The formatting sucks because I’m using my phone to do all this, but I was curious about some areas of our team and wanted to dive into the stats. I used Stroud for refrence because the general consensus is that he was the better pick and is doing much better than Bryce…but here is what I found:
Stroud has been blitzed, hurried, and hit more, yet takes fewer sacks. His on-target % is slightly lower than Bryce and his bad throws are more common than Bryce. His drop rate is virtually the same. His throw aways are much less. While all of this differs, their pocket time is the exact same.
With these stats, it paints a clear picture of what Bryce is dealing with. Teams are blitzing far less vs Bryce and are still racking up tons of sacks because the line isn’t holding up. That also means there are more players in coverage locking up receivers forcing Bryce to throw it away before taking a sack. When he does throw it to receivers, he is more accurate than Stroud.
This means what we see happening on offense is the result of the o-line, the coaching, and/or the wide receivers. Bryce is clearly not the issue here.
Am I reading this correctly? I see Young and Stroud have an identical amount of time in the pocket (PktTime of 2.5 seconds for both). Stroud was blitzed, hurried, and hit more frequently than Young, but he has taken less sacks and has performed far better than Young.
All this tells me is that our offensive line isn’t as bad as many are making them out to be, and that Young holds onto the ball for too long, resulting in more sacks. So How does this prove that it’s not all on Young?
I know, you probably blame our receivers for not creating enough separation. I call that a load of crap. The receivers were NFL-open plenty of times, but Young was looking for Alabama-open, which he will very rarely get in the NFL. Young has got to process faster, let the ball go faster, and improve his ball placement. You can’t blame it all on the receivers.