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So, i guess the Eagles OLine has had some injuries?
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http://articles.philly.com/2014-09-29/sports/54442131_1_lesean-mccoy-nick-foles-coach-chip-kelly#DGFXfUs3kJUdgQTl.99
“…But it would help if Foles had more time to throw, and the condition of the Eagles’ offensive line – which for two weeks has been held together by masking tape, knitting thread, and Jason Peters – hasn’t allowed it.“We got whupped up front,” Kelly said.
The line was so overmatched Sunday that, with two chances to win the game from the 49ers’ 11/2-yard line, Kelly didn’t bother handing the ball to McCoy. The 49ers had settled back into zone coverage on second and goal from the 6, and Kelly tricked them by running McCoy to the left for 5 yards. But he didn’t dare do it again on third down or fourth down, so certain was he that, in their goal-line alignment, the 49ers would stuff either McCoy or Darren Sproles….
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….Kelly keeps chalking this all up to the instability of the offensive line, and perhaps McCoy’s play will improve next week against the St. Louis Rams, when tackle Lane Johnson returns from his suspension. Perhaps.”The Patz lose their legendary OL coach (Dante Scarnecchia) and trade away Mankins, and suddenly Brady doesn;t look as good.
I wonder if there’s a connection.
…and they’ll still probly win
11 games.w
v49ers D shut down the Philly O,
it looks like.
McCoy 10 carries 17 yards.
Foles 195 yds, zero TDs, 2 INTs.Gore 119 yards, Kaepernik 58 yds rushing on 7 attempts,
and 2 TDs passing.SF 407 total yds
Philly 213 total yds.Turnovers: Philly 4, SF 1
26-21
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zn: “…And no I do not think AD has superior pocket sense to Bradford or Hill. I think they are all about equal, and if anything Hill is somewhat better. I think what happened was, AD got put in a better position. Lots of things came together at the same time…”
===========================Well, i tend to disagree with all that. I’m not sure, but based on what little ive seen,
i think AD has a more advanced “SET-OF-Pocket-and-NONpocke-Skills” than Bradford.All the points you listed just relate to the ‘minimum requirements’ for showing
a quarterbacks ‘set of pocket and nonpocket skills’. Yes, you need
coaching and an OLIne and Weapons, and confidence and practice, etc.
But once you have that — the set-of-pocket-and-nonpocket-skills is going
to be on display. That set of skills is not “on or off” its more like a scale of one to ten.I think AD has more highly developed pocket and nonpocket skills/attributes
than Bradford. But, again, this is a tentative view. Its a small
sample of work from AD. But so far, I like what i see.At any rate, i like what they have at QB.
Bradford, AD, and an experienced vet in Hill.
Add another kid next year, and QB looks good.w
vHerzog wrote:
What I like about Davis this year….very high pocket awareness. Also, he can read defenses and he knows this offense like the back of his hand. He knows what he’s doing out there.You know it;s interesting about pocket awareness. He had absolutely none when he came in cold in the Vikes game. In fact I thought most if all the sacks he took were on him. Then he’s better (though the Vikes have more of a defense than Dallas or Tampa). You know what HE attributes it to? Staying in rhythm. Dropping, planting, throwing. He said that all week after the Vikes game, the coaches stressed that — stay in rhythm. Yet we see it as this quality of the qb’s psyche. Meanwhile, on top of it, to drop and throw you have to trust your receivers. If you don’t you have to compensate somehow for it, for example by bailing on the pocket or holding the ball waiting for a play. It really is amazing how much we put on the qb that isn’t really the qb.
Well i dont know exactly what any of us means by ‘pocket awareness’
but i know that this kid has made three or four “escape and throw” plays
that were impressive. I love it. The ‘extend the play” thing.Its an attribute. A quality. I like it.
He also throws INT’s over the middle.
I hope that is not an attribute. I dont like it.w
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