. I didn't see any problem with his footwork. But when he tried running outside to avoid the sack. RT mis-judged how much leeway he had with that one. His fault. Tunsil did let up on the play allowing Anderson to break thru. But RT shoulda launched it.
3rd series. NO issues. Drake TD.
4th series. No issues. 3 and out, but no issues with pass rush, or pocket presence. Short throw was a little fast and low, but catchable, was dropped.
5th series. Was having a good series with no issues. Then the sack came out of nowhere. Branden Copeland snuck inside behind the DT and Kilgore failed to pick him up. Can't blame this one on RT. Copeland appeared so fast any QB would have eaten it on that one. Ryan was standing there poised ready to throw and did good to protect the ball during the sudden attack.
6th series. Awesome. Touchdown pass to Wilson. RT poised and makes throw. Had good time, one rusher made it to him just after the throw.
7th series. RT showed a very good adjustment to pass rush on 3rd and 2, and converts to Stills. More good passing and runs. Then the Awesome pass to AJ Derby for another TD. Good pass blocking by line. RT able to stand poised and delivered the perfect pass to AJ.
Nearly perfect 1st half and the only plays that were ugly were the 2 sacks. Blame one of those on RT.
Now the ugly...
8th series. RT sacked. Fumble. Recovered by Jets. Jenkins came in off the line untouched and was in the perfect spot as Ryan was making his designed roll out off the fake hand off to the opposite side. Ryan's back was to Jenkins until he started turning. The shock of Jenkins being right there forced him to change his rollout and he lost grip on the ball. He maybe could have tucked and held onto the ball. It slipped out of his hand as he tried to throw it away. Ugly. This was not a pocket situation. So don't chalk this one up to Ryan's pocket presence. He was in a designed rollout and got a big surprise when Jenkins came at him untouched.
9th series. We see the start of the conservative play calling. It makes sense with the lead. We tried to get the running game going. They stopped us. NO issues with Ryan in the pocket.
10th series. Nice pass to Amendola to start. Then a good run by Drake. And another by Gore.
Then the Sack comes by Copeland again. This time you CAN blame RT cause he tried running out to the left as pressure was building up in the pocket. I don't think he had bad footwork, but he took a bad angle toward the corner and Copeland released from his blocker and got him. Ryan could have used his athleticism to take a better angle and probly picked up the first down or at least avoided the sack. Once he realized Copeland was getting off his blocker, it was too late to try to throw. He had committed to running and just took a bad angle. This sack was negated by holding against the defense, but I included it here, because it was was a legit mistake by Ryan.
Then we have the Kilgore Slip. Fumble. This one's all on Kilgore.
11th series. Too conservative on 1st and 2nd down. Sets up 3rd and long. We get the overthrown bomb. This was the only grossly off target pass from RT of the whole game. There were no other real intermediate or long passes in the game so far, so you might say Ryan was iced for that long of a throw by this point in the game. That was a sure TD if it had been on target.
12th series. Great final drive. You can't find anything to fault RT here. And plenty to praise him. A couple nice throws. One throw to Gore that saved the drive. Couple of nice runs. Put the game away.
Summery: Ryan had an excellent game overall. They played conservative at times, but not as much as you'd think or as it seemed the first time watching. The play calling should have included a few more deep and/or intermediate throws. I think at least one of those sacks (I'm thinking the second half Jenkins sack) was probly going to be a deep ball. I'm blaming 2.5 sacks and one fumble on Ryan. The rest of the ugly was beyond his control and would have been the same result no matter who was playing QB.
Even with the win, I expect Ryan will see what went wrong and be ready for those situations going forward. This is the kind of stuff you clean up as the year goes on. They played a hell of a game. I'd also point out that Ryan contributed way more to offset the 2.5 sacks he owns.
Now the dreamer's note: IF they had connected on that bomb, they woulda been THE talk of the NFL this week.
