Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="JBlood" data-source="post: 486024" data-attributes="member: 16"><p>Yes, I've seen this criticism of Rogers.  I've never seen a stat that reflects the time between the snap and when the rush affects the QB, but Football Outsiders compiles sack times (<a href="http://www.footballoutsiders.com/under-pressure/2011/under-pressure-standard-sack-deviation" target="_blank">http://www.footballoutsiders.com/under-pressure/2011/under-pressure-standard-sack-deviation</a>).  For the 3 years 2009 through 2011 Rogers was sacked 109 times for a sack rate of 7.17%.  Average time to sack was 3.1 sec.  During the same period  Tom Brady was sacked 61 times, a rate of 2.7% and had AN AVERAGE TIME OF 3.1 SEC.,  IDENTICAL TO ROGERS'.    So, over that 3 year period the numbers would indicate that the problem is not Rogers holding the ball too long.    And if you  add to this the pathetic run game, it seems to me the problem is the line, not Rogers.</p></blockquote><p></p>

No members online now.

Total: 477 (members: 0, guests: 477)