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A couple of comments:
1. I find QB rankings to be an entire waste of time. It's like the "Brady beats Manning" mantra of old. You are completely ignoring the OTHER 44 guys that suited up that day. I understand that making all about so called one on one match ups for players who NEVER see each other on the field at the same time, except for postgame handshakes; but football is the ULTIMATE team game, and these friggin' rankings don't take into account the OTHER 10 guys who are contributing to success (or failure) of each play. Those individual match ups are an invention of TV PR guys to sell the game to the public.
They don't take into account the balls that hit receivers in the hands but are deflected into picks. They don't take into account picks that were dropped by defenders. I sometimes despair about how the fact that THIS game we all should love BECAUSE the success of every player is so connected and affected by the play of 10 other guys, had been distilled into individual battles. THAT is one of the reasons the game is one you can fall in love with. Show me a QB who is behind a good OL, and THAT QB is going to be better. Where in all those QB measurements is that factored in? I love football because at the end of a losing game it is NEVER one guy's fault.....or one coaches' fault. You win as a team and you LOSE as a team.
Yet BLAMING someone has somehow become the national pass time. (And I wish to GOD that it was only evident in sports, but it has infiltrated our entire society. Why? Simple, Because it is EASY to blame. It takes little effort. It makes you feel good. AND in most cases no one is asking you to do the hard work to fix the problem. But enough of a comment that may stay into non-football areas.
2. SHOCKING to see the Pats as the betting favorite to land Jackson. This would be the last place I'd pick, because of all the reasons we didn't draft him in the FIRST place.
3. Craw made an interesting comment on whether the Ravens offense is a "unicorn". He felt it was simply what teams do when they have players who have unique skills, they try to put them into position where they will best be able to succeed, like EVERY team does. I agree. BUT you left out an important factor. They also have to factor in a player's LIMITATIONS as well.
The Ravens offense will soon lose it's "unicorn" title anyways as more and more QB's who are running threats become the norm and OC's will use that skill with running plays designed for their QB's. BUT, I still believe that despite the gawdy running stats and highlight reel plays, QB's who drop back into the pocket and have time to throw will he more effective and healthier in the long run, from that position. Escapability in that pocket IS important (and something Mac NEEDS to develop) BUT the best RUNNING QB in the league was Justin Fields with over 1000 yds and THAT effort got HIS team the #1 pick in the draft. Just sayin'
But so called "athletic QB's" are the next trendy thing for the NFL and it will take some time for defenses to "solve" that puzzle. But as someone posted above, teams seem to be doing a better job at solving what the Ravens have been doing so well. So lets see how it all develop.
1. I find QB rankings to be an entire waste of time. It's like the "Brady beats Manning" mantra of old. You are completely ignoring the OTHER 44 guys that suited up that day. I understand that making all about so called one on one match ups for players who NEVER see each other on the field at the same time, except for postgame handshakes; but football is the ULTIMATE team game, and these friggin' rankings don't take into account the OTHER 10 guys who are contributing to success (or failure) of each play. Those individual match ups are an invention of TV PR guys to sell the game to the public.
They don't take into account the balls that hit receivers in the hands but are deflected into picks. They don't take into account picks that were dropped by defenders. I sometimes despair about how the fact that THIS game we all should love BECAUSE the success of every player is so connected and affected by the play of 10 other guys, had been distilled into individual battles. THAT is one of the reasons the game is one you can fall in love with. Show me a QB who is behind a good OL, and THAT QB is going to be better. Where in all those QB measurements is that factored in? I love football because at the end of a losing game it is NEVER one guy's fault.....or one coaches' fault. You win as a team and you LOSE as a team.
Yet BLAMING someone has somehow become the national pass time. (And I wish to GOD that it was only evident in sports, but it has infiltrated our entire society. Why? Simple, Because it is EASY to blame. It takes little effort. It makes you feel good. AND in most cases no one is asking you to do the hard work to fix the problem. But enough of a comment that may stay into non-football areas.
2. SHOCKING to see the Pats as the betting favorite to land Jackson. This would be the last place I'd pick, because of all the reasons we didn't draft him in the FIRST place.
3. Craw made an interesting comment on whether the Ravens offense is a "unicorn". He felt it was simply what teams do when they have players who have unique skills, they try to put them into position where they will best be able to succeed, like EVERY team does. I agree. BUT you left out an important factor. They also have to factor in a player's LIMITATIONS as well.
The Ravens offense will soon lose it's "unicorn" title anyways as more and more QB's who are running threats become the norm and OC's will use that skill with running plays designed for their QB's. BUT, I still believe that despite the gawdy running stats and highlight reel plays, QB's who drop back into the pocket and have time to throw will he more effective and healthier in the long run, from that position. Escapability in that pocket IS important (and something Mac NEEDS to develop) BUT the best RUNNING QB in the league was Justin Fields with over 1000 yds and THAT effort got HIS team the #1 pick in the draft. Just sayin'
But so called "athletic QB's" are the next trendy thing for the NFL and it will take some time for defenses to "solve" that puzzle. But as someone posted above, teams seem to be doing a better job at solving what the Ravens have been doing so well. So lets see how it all develop.
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