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What do you think is the cause for this? Inferior QB era? More athletic DL? Two-High coverage?
I think it’s 100% defensive approach.. let teams do whatever they want essentially between the 20s, just don’t get burnt by the big play. Results into a lot more dink and dunk offenses thus lower passing TDs (and I’m guessing lower scoring overall).xc_hide_links_from_guests_guests_error_hide_media
What do you think is the cause for this? Inferior QB era? More athletic DL? Two-High coverage?
Maybe it's just my perception, but the Cardinals seemed to give up big plays or tiny gains against the Bills.I don't know if "Inferior QB era" is fair, but I think we saw a golden generation of QBs cycle out.
I'd be interested if total TDs are down, also. Josh Allen rushed for 2 TDs against us and passed for zero.
Finally, I think that a shorter/less physical/no-game preseason does contribute. If everyone does it, the net competitive end result is zero, but I think it leads to less sharp play.
10 QBs in that 2021 season passed for over 4000 yards. Two passed for over 5000. Last year 10 players also passed for over 4000 yards, but the yardage champ (Tua) had just over 4600. Offense is just down in passing and running. Defenses are putting the top on these teams.
Except ours. Bill Simmons said on his guess the lines podcast Monday that our defense allowed 13 plays of 20 yards or more Sunday.
1) The current crop of QBs is sub-par. Take out the top 4-5 QBs and the rest are mediocre at best. Even those top 4-5 played poorly this week, really. We were spoiled with the last 3 decades of great QBs.
truthThe days of the cerebral quarterback are numbered. It’s going to be more and more athletic QBs.
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What do you think is the cause for this? Inferior QB era? More athletic DL? Two-High coverage?
Bills starters played in Pre-season. Cards didn'tThe other thing I would say that has limited Week 1 scoring is the new trend to not play starters in the preseason. So you are going to see it take longer for offenses to gel in the regular season. Week 1 has become the preseason tuneup for many teams. Where back 6 years ago, teams would play their starters and entire half in the 3rd preseason game as the tuneup.
I would say inferior QB play. Look how many teams trotted Rookies or Backups out there week 1. The Giants didn't want to play Daniel Jones but had no other option to with that contract. Breese, Rivers, Ryan and Brady are all gone now. Wilson, Rodgers and Cousins look like old men out there compared to 2019.
Plus running QBs are more in vogue now and they sap passing TDs with running TDs
I went back 10 years and looked at the QB’s in passer rating. We didn’t know we were in the golden age:
(in no order)
Brady
P Manning
Brees
Rodgers
Luck
Roethlisberger
Rivers
Wilson
Palmer
E Manning
Ryan
Stafford
Newton
Romo
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What do you think is the cause for this? Inferior QB era? More athletic DL? Two-High coverage?
If you didn’t know you weren’t paying attention.I went back 10 years and looked at the QB’s in passer rating. We didn’t know we were in the golden age:
(in no order)
Brady
P Manning
Brees
Rodgers
Luck
Roethlisberger
Rivers
Wilson
Palmer
E Manning
Ryan
Stafford
Newton
Romo
My theory is that it is two fold.xc_hide_links_from_guests_guests_error_hide_media
What do you think is the cause for this? Inferior QB era? More athletic DL? Two-High coverage?
Two very good observations as well.My theory is that it is two fold.
First off, playing QB from the pocket is emphasized less and less at the collegiate level. There is not the emphasis to play with timing and rhythm (for obvious reasons). Also, the number of years starts in college is also less which increases the inexperience. This leads to a steeper learning curve when players transition to the pro level, and as of now, the NFL is very difficult environment to learn fundamentals.
Secondly, in response to this, defenses are playing more two high / shell coverage which forces QBs to play with timing and rhythm (their weaknesses). This slows the game down, reduces big plays, and makes drives longer which increases opportunities for offensive penalties.
Bo Nix and Jaden Daniels disagree with you very much. Jaden Daniels threw a TD to Brandon Aiyuk to beat Justin Herbert.Also, the number of years starts in college is also less which increases the inexperience.
Of course there are exception to these rules.Bo Nix and Jaden Daniels disagree with you very much. Jaden Daniels threw a TD to Brandon Aiyuk to beat Justin Herbert.
Wish we could get in on this.NFL defenses figure poo out.
My theory is that it is two fold.
First off, playing QB from the pocket is emphasized less and less at the collegiate level. There is not the emphasis to play with timing and rhythm (for obvious reasons). Also, the number of years starts in college is also less which increases the inexperience. This leads to a steeper learning curve when players transition to the pro level, and as of now, the NFL is very difficult environment to learn fundamentals.
Secondly, in response to this, defenses are playing more two high / shell coverage which forces QBs to play with timing and rhythm (their weaknesses). This slows the game down, reduces big plays, and makes drives longer which increases opportunities for offensive penalties.
For the love of god, run Murray more! lol