I know a lot of people are a irritated about the lack of pass rush (well, sacks). Myself included.
That said, I thought I'd go through this game and find out how much time the pass rush is getting to work with (for both teams). So far I've made it through the first half and I've got to say, they didn't have a lot of opportunities. Will see how it looks in the second half but here's what I've seen so far.
STL in first half - 10 drop backs in 4 series with the QB holding the ball for 3 seconds or more on only one occasion. Davis was something like 9/10 at this point with the only inc being due to the DPI. Guys were open early and the pass rush didn't have time to get home.
STL ran the ball well in the first half and when they dropped back, the ball was out quickly, to open receivers (that's on the secondary and LBs, folks).
Series 1:
1 sec - ball out
2 sec - ball out
punt
Series 2:
2 sec - ball out
TD
Series 3:
2 sec - ball out
1 sec - ball out
2 sec - ball out [DPI]
2 sec - ball out
2 sec - ball out
2 sec - ball out
TD
Series 4:
3 sec - ball out
FG
SEA in first half - 20 drop backs in 5 series with the QB holding the ball for 3 seconds or more on 8 occasions. However, 2 of the 3 sacks recorded were in 2 seconds or less. The other after 3 seconds. 2 sacks came inside of the pocket, one outside of the left tackle as Russell began to scramble.
In those 20 drop backs, SEA had 1 drop, 1 pass defensed, 3 poorly thrown balls and 3 thrown away. All thrown away came after 4 or more seconds.
[update] 2nd Half numbers
STL had 13 drop backs (think i missed one somewhere). Of those 13, Davis held the ball for 3 seconds or more on 4 occasions. On two of those occasions, he avoided at least 3 tackles for a sack and made a completion. Two passes were defensed and he had zero bad throws that I saw.
Series 1:
1 sec - ball out (defensed)
punt
Series 2:
2 sec - ball out
2 sec - ball out
1 sec - ball out
3 sec - ball out
punt
Series 3:
2 sec - ball out
3 sec - ball out
5 sec - ball out (2 tackles for sack avoided)
2 sec - ball out
2 sec - ball out (TD)
TD
Series 4:
4 sec - ball out (sack avoided)
2 sec - ball out (defensed)
Fake punt
Bullshit fumble recovery
EOG
More opportunities to get a sack in the second half but guys couldn't bring him down. SEA run defense was much better in the 2nd half which resulted in longer 2nd and 3rd downs.
SEA in the 2nd half was really, really good.
Russell had 23 drop backs that I counted. Of those 23, Russell held the ball for 3 seconds or longer on 9 occasions, scrambling for good yardage on 4 of them, ball was thrown away on 2 of them and on one occasion he overthrew the receiver (would have been huge yardage to Doug up the right sideline but Russell threw it out of bounds). SEA had 1 drop and 1 tipped ball in the 2nd half.
That said, I thought I'd go through this game and find out how much time the pass rush is getting to work with (for both teams). So far I've made it through the first half and I've got to say, they didn't have a lot of opportunities. Will see how it looks in the second half but here's what I've seen so far.
STL in first half - 10 drop backs in 4 series with the QB holding the ball for 3 seconds or more on only one occasion. Davis was something like 9/10 at this point with the only inc being due to the DPI. Guys were open early and the pass rush didn't have time to get home.
STL ran the ball well in the first half and when they dropped back, the ball was out quickly, to open receivers (that's on the secondary and LBs, folks).
Series 1:
1 sec - ball out
2 sec - ball out
punt
Series 2:
2 sec - ball out
TD
Series 3:
2 sec - ball out
1 sec - ball out
2 sec - ball out [DPI]
2 sec - ball out
2 sec - ball out
2 sec - ball out
TD
Series 4:
3 sec - ball out
FG
SEA in first half - 20 drop backs in 5 series with the QB holding the ball for 3 seconds or more on 8 occasions. However, 2 of the 3 sacks recorded were in 2 seconds or less. The other after 3 seconds. 2 sacks came inside of the pocket, one outside of the left tackle as Russell began to scramble.
In those 20 drop backs, SEA had 1 drop, 1 pass defensed, 3 poorly thrown balls and 3 thrown away. All thrown away came after 4 or more seconds.
[update] 2nd Half numbers
STL had 13 drop backs (think i missed one somewhere). Of those 13, Davis held the ball for 3 seconds or more on 4 occasions. On two of those occasions, he avoided at least 3 tackles for a sack and made a completion. Two passes were defensed and he had zero bad throws that I saw.
Series 1:
1 sec - ball out (defensed)
punt
Series 2:
2 sec - ball out
2 sec - ball out
1 sec - ball out
3 sec - ball out
punt
Series 3:
2 sec - ball out
3 sec - ball out
5 sec - ball out (2 tackles for sack avoided)
2 sec - ball out
2 sec - ball out (TD)
TD
Series 4:
4 sec - ball out (sack avoided)
2 sec - ball out (defensed)
Fake punt
Bullshit fumble recovery
EOG
More opportunities to get a sack in the second half but guys couldn't bring him down. SEA run defense was much better in the 2nd half which resulted in longer 2nd and 3rd downs.
SEA in the 2nd half was really, really good.
Russell had 23 drop backs that I counted. Of those 23, Russell held the ball for 3 seconds or longer on 9 occasions, scrambling for good yardage on 4 of them, ball was thrown away on 2 of them and on one occasion he overthrew the receiver (would have been huge yardage to Doug up the right sideline but Russell threw it out of bounds). SEA had 1 drop and 1 tipped ball in the 2nd half.
