Signing day is over

Aldridge might be leaving for ECU. Great, we’re going to lose our good coaches, but shite coaches like the QB and TE coaches appear to be returning.

He wanted Durkin fired multiple times this year if that helps you understand this op

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The fact is, the QB and TE rooms have sucked the past 2 years.

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There’s a valid reason, IMO.

Our QB was under constant pressure courtesy of one of the worst performing OLs in the SEC, and mebbe our worst performing since 2012.

Our TEs were needed for blocking assignments, courtesy of a weak OL, thus placing a premium on our blocking TEs instead of other TE personnel that might have offered different skill sets. Not the way we wanted it, but that’s the way it goes. Either way, it changes playcalling.

Anyway, big and talented TE recruits prefer to showcase their skills in pro-set or power offenses … and unfortunately that hasn’t been seen on the Plains since … well, quite awhile.

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This is so overblown.

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Yep.

Every single team with a bad QB says this every time.

They weren't great but once Percy lewis was benched they did well enough. With PT at the helm any offense would underperform. Idc who he had around him, he was just not good enough.

No doubt. Give Jackson the best opportunity to sit in the pocket and learn and make a play. Also makes us look a lil more sexy to Cade if he's looking around after the playoff.

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Every single team with a bad QB says this every time.

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Why would this surprise you as probably being correlated to some real degree? Think logically: even the worst QB in CFB would complete passes at an incredibly high rate if you theoretically gave him perfect protection on every single pass attempt (ie: zero pressure) and had receivers who never dropped catchable passes. Why? Because a receiver somewhere on the field would eventually get open, and then it simply comes down to that QB's physical ability to deliver a catchable football. Even the worst D1 QB's can deliver catchable passes at a very high rate on scenarios where there is zero pressure coming at them.

I just looked at the Top 10 and Bottom 10 teams nation-wide in Sacks Allowed, and averaged out the Passer Ratings of those teams. Remember, Passer Rating doesn't take into account Sacks Allowed, so the teams that gave up the most sacks aren't being penalized by those sacks in their Passer Rating. The result?

Average Passer Rating of Top 10 Teams with LEAST SACKS ALLOWED: 135.70
Average Passer Rating of Top 10 Teams with MOST SACKS ALLOWED: 125.14

So even just looking at a basic one-to-one comparison shows a 10-point swing wherein preventing sacks equaled a higher team total Passer Rating. This obviously isn't taking into account every variable. For example, Colorado is 10th in most Sacks Allowed and has a very high Passer Rating (Shadeur Sanders), but they also attempt a huge amount of passes which means they will by default be more prone to sack opportunities.

Keep in mind that Sacks Allowed is just one rough estimate of OL play. A team that gives up a lot of sacks most likely has a bad OL that is also giving up a lot of Total Pressures. Pressures will have a negative impact on a QB's success rate on any pass play (obviously). On the flipside, it is possible for sacks to also be caused by poor QB and WR play (ie: coverage sacks), but these are obviously much less common than an OL simply failing and it leading to a sack. Nobody is getting sacked ~40 times a season because "they hold onto the ball too long".

Is there any example anywhere of a QB putting up an elite statistical season with a categorically bad OL? On the flipside, there are obviously cases of completely average QB's who are able to produce well above their ability as a result of elite protection from their OL.

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Keep in mind that Sacks Allowed is just one rough estimate of OL play. A team that gives up a lot of sacks most likely has a bad OL that is also giving up a lot of Total Pressures.

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The real damage is the impact on playcalling