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Birdwell said:
The two second clock has a lot to do with watching his brother's career. David Carr was sacked more in his first two seasons than anyone in the history of the league.
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So our QB is not only hearing footsteps, he's hearing 15 year old footsteps?

Somehow, this doesn't make me feel better.
 
TheMadStork said:
So our QB is not only hearing footsteps, he's hearing 15 year old footsteps?

Somehow, this doesn't make me feel better.
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Not a matter of hearing footsteps. Before all the damned rule changes to help the passing game by treating receivers as if they were crystal champaigne flutes, color guys (most of whom had played the game) talked a lot about the need for a QB to have a clock in his head. The idea is simple: given enough time (which has grown shorter with fewer blockers staying in) the QB will be sacked, and that's avoidable most of the time if the QB gets the ball out of his hands in x.x number of seconds.

With spread offenses taking over the college game, Derek Carr's clock wasn't obvious or even noticeable. Until the USC game when it obviously was too long.

Sacks are bad. They screw the O on down and distance, they risk turnovers and injury, and can take a team out of field goal range. A dump off that can go for YAC or even throwing it away are better than a sack.

Obviously, throwing for a first down is better still. With the poor play from Osemele combined with two rookie tackles that affected the run game as much as the pass, and the issues at WR, not much any QB outside of Michael Vick could do. The fact that Carr was sacked more times and more frequently suggests he was holding the ball longer looking to make a play.
 
So Carr’s premature internal clock is someone else’s fault?
 
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One non QB you would want to start your franchise with

Khalil Mack
Quarterback and pass rusher are typically viewed as the two most important positions for an NFL team. Since I can't have a quarterback, I'm taking Khalil Mack to be the star of the Quad City Tractors (see last week's roundtable) defense. Every team needs a defensive playmaker who has the ability to disrupt the opponent's passing game on every play. Several current players come to mind at this position, but I'm picking Mack simply because of the effect he had on the Bears last season.

While it's impossible to quantify how many more games Chicago won strictly because of Mack, his impact was obvious. Mack lifted the performance of the entire defense. He didn't practice with the team all spring and summer, and spent only a week in the Bears’ playbook before playing in the season opener. The lack of practice or knowledge of the Bears defense didn't matter: Mack's pressure on Aaron Rodgers allowed teammate Roy Robertson-Harris to finish the sack that took Rodgers out of the game for the second quarter. Mack then strip-sacked backup quarterback Deshone Kizer and picked him off for a 27-yard interception return for a touchdown. That was all in his first game back in action, after being away from football for months. Imagine what he could do with a full offseason in the Quad Cities. —Kalyn Kahler

https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/06/14/start-team-scratch-khalil-mack-christian-mccaffrey-travis-kelce
 
gst8 said:
Peyton did it. Brees had 46 and 43 respectively.

And in what world is following up with a 39 TD season coming back to earth?

How about we just say that any QB that throws 50 TDs in a season is a sure fire HOFer?
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yeah I would say Manning and Brees are prolly the best examples of QB's in offenses that absolutely sling it year in and year out, and in this particular era of relative safety and security for QB and WR... both led the league in attempts and completions 4-5 times... and both only reached 40 or more TD's in their respective careers twice... and they've both been insanely healthy for a very long time.. that # really kind of surprises me... this is just an educated guess on my part, but tells me that coach will run the ball in if at all possible and there has to be fairly specific conditions on an offense for a QB to remotely approach 50 TD's, and they may not have much to do with the QB..
 
Steve Doerschuk@sdoerschukREP

Former NFL QB Chris Simms, analyzing for NBC:
“I’ve seen enough from Baker Mayfield to say he is better than Derek Carr or Jared Goff ... His physical ability is off the charts .... He has this crazy sixth sense."
 
DonkeyKilla said:
Silver has to insinuate some trouble at his boyfriend's former employer of course.
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I dunno the details but I've read some stuff that Matfield didn't like Hue or the way he handled his rookie season... so of course Hue's Cabana boy has got his panties in a bunch..
 
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