Strong Pass Blocking
November 20th, 2020
Has time to throw.
A site a whole lot more respected than the one that hires dudes in their Irish dorm rooms to grade film notes the Bucs this season have fully destroyed a popular narrative.
The way some (habitually) holler about the Bucs’ offensive line, one would think park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting, jet ski-losing Bucs quarterback Tom Brady has to run for his life each time he drops back.
That would be a very wrong guess.
Per Pro-Football-Reference, which is basically an NFL encyclopedia, the Bucs/Brady are tied for the third-highest average time to throw in the pocket.
It seems Brady has an average of 2.5 seconds of pocket time for each dropback. Pocket time is defined as average time the quarterback had in the pocket between the snap and throwing the ball or [when] pressure collapses the pocket.
Brady is way down the list of hurried quarterbacks, which is also good. He’s only been hurried 21 times.
The quarterback hurried most is Justin Herbert at 53 (and he wasn’t a starter to begin the season).
Now here is where the offensive line stats get a bit squirrely. Even though Brady is one of the top quarterbacks in time to throw and has few hurries, he’s getting hit a lot. Brady has absorbed 35 hits, fourth-most in the NFL.
Quarterback pressures you ask? Brady is middle of the pack at No. 13 (70), but if you look at the percentage of dropbacks Brady is pressured, he’s way, way down the list at No. 26, pressured on just 17.4 percent of his dropbacks.
Joe isn’t sure how to read the hurries stat? Unless it sort of points out that since Brady has such a quick release, he can wait longer before getting rid of the ball.
So far, even with a few bad games by an offensive lineman sprinkled in here or there this season, the amount of time Brady has had to throw even surprised Joe.
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— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) November 18, 2020
November 20th, 2020 at 9:16 am
McWirfs is too nice! He needs to go!
Jk he seems like a great kid
November 20th, 2020 at 9:16 am
No surprise. Before the start of the season we all said Brady would make the offensive line better. Even OT Smith called it.
Brady analyzes defenses, adjust plays, has a quick release, and throws the ball away. Winston did the opposite. The result is less hurries, less hits, less sacks, less turnovers … and suddenly the offensive line vastly improved.
November 20th, 2020 at 9:20 am
I’d like to see a history of how long the QB holds the ball under Arian’s “stretch the field” offense.
Seems most patterns take longer to develop than some O’s built on quick, short passes.
Evidence: as has been pointed out on numerous occasions on these hallowed cyber pages, Arian’s QB’s tend to take a lot of hits.
November 20th, 2020 at 9:41 am
Pirate – Well said. That is the difference See it nearly every play.
November 20th, 2020 at 9:42 am
I believe TB12 has less hurries and more hits because he is standing in the pocket scanning the field right until he gets hit, instead of being “hurried” to move out of the pocket, which he basically never does while maximizing his read time and then taking the sack.
November 20th, 2020 at 9:53 am
Strong pass blocking, except if we’re playing the Saints, Giants, or Bears, or anyone that has a good D-line. Rams are obviously a big test. Leftwich hopefully doesn’t wait to see Donovan Smith collapse like a drunk before Providing him with help, proactively.
November 20th, 2020 at 10:13 am
Is the Saints game going to be broadcast in the Bay Area ?
November 20th, 2020 at 10:22 am
Google “NFL TV Maps.”
November 20th, 2020 at 10:25 am
What was the percentage in the Bear and Saint game for Brady getting hit and sacked.The Line got worked over. Wasn’t it ike 43-46% in the Saint game that Brady was under duress. Defense Rules this your territory. So numbers can be made to look a lot of different ways. But in these 2 games, the line was not up to snuff, and was 2 losses. This team is light years away from what they have been. But when we are talking about a championship it is a different story. In the Playoffs it is 1 and done if you lose. So hopefully they have these kind of games flushed out of their system. We will see real quick on Monday night if they have progressed at all. Because the kitchen sink is coming at Brady on Monday night. I think they will do much better, but we will see. It is Playoff preview against the Rams. GO BUCS!!!!!
November 20th, 2020 at 10:33 am
SPEAKING OF SAINTS GAME
Americas QB is actually the third string QB. Taysom Hill will start. There are posters in here outright seething right now.
