Seeing these numbers, there seems to be some possible conclusions here:

1. It is better for Zach to make some quick decisions. But can he? He often seems hesitant.

2. Zach often holds onto the ball too long which often turns into sacks.

3. I wonder if the reason our receivers don’t get open as often because the route concepts might be simplified for Zach. Maybe short complex route concepts require snap decision making and I think Zach just doesn’t process these quick enough to make the right read a majority of the time.

So his completion rate (both adjusted and unadjusted), picks thrown, and passer rating are all actually worse ranked against other qbs in the league when kept clean. Interesting

To be a successful qb in the NFL you need to process the field quickly and make quick decisions. Zach has among the slowest processing speed I’ve seen and little to no pocket awareness. Is the offensive line a problem? OF COURSE. But every qb gets pressured every game, there’s no world where Zach would have a constant clean pocket no matter which team he was on. And the stats in this post suggest he’s among the worst in the league both under pressure and when kept clean anyway

Bottom line is that if we want to hang in there the rest of the season with our backup QB, we need the pass protection to be “below average” instead of “atrocious”.

Pretty consistent with what I would expect.

With a better OL he’d probably be in the QB20-30 range in terms of overall league rankings.

He’s still not “good” but he’s made significant improvements this season when you consider he was considered one of the worst QBs to ever step on a field after last season.

So what you are trying to tell me is quarterbacks play better when they aren’t under pressure??

You don’t say.

He’s willing to take sacks more than throwing INTs