Tape Review
Finished review of the all-22. I had started looking at offense only to figure out if they could get some semblance of offense and find out who are keepers and who needs to go. Halfway thru the year not much changes game to game so changing it up a bit. Looking at offense and defense and instead of going into details on several plays going to highlight the positives and negatives,
Offense
Offensive Line
-Despite improved pressure numbers I thought the line was not great in pass protection. 1 actual sack for zero yards is good but Maye makes the line so much better, between getting ball out quick and mobility he saves multiple sacks a game. Maye's Pressure to Sack ratio was at 15.8% for the game and now at the magic 20% number for the year. Under 20 good, over 20 bad. This is one area I want to see him improve and he is. If he can get that down to 10-12% that'd be great. Doubt it happens with so many quick beats on the line, but next year!
-Lowe regressed a bit, probably his worst game in pass pro.
-The line had good push in the run game, Sidy Sow was really good as the extra lineman on running plays.
-Overall, an above average game run blocking and a below average, for an NFL team, pass blocking. There pressure % was at a low for the year but is still higher than an average NFL team.
-Hooper struggles a bit in run blocking as a TE but he's what you got as the second TE and he is a solid 2nd TE overall
Receivers
-KJ Osborne was OK, Baker should get all of his snaps. Just makes no sense they were going to cut the guy, they were sitting Kendrick Bourne to play younger guys and then give KJ all these snaps over Baker.
-Boutte matched up against a very good corner and played well. Continues to solidify himself as this years #1 receiver and next year's #2(God willing!)
-DD is the same consistent self. Polk did not stand out in anyway, didn't see any great improvement, struggled in run blocking a bit
Drake Maye
-Yeah, bad interception and 2 deep balls underthrown but thrown on the move into the wind. Had some ridiculous Big Time Throws. PFF has him second on the year to Josh Allen (91.1 to 90.3) on running QB's grade. Interceptions bring down his passing grade, otherwise some of the advanced stats are closer to Allen than you would think. He's also played some of the top passing defenses in terms of yards allowed per play. I'll link some of the throws from Twitter accounts of Lazar, Kyles etc. at the end. The guy is really good for a 22 year old considering talent around him.
Offense Summary
Downs: Lowe, Pass Protection, Osborn, Polk, Maye's lack of sliding
UP: Boutte, Run Blocking, Maye's pocket movement and running
Took advantage of a weak run defense, Maye made some plays.
Defense
First time this year reviewing the defense in All-22 so just listing who stood out, good and bad in this game
Positives
-Jeremiah Pharms-Where did he come from? Dominating at times, Barmore like on several plays, just played the best of anybody on the defense. Not sure how that happened but it did, interesting to see how he follows this up next game.
-Dell Pettus-Played great, what a find if this is indicative of his play level not sure why we needed to sign the 2 safeties in the off-season now. Like glue to receivers, seemed at the right place regularly. Great game
-Christian Gonzalez-Showed as a #1 corner, he can mirror receivers, always around the ball, keeps guys from being open regularly. STUD. But Pettus was better!
-Keion White-He's not unblockable one on one but he played well, was double teamed a bit early on but then when Pharms went off that kind of switched
-Anfernee Jennings-PFF had him lowly rated but I thought he was good in this game, right place most of the time, had good angles, showed good speed, could rush the passer
Davon Godchaux-Held up at the line, did what he is paid to do, thought he was pretty stout at the point of attack.
Negatives
Marco Wilson-Didn't show much in the snaps he got, regularly beaten, doesn't look ready for prime time, missed a run tackle when setting the edge.
Sione Takitaki-Thought he was bad, took bad routes to ball carriers, got pushed back on blocks too easily, just not good. Bentley sorely missed if this is the best they have
Daniel Ekuale-Seemed handled pretty easily by the Bear line, very underwhelmed with him
Other Notes
Marcus Jones-I almost put him in the negative column, seems to struggle staying with his man when the make a quick break in or out but otherwise was able to stick with his man, seems like teams could game plan some routes he would struggle to cover.
Caleb Williams-He had line issues, but he caused some of that with slow processing, there were plays to be had but he seems to lack anticipatory throws and trust in his arm or just bad processing. But then he makes a play or 2 where you are like, OK, there it is. Needs to learn to process and throw, never done it, not sure he'll ever learn, thus the high bust potential as mentioned before the draft.
-A Tee Higgins or a TMac might have caught both the deep balls, having a top jump ball receiver would be amazing!
Overall good enough on offense and a defense that played well and was helped by the Chicago offense. Definitely the weakest offense they will play the rest of this year.
Drake Maye Highlighted Plays: Some of these are so high level NFL QB plays it is how you know he's a future Top 5 QB. Enjoy!
