Rams Bros.@RamsBrothers
Matthew Stafford has been under center 65% of snaps so far this season — with the league average being 30%.
This new emphasis on the drop back game has been highly effective. The drop variations, PA, the run game all married.
Brett Kollmann@BrettKollmann
Benefit to straight dropbacks from under center rather than the gun is you can actually attack down the field in rhythm from the top of the drop and still only be 9 yards deep in the pocket.
Drops from the gun can get out of hand fast on longer developing concepts and some quarterbacks get too deep too quickly, which then screws up the angles for pass pro.
That’s a big reason why you see so many little bullshit play action fakes from the gun on longer developing concepts. It’s not to suck up linebackers – those fakes don’t even work.
It’s a timing thing to hold the quarterback there so they don’t drop too deep too fast.