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https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2014/04/04/unblocked-pressure-offense/

Here's the second half of yesterday's article showing how the O's fared vs unblocked pressure.

Miami was middle of the pack in allowing 47 pressures vs the unblocked but was near the bottom in allowing those pressures by Tannehill being sacked or hit a little more than half the time.

This fall mostly on the QB. We had 10 sacks here, with 7 being given to the team, and 3 to Tannehill for holding the ball more than 4 seconds, which is a lot of time. Holding the ball to try and make a play for the team is an admirable quality in a QB but, I think RT will learn with experience that throwing the ball away is not a bad option. I saw him do this in the snow vs Pitt, and saw that as a good thing.

Coaching could have also had some bearing on this with RT being somewhat afraid to make a mistake.
 
I agree that Lazor will help RT, but he has to learn to get rid of the ball. Taking sacks in any situation is bad QB play. No matter how good (or bad) the oline is, there will always be blitzers coming free on delays, etc.
The QB has to get rid of the ball. If RT can do that this year, it will definately help us control the ball better and improve scoring opportunities.
RT has good running ability and speed. He should get the green light to scramble, and it should be encouraged. A lot of big yards could have been made instead of big losses on sacks.
 
LANGER72 said:
I agree that Lazor will help RT, but he has to learn to get rid of the ball. Taking sacks in any situation is bad QB play. No matter how good (or bad) the oline is, there will always be blitzers coming free on delays, etc.
The QB has to get rid of the ball. If RT can do that this year, it will definately help us control the ball better and improve scoring opportunities.
RT has good running ability and speed. He should get the green light to scramble, and it should be encouraged. A lot of big yards could have been made instead of big losses on sacks.
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To RT's credit, he did throw the ball away 25 times (1 off the most in the league), and spiked it another 4 (#2 as well). That did show development in decision making but, still has a ways to go. I expect that those 10 sacks vs the unblocked will be cut by half or more this year.
 
Southbeach 2 said:
To RT's credit, he did throw the ball away 25 times (1 off the most in the league), and spiked it another 4 (#2 as well). That did show development in decision making but, still has a ways to go. I expect that those 10 sacks vs the unblocked will be cut by half or more this year.
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Wow, I had no idea he threw the ball away that many times. That's almost twice a game!
 
Southbeach 2 said:
https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2014/04/04/unblocked-pressure-offense/

Here's the second half of yesterday's article showing how the O's fared vs unblocked pressure.

Miami was middle of the pack in allowing 47 pressures vs the unblocked but was near the bottom in allowing those pressures by Tannehill being sacked or hit a little more than half the time.

This fall mostly on the QB. We had 10 sacks here, with 7 being given to the team, and 3 to Tannehill for holding the ball more than 4 seconds, which is a lot of time. Holding the ball to try and make a play for the team is an admirable quality in a QB but, I think RT will learn with experience that throwing the ball away is not a bad option. I saw him do this in the snow vs Pitt, and saw that as a good thing.

Coaching could have also had some bearing on this with RT being somewhat afraid to make a mistake.
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It would be nice to know when and where these unblocked pressures came from. It's easy to say a QB was at fault for holding the ball too long without knowing the situation(s) in which they came. What was the down and distance? Was he inside or outside the pocket? Which quarter did these sacks occur? Did the sack knock the team out of field goal range? Etc.
 
Southbeach 2 said:
https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2014/04/04/unblocked-pressure-offense/

Here's the second half of yesterday's article showing how the O's fared vs unblocked pressure.

Miami was middle of the pack in allowing 47 pressures vs the unblocked but was near the bottom in allowing those pressures by Tannehill being sacked or hit a little more than half the time.

This fall mostly on the QB. We had 10 sacks here, with 7 being given to the team, and 3 to Tannehill for holding the ball more than 4 seconds, which is a lot of time. Holding the ball to try and make a play for the team is an admirable quality in a QB but, I think RT will learn with experience that throwing the ball away is not a bad option. I saw him do this in the snow vs Pitt, and saw that as a good thing.

Coaching could have also had some bearing on this with RT being somewhat afraid to make a mistake.
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Can you see what the rest of the QB's are rated with a subscription? I can see Tannehill is somewhere in the middle but I'm interested in what his actual rating is.
 
It's interesting that Miami had as many unblocked pressures as Indy (47) but Luck was only sacked four times. That could probably be attributed to Andrew's strength and ability to break tackles.
 
There is a reason Luck is loved by the media, guy is really that good. He's elusive in the pocket and can break tackles Big Ben style.
 
Geforce said:
It would be nice to know when and where these unblocked pressures came from. It's easy to say a QB was at fault for holding the ball too long without knowing the situation(s) in which they came. What was the down and distance? Was he inside or outside the pocket? Which quarter did these sacks occur? Did the sack knock the team out of field goal range? Etc.
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LOL, as in Lot's Of Luck. Maybe you can get that from Philbin? Again, Lot's Of Luck. lol
 
mnphinfan said:
Can you see what the rest of the QB's are rated with a subscription? I can see Tannehill is somewhere in the middle but I'm interested in what his actual rating is.
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Sorry, not there yet. Likely will be added in a few days, as this was a new article from one of their writers.
 
Geforce said:
It's interesting that Miami had as many unblocked pressures as Indy (47) but Luck was only sacked four times. That could probably be attributed to Andrew's strength and ability to break tackles.
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I saw 6 but, no matter, Luck was better, although he was credited with the same 3 sacks as RT for the year in hoding the ball over 4 seconds.
 
Poor blocking by the running back probably accounts for a lot of throw aways
 
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