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10-06-2011 02:39 PM #1
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10-06-2011 02:54 PM #2
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Great article by Hensley. This really stood out, "When a defense blitzes (meaning five or more rushers), Flacco has completed 40.5 percent of his passes (15 of 37), according to ESPN Stats & Information. Only Jaguars rookie Blaine Gabbert has a worse completion rate in those situations."
That has been a weakness for some time but to have only a rookie be worse than you in this situation means either the game plan for a blitz is not very good or Flacco is still not reading and reacting to blitzes very well. This has to improve of the Ravens will be seeing a lot of blitzes. I think a lot of this has to do with the fact that the Ravens don't have an established slant/comeback receiver like Mason. Of all the guys they look go, Mason is the guy they didn't replace well. I think Boldin has to try and become that guy or else Doss needs to start seeing action.
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10-06-2011 03:07 PM #3
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How many of those 37 attempts were dropped passes?
I can think of 3 last week without looking.
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10-06-2011 03:16 PM #4
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I think part of this issue is that Cameron is having the WR run the wrong routes and they aren't doing enough 3 step drops, working out of the shotgun, etc...
Originally Posted by Tony-OH
Also, they need to run more to keep the blitzing off of them.
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10-06-2011 03:24 PM #5
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Flacco was the second most blitzed QB last year. He was blitzed 49.5% of the time. Against the Blitz, his TD to INT ratio was 3:1, second best to only Peyton Manning. Originally Posted by Tony-OH
Historically, he has completed 63.4% of his passes against the blitz and ranks 6th overall against the blitz according to ProFootballFocus.
Tough to really make any analysis in 2011 especially after only 4 weeks.
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10-06-2011 04:18 PM #6
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Where did you find those stats? ESPN does some good split stats but I don't see anything for blitz. I'm really surprised by his previous "success" against the blitz since Flacco has never seemed very good under pressure. The other thing is the O-line has a lot to do with blitz protection so those numbers can be skewed. You almost have to do it by time. Originally Posted by Miller192
Either way, I don't think anyone thinks Flacco is going to be this inaccurate all year under any conditions. The Jets game really skewed his numbers badly.
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10-06-2011 04:32 PM #7
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Here you go: Originally Posted by Tony-OH
http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog...ing-the-blitz/
I left out Sanchez, he's ahead of Flacco in TD:INT for 2010 as well.
I think you're right that this isn't likely to continue. I think Hensley should've considered how Flacco performs against the blitz historically before attributing the blitz pressure as a reason for his inaccuracy.
It's just week 4. Joe's looked great in some games and ugly in others, we'll see how it plays out.
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10-06-2011 04:58 PM #8
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Originally Posted by Miller192
Yeah, personally I love to see teams blitzing Joe compared to dropping LBs. He does really well in finding the 1 on 1 coverage. It's the tight window, 2nd level throws(over the LB under the safties) where IMO he has a tendency to struggle.
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10-06-2011 07:59 PM #9
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Its very tough to look good when teams are blitzing and you have to wait for your WR to come out of a 15 yard out route.
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10-06-2011 09:52 PM #10
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And your WR's are slow as molasses. Originally Posted by Sports Guy
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10-07-2011 09:36 AM #11
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Flacco can and does usually bounce back after bad games or a bad streak. So far he's been inconsistent, but that's to be expected when you play strong defenses and you're working with a bunch of new guys on offense. If I was a betting man, I'd say that Flacco -- and the offense -- looks a lot better after the bye week. It came at the perfect time, IMO.
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10-07-2011 09:49 AM #12
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I agree. Flacco looked bad against a Rex led defense. Not that hard to believe he had a bad game. His other bad game came against Tennessee, who is now 3-1 and might just be a lot better than anyone anticipated. I'm not ready to crucify Flacco just yet. Originally Posted by NewMarketSean
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10-07-2011 09:50 AM #13
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Oh, there's definitely change coming. Originally Posted by NewMarketSean
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10-07-2011 10:11 AM #14
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One change I'm hoping to see is I think it'd be nice if the first guy we drafted in 2010 AND the first guy we drafted in 2011 actually play on the field.
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10-07-2011 11:30 AM #15
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In what way? Originally Posted by Miller192
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