Reality Check

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(01-17-2011 12:16 AM)Beef Wrote:  http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_...rder/false

In case you didn't know, our O-line gave up the 3rd fewest sacks in the entire league while also having the 12th best team rushing & 3rd overall rushing RB, and was by far the least penalized O-line in the league.

When you're only two-dimensional (dink-n-dunk passing + vanilla power running), the opposing defense has an easy job of scheming against you. There is absolutely ZERO question that we were the most blitzed against offense by a ridiculous margin. Stacking 7-8 in the box & rushing 6-7 was easily 70% of the play calls against us. And yet, our O-line only allowed 23 sacks the entire regular season, which again is 3rd fewest in the league.

If we were more than just two-dimensional & had more than just ONE player who was a YAC & deep threat, we wouldn't have seen half as many of those blitzes & stacking of the box. And as a result, Ryan would have had significantly more time much more often to sit in the pocket & wait for the down-field routes to finish. This didn't happen though because we don't have the personel for it.

Our O-line played ridiculously well considering that's the case.

Yep, only 23 sacks, but keep in mind that Matt gets rid of the ball very fast, but he threw the least amount 20+ yard catches in the NFL, If I'am not mistaken. It's because he doesn't have time for the play to develop downfield. Everybody talks about why we don't go downfield more, well a lot of it has to do with how much time Ryan has throw.

With being said, I still believe we need one more good reciever and possibly two more lineman. There was a lot less holes for Turner to run through this year compaired to the last two years.