Perhaps the most stunning Week 1 statistic

Pump the breaks. The pass rush indeed looked better but Houston's line is not that great. And it looked like they were using pressure to block Watson's running lanes. Come back after game four.

Lol at the Raiders stat.

Tuck said:

Pump the breaks. The pass rush indeed looked better but Houston's line is not that great. And it looked like they were using pressure to block Watson's running lanes. Come back after game four.

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I kinda like it when we use pressure to block the opposing QB's running lanes.

Surprising, Hard to believe Stafford only felt pressure on 13% of his drop backs, But I am sure the prevent in the 2nd half has something to do with it.

Nothing new to Watson whose passes were most under pressure in the entire league in 2017. Nevertheless I am glad our pass rush core has passed the test in game 1.

Gunnails said:

Surprising, Hard to believe Stafford only felt pressure on 13% of his drop backs, But I am sure the prevent in the 2nd half has something to do with it.

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I wonder whether the Jets decided it was in their best interests to let Stafford throw given that he apparently couldn't see the difference between a guy being triple-covered and a guy standing alone.

It’s a good indicator for what is to come though. The D didn’t start well early last year, improved somewhat down the stretch but reverted to its original form in the end.

Look, most players don't have a good year the year after a knee injury. Watson held the ball way too long and did not play well. Lets wait and see how they look next week.

SEA_Pat said:

I wonder whether the Jets decided it was in their best interests to let Stafford throw given that he apparently couldn't see the difference between a guy being triple-covered and a guy standing alone.

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Or between guys wearing silver and blue or guys wearing white and green.

I wonder if the guy who hated Danny Etlings passing watched this lions game. I told him one quarter would be enough

Gunnails said:

Surprising, Hard to believe Stafford only felt pressure on 13% of his drop backs, But I am sure the prevent in the 2nd half has something to do with it.

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Opposing defenses might as well use the prevent all game against the Lions. Except for 2013, when they had Reggie Bush, the Lions ground game has been in the bottom 3 in the league since at least 2011. Dead last for the past three seasons.

It's not just that they're poor at drafting RBs or signing good ones in FA (though they are). Their OL and TEs, as a group, have been awful at run-blocking, at least since Stafford was drafted and probably for awhile before that.

maineman209 said:

Opposing defenses might as well use the prevent all game against the Lions. Except for 2013, when they had Reggie Bush, the Lions ground game has been in the bottom 3 in the league since at least 2011. Dead last for the past three seasons.

It's not just that they're poor at drafting RBs or signing good ones in FA (though they are). Their OL and TEs, as a group, have been awful at run-blocking, at least since Stafford was drafted and probably for awhile before that.

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They’ve never been able to run block or even just run or pass. They were always horrible on defense and kicking game but are prolific at getting penalized. This is why that lion guy paints his face so no one can recognize him

SammyBlueCat said:

I kinda like it when we use pressure to block the opposing QB's running lanes.

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So your love of cat-like quickness does not extend to the Pats' opponents?

ctpatsfan77 said:

So your love of cat-like quickness does not extend to the Pats' opponents?

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The New England Patriots must be quicker!

Gunnails said:

Surprising, Hard to believe Stafford only felt pressure on 13% of his drop backs, But I am sure the prevent in the 2nd half has something to do with it.

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I don't know about the stats but he sure looked like he was under pressure.

1960Pats said:

I don't know about the stats but he sure looked like he was under pressure.

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The "Kahlil Mack Fear Factor". He pressures the QB even when he's actually dropping into coverage.

maineman209 said:

The "Kahlil Mack Fear Factor". He pressures the QB even when he's actually dropping into coverage.

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We were referring to the Jets @ Detroit game. It looked to me like Stafford was being pressured even though the stats say that he wasn't.

But since we're here, I have to admit that I might have been wrong about the Pats defense. They looked much better than I thought they would.

1960Pats said:

We were referring to the Jets @ Detroit game. It looked to me like Stafford was being pressured even though the stats say that he wasn't.

But since we're here, I have to admit that I might have been wrong about the Pats defense. They looked much better than I thought they would.

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Oops! I was thinking Beers-Cheeseheads

But, yeah, it looked to me like Stafford was hearing footsteps, not reading the coverage, and panic throwing when he didn't need to be.