MontanaHawk05":k01b5f9w said:
Scorpion05":k01b5f9w said:
Not to say he never does, but he mostly does it to escape pressure. Otherwise, he does try to remain within the confines of the offense
I would argue it's closer to 50/50. I notice a LOT of plays where Wilson takes off for absolutely no reason.
That's why Duane Brown's epic few-pressures-allowed performance for us thus far hasn't suddenly improved the offense like people were expecting. Call it height, call it receivers not getting loose, call it he just likes being outside the pocket, but the OL was never the primary driver of our problems.
That said, Stafford will never sniff a Super Bowl.
I would tend to go about 80/20, 70/30 if I'm being generous. Wilson does have his moments of bailing to soon, but otherwise I think it's overblown
Opposing defenses purposely either:
a) Try to push the middle of the pocket to make Wilson feel "crowded" and need to escape
b) Try to maintain the edge, which also simultaneously crowds the passing lanes and forces Wilson to escape and see the field better
But, for the most part when the O-line holds, and creates the lanes, Russell fires it in there and follows the offensive game plan. I just think this idea that our offense is just Russell playing sandlot football 50% or more of the time is a gross exaggeration.
Also, bonus point, a major part of our offense are deep 7-8 step drops. Russ drops back deeper than most Qbs in the league, except for maybe Rodgers. And this also helps him dictates where to throw. But that is within the offense as well. Add bootlegs to that too