Off-season 2023 Banjo

[sharpe1027]

Similar to fantasy football, there's definitely an indirect revenue benefit from gambling. Increased interest in games is almost certain to drive increased advertising revenue across multiple different platforms.

How much? I don't have the first clue.

[run pMc]

Came across this article. It's PFF premium content, but you get to at least the parts where it shows best pass blocking rates from 2016-2021.

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-pass-protection-diminishing-returns-offensive-lineman-value

Would ya look at that? The sacred cow is the top ranked pass blocking OT over that time.
Also -- worth noting 3 other players who spent considerable time with GB also on the list (Bulaga, Sitton, Lang). Proof that GB's OL has not been mediocre over the last decade (if not 2 decades).

[RashanGary]

Came across this article. It's PFF premium content, but you get to at least the parts where it shows best pass blocking rates from 2016-2021.

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-pass-protection-diminishing-returns-offensive-lineman-value

Would ya look at that? The sacred cow is the top ranked pass blocking OT over that time.
Also -- worth noting 3 other players who spent considerable time with GB also on the list (Bulaga, Sitton, Lang). Proof that GB's OL has not been mediocre over the last decade (if not 2 decades).

Tex is just wrong headed on this topic. 12 was notorious for holding the ball. Tex attributes him having to run to the OL when it’s Rodgers not throwing the ball. Rodgers got better the last few years of getting rid of the ball. And the OL wasn’t as good last year or maybe the year before either.

[red]

Tex is just wrong headed on this topic. 12 was notorious for holding the ball. Tex attributes him having to run to the OL when it’s Rodgers not throwing the ball. Rodgers got better the last few years of getting rid of the ball. And the OL wasn’t as good last year or maybe the year before either.

him running around in the pocket while holding on to the ball for too long couldn't have helped the linemen either

[texaspackerbacker]

Tex is just wrong headed on this topic. 12 was notorious for holding the ball. Tex attributes him having to run to the OL when it’s Rodgers not throwing the ball. Rodgers got better the last few years of getting rid of the ball. And the OL wasn’t as good last year or maybe the year before either.

That's what you think, huh? Sheeeeesh.

Just watch Love get rushed horribly and not have the escapability that Rodgers had. The Packers O Line was always rated artificially high because of Rodgers. I don't expect Love to be the second coming of Seneca Wallace, but it will be a miracle if he handles the pass rush near as well as Rodgers.

[call_me_ishmael]

Bob Salad just looks like he is gonna blow his top if he has to hear Darkness Retreat one more time lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWsZ_TytXhg

[run pMc]

Tex is just wrong headed on this topic. 12 was notorious for holding the ball. Tex attributes him having to run to the OL when it’s Rodgers not throwing the ball. Rodgers got better the last few years of getting rid of the ball. And the OL wasn’t as good last year or maybe the year before either.

I think it's well established that Tex doesn't know OL play very well and his opinions on it are wrong. Poking a little fun at it is all.

From the article:

Not all blocks are created equal. Blocking against Aaron Donald or T.J. Watt is not the same as blocking against an average defensive lineman. Blocking on a screen or a quick-developing route is far easier than doing so on a seven-yard drop with long developing routes.

To account for such contextual factors, we've created a model that incorporates game factors such as down, distance and yards to go. It adjusts a successful block grade for an offensive lineman’s position, the matched-up defenders position, determinative features such as RPO and screens and other features such as dropback depth and the talent of defender (measured by past PFF pass-rushing grades weighted toward the proximity of a given play).

Many pass blocking grading systems also assume that if you are holding your block for something like 3 seconds that should be enough time for the QB to throw the ball. Rodgers would occasionally hold the ball to go for a big play, and OLinemen have commented that made their jobs much harder. Easier to block Khalil Mack for 3 seconds than it is for 5. Last year they took a dip in blocking early because both Newman and Hanson were starting, and it took about half the season for Jenkins and Bakhtiari to get their health and timing back. They finished pretty good and I'd expect that to carry forward. Love should have better speed and mobility than Rodgers, he's much younger. They could even have designed QB runs out of the RPO with Love's legs, no way Rodgers wanted to do that anymore. One thing Rodgers was very good at (as the best QBs are) is sliding around in the pocket to sidestep the rush. If Love can keep his poise and move around in the pocket that will go a long way towards his development.

[run pMc]

Bob Salad just looks like he is gonna blow his top if he has to hear Darkness Retreat one more time lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWsZ_TytXhg

The weirdness is just getting started for him and the Jets.

[Fritz]

The weirdness is just getting started for him and the Jets.

First question Rodgers took was from a female reporter who asked him what exactly attracted him to playing with the Jets. Rodgers should've said "Because of reporters who are hot like you are. We didn't have much of that in Green Bay."

[RashanGary]

I went to a couple practices last year. Rodgers and the third string QB looked similar moving through the drills. Love looked much more snappy and explosive than the other two. There is no doubt that Love has more physical ability to evade a rusher. But it’s a feel too. Favre was never a great athlete but he had a feel for it. Rodgers even at old man stage finds away to quickly make decisions on how to handle the rush. So even with Love being a more explosive athlete, it doesn’t guarantee anything. But he’s got the ability and got a shot. I hear a lot of football people around the league who like Loves chances because he had all the tools.

[Fritz]

I think, from what I've read, the big concern for him was his slow, slow release. He seemed a little snappier in the Philly mop-up game, but I think that's his big issue.

[Joemailman]

I think, from what I've read, the big concern for him was his slow, slow release. He seemed a little snappier in the Philly mop-up game, but I think that's his big issue.

I noticed a difference in his release in the Philly game even compared to how he looked in the preseason. That's makes me think Tom Clements really made that a point of emphasis.

[run pMc]

Footwork is cleaner too, which will lead to better accuracy.
He seems like he might be good enough between the ears as well, which matters.

I think the time sitting and watching benefits a young QB, especially one like JLove. I heard somewhere that most "football experts" believe teams fail drafted QBs more than the other way around. Teams rush them out there before they are ready and don't have good support systems (i.e., OLines, receivers, etc.) to help them either. College to Pros is a big jump.

[Fritz]

I always thought teams in the more modern era ruined a lot of young guys' careers by throwing them into the fire as rookies. Cripes, the first year you're just trying to remember where the clean towels are and what "X-slant thirty-five G-6" means in the playbook. How can you acclimate and process and still be effective?

[call_me_ishmael]

I do think that Tom Clements is likely a very good coach.