November 20th, 2020 at 10:39 am
Bucsbro
That doesn’t mean much. Hill could start for one play.Please, oh please let Jameis play. he never met a pick six he didn’t like.
November 20th, 2020 at 10:48 am
Rams DLine concerns me. This will be a very tough game. Another Prime Time versus a team with a very good DLine.
November 20th, 2020 at 10:49 am
Wow, awesome to see Wirfs in action. He really is playing like an All Pro already.
November 20th, 2020 at 10:49 am
Jmarkbro – Adam Schefter reported Jamies is not apart of any packages this Sunday. Looks like Sean Payton is following through on his promise to Hill and we will really see if he is the second coming of Steve Young or not.
November 20th, 2020 at 10:52 am
Jmarkbuc* –
November 20th, 2020 at 10:53 am
“Brady has absorbed 35 hits, fourth-most in the NFL.”
He’s still not injured yet?
Mike Johnson surely this can’t be…
Go Bucs!
November 20th, 2020 at 11:00 am
So are some Buc’s fans here going to hate on Sean Payton that he is crazy to give the start to Hill over Winston.
Some people thought some of us hated Jameis Winston.
No we just were tired of his mistake prone ways.
If he were clearly better than Taysom Hill, he would get the start.
November 20th, 2020 at 11:02 am
Hmmm, 35 QB Hits & 70 QB pressures in 10 games.
Game 1: 6 QB Hits, 7 QB Pressures, 2 Hurries … Loss
Game 5: 8 QB Hits, 8 QB Pressures, 1 Hurry … Loss
Game 9: 9 QB Hits, 15 QB Pressures, 6 Hurries … Loss
So that’s 23 of the 35 QB Hits plus 30 of the 70 QB Pressures occurred in just our 3 losses. Wow, and New Orleans & Chicago were probably the 2 best defenses our Bucs’ offense has faced this year. Whodathunkit?
Game 1: 26 runs; 39 pass attempts … 40% run-pass.
Game 5: 20 runs; 44 pass attempts … 31% run-pass.
Game 9: 5 runs; 41 pass attempts … 11% run-pass.
Over our 3 losses: 29% run-pass. Here’s an idea to cut down on the QB hits, pressures and hurries: RUN THE FRIGGIN BALL MORE.
November 20th, 2020 at 11:31 am
I have a feeling they have learned from the saints d and we will see a lot more short routes, screens and fournette back there. Hope so anyways. And then bombs away to AB when they creep up.
November 20th, 2020 at 12:21 pm
Arians’ QBs have always taken a ton of hits and usually been in the top-5 most hit QBs in the league. Go back and look at Jameis, Carson Palmer, Big Ben, etc…
November 20th, 2020 at 1:16 pm
Mitch
I don’t believe much or anything that Payton says…..
November 20th, 2020 at 2:41 pm
Donovan Smith is a liability whether you want to admit it or not. He is not consistent, so you don’t know when he’s going to suck. Do you feel comfortable waiting to see which team he’s going to suck against and playing the odds? I don’t and the Bucs shouldn’t, either.
November 20th, 2020 at 3:37 pm
From yahoo sports 25 minutes ago:
Sean Payton: Someone has been named the starter, but we haven’t announced
November 20th, 2020 at 3:41 pm
D.R.
How dare you use data to back up logic. It would seem obvious..at least after you pointed it out to me. I’m just a fan though and it would seem the professionals could have figured that out especially against the Saints.
Just anecdotally…perhaps I’m mistaken…won’t be the first…but I have a DISTINCT impression that Brady is using more of his allotted time in the pocket.
Obviously I’ve never seen Brady as much as this season but my memories of him were than he was genius at knowing when to simply throw the ball away.
And it seemed he did it a LOT.
I agree with BaltiBuc that Brady seems to be hanging in the pocket longer this year. Perhaps our OL has actually won his confidence?
November 21st, 2020 at 12:00 am
Thanks D Rules for the numbers. Time for the Bucs to man up and be balanced and run the Ball some more. Run ROJO Run, Hey Leonard, no dancing bear routine and be your sledge hammer self. BTW we all saw the Vikings run the ball down the Saints throat in last years playoffs. GO BUCS!!!