it just looked like we were getting no push on those plays and its probably also a holdover from having watched so much of the running game last week and seeing no significant gains at all
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The Good, The OL and The Tavon
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it just looked like we were getting no push on those plays and its probably also a holdover from having watched so much of the running game last week and seeing no significant gains at all
that 2nd target looked clear as day like a PI to me - said it immediately too based on the broadcast
i think it's the same one but i could be wrong
in a 17 point win no less too lol
lamar's been spoiling us
the above tweet isnt an exaggeration btw... PFF scored the ravens for 34 pressures... 34!!!
SepticeyePoe
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Watching the game did not feel like we had 250 rushing yards. And that is a lot of pressures.
This is blowing my mind a little bit.
cdp
Ravens Ring of Honor
Same here. During the game it felt like Watson had enough time to make his throws.
I wonder what our blitz rate was.
organizedchaos21
Practice Squad
Per Ken's article, the Ravens brought 5+ on 17 of 39 dropbacks. More details inside.
the pressures are a lot but not entirely surprising - watching the game it felt like we should be getting more sacks than we were simply because we had watson running for his life almost on a per-snap basis even if we didnt get the hit or sack
organizedchaos21
Practice Squad
Agreed. Watson did a great job of escaping the pressure (something I think he struggled with last year due to a nagging ankle injury, re-aggravated on a Judon sack in Q2).
so many plays that against almost any other qb in the league would have been sure-fire sacks and watson would escape to throw a completion or at least throw it away - he's in a bad situation but he makes superhero type plays all the time
JoeyFlex5
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i remember those now that you mention it, i actually thought both incs were on lamar, the hargreaves one felt like it needed to be led in front and it was more on the shoulder and too easily played, and the endzone shot was mad underthtrown
this is encouraging given how it felt on gameday:
then again i still feel like it wasnt particularly good
then again i still feel like it wasnt particularly good
Dom McRaven
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Funny you say this because I just saw that Harbs basically the same thing which is how I felt as well.
can you repost this tweet. For some reason it isn't working
we had 230 rushing yards, but who's counting
tweet's probably been deleted - i think
my guess is its probably related to the pressure rate but i cant remember
this might sound like sacrilege but having gone through the all-22 watching averett i really dont think its gonna be the end of the world
1) he wasnt playing corner full-time - it looks like his time at RCB is gonna be mostly when we want to use jimmy in that hybrid deep-safety role which means only really in dime packages - in the base nickel we had jimmy drop down to RCB
2) while averett got crossed up a couple of times early on he was really not as bad as people thought - the one big play he gave up was a play that basically no corner in the league is making - having now seen it multiple times and slow-mo etc. i think that deshaun watson throw is one of the best throws ive ever seen
3) he's not going to get burned by speed at all - he's fast - he's going to have to focus on his back-pedal so that he can mirror better but he's not going to get outrun by most WRs
4) there was a miscommunication between him and jimmy early on that could have/should have gone for a huge play - not sure who's fault it was but that's something they'll see on film and sort out
he got better as the game went on and wasnt the liability that people have assumed he is based on last year's play (and the targets his way against the texans)
i was actually pretty impressed with him in the 4th quarter
1) he wasnt playing corner full-time - it looks like his time at RCB is gonna be mostly when we want to use jimmy in that hybrid deep-safety role which means only really in dime packages - in the base nickel we had jimmy drop down to RCB
2) while averett got crossed up a couple of times early on he was really not as bad as people thought - the one big play he gave up was a play that basically no corner in the league is making - having now seen it multiple times and slow-mo etc. i think that deshaun watson throw is one of the best throws ive ever seen
3) he's not going to get burned by speed at all - he's fast - he's going to have to focus on his back-pedal so that he can mirror better but he's not going to get outrun by most WRs
4) there was a miscommunication between him and jimmy early on that could have/should have gone for a huge play - not sure who's fault it was but that's something they'll see on film and sort out
he got better as the game went on and wasnt the liability that people have assumed he is based on last year's play (and the targets his way against the texans)
i was actually pretty impressed with him in the 4th quarter
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