Can we stop acting like Josh is throwing 30 interceptions a year. On an off year he is still right there with the rest of the elite quarterbacks. Turnovers are killing us, but there is a lot more bad luck than “generationally bad turnover machine” going on here.
A few things, one is that Lamar Jackson is also a huge turnover machine, particularly 4th quarter turnovers that ruin games and is only recently getting called out on it (just to add another elite comparison). Another thing is I heard someone doing analysis somewhere and they pointed out that dorseys routes were predictable so any team that did their homework had a huge advantage in knowing what our receivers were doing while josh is still trying to follow the playback. So he either has to throw a ball where they already know it’s going (while trying to compensate by making them fastballs), or he has to try to throw to even worse options. So he’s having to go through all his reads, realize the anticipation and then figure out some circus nonsense on every possession. Hypothetically at least. And finally, does anyone have numbers on how many of his ints are bombs that end up acting like punts? I mean we’ve all seen them, but I don’t know how many times and they count the same as any other turnover (and also beg the question of why aren’t his receivers coming up with those balls?).
This year it’s 2 INTs that have been “punt” INTs. I’m confident saying 3, but for a fact 2, of the INTs would also be WR/TE just not catching the damn ball.