OkieHawk":zxtfna59 said:
CodeWarrior":zxtfna59 said:
I read that second article as well. The author ends it by effectively saying that if anyone has a better way to evaluate pass blocking to please contact him.
And in 13 years no better method has been passed along...
Last year with a healthy Wilson we were leading the league in sacks. How is it this year with a hobbled Russ?
Of course there's a better metric for measuring pass blocking performance, the author just doesn't want to do it. A reasonable pass blocking metric of evaluation would have to include time until pressure, percent of pressures (and sacks) per dropback, percentage of dropbacks in which an unchecked rusher was allowed, pocket size (width/depth, effectively how much space the QB has to operate) per dropback, and percentage of passess batted due to rusher penetration/lane clogging. It would be a complicated metric but attempting to prop up adjusted sack rate as the lone evaluative factor is essentially worthless.
To answer your question: the offense is playing poorly so far this year as well. Fewer sacks or not this offense doesn't scare anyone. Or if you think it does I'd be interested to hear where you think this offense shows potency.