Seymour
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JimmyG":113j23a3 said:You're right, Football Outsiders has an absolutely horrendous interface/presentation and I misread it. Here are their pass blocking ranks (snipped to show relevant details):Seymour":113j23a3 said:JimmyG":113j23a3 said:Have you seen Stafford's line this year? Football Outsiders has the Lions ranked as #32 overall in pass blocking (Seattle is 30th). And they are basically last place across the board in their various run-blocking metrics. Like Wilson, Stafford is accounting for a giant percentage of his teams' offensive output this year.Seymour":113j23a3 said:He sure as hell would not take Stafford if he saw him behind this oline the last 2-3 years.
That budget oline helps pay for our top 5 D (when they played to full potential), so "his Stafford" has to play against our D to make that a reasonable comparison.
Wrong. They are 21st. You are looking at run blocking. Seattle is better than Detroit (this week) in pass blocking, but over the last 2-3 years overall there is no comparison.
Anyway, I'm not sure what the past few years has to do with anything. People keep saying "anyone else would be futile behind this line", but that's just not true. I am with MontanaHawk, sometimes the long-developing plays and scramble drills are the result of Wilson being Wilson. It's not Bevell, it's not the OC, it's Wilson.
Ask David Carr what can happen.
It obviously has an effect on the QB over time. You can see signs of this with Wilson, but overall I think he's come through it OK considering the circumstances he's been put in with Cable and his "budget body guards".