So the line was playing at a all time great lvl in the first 3 weeks? Were you content with our overall performance until sitton went down?
Weeks 4 and 5 certainly were not even mediocre performance at the line, but our QB should be able to overcome that?
I don't get these arguments.
He played very well against Oakland and okay against the jests. All-in-all, a mediocre QB as he's always been. He has very good games and very bad ones. I hoped that he would take the next step and honestly thought he would, but he hasn't and at this point, and he won't. He is what he is. You can win with that, but you're going to need a top defense, a running game, and a top o-line, especially in his case, given his inefficiency under pressure.
Weeks 4 and 5 had him facing more pressure, certainly, but it wasn't apocalyptic, as some want to make it out to be, and there are still several QBs in worse situations with the line. I mean, people here hate Matt Ryan (mostly stemming from that draft, Jake Long, and WV), but he's been far more efficient while facing more pressure. Watson has been more effective despite twice the number of hits and 7 more sacks. Cousins, Rodgers, and others have faced equal or worse. But there's really no sense in going on about that as it's all been discussed before. People have dug in on both extremes and there's really no point in attempting to discuss anything with either (regret discussing it here, though you can't discuss the o-line without discussing the QB).
If he can't handle the pressure, fine, he should head to a team with a top o-line where he should, by what I've read on here, absolutely kill it, because it's clear he's not going to get that here. He seems like a good guy and I wish him the best, I just don't think it's working here. But don't worry, he isn't going anywhere with that godawful contract. I'm sure we'll focus more draft picks on the o-line in the meantime. And if/when it doesn't work (again), I'm sure we'll read next year about how we still didn't invest enough in the o-line and whatnot.