I've been puzzled all season by his erratic play, especially given how great he was last year Literally, he has been Jekyll and Hyde on a game to game basis this year: Even-numbered games (2 away, 1 home): 79-114 (69%), 331 Y/G, 7 TD - 1 INT, 112 QB rating, 3-0 record Odd-numbered games (3 home, 1 away): 70-121 (58%), 186 Y/G, 3 TD - 5 INT, 67 QB rating, 1-3 record When you look at the home/away splits, the difference is marginal http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/splits?playerId=5615 The Win-Loss splits are staggering (107 vs 67 QB rating) I've been saying for several weeks that our success as a team almost completely depends on the offense coming to play, and this would seem to play along with that. When we cough up 24 points weekly, we're dead when the offense doesn't produce. What's crazy is that last year, Schaub had only two games with a rating below 80. This year, he hasn't had consecutive games with a rating above 80. What's going on here? You would think the addition of a fairly explosive running game would make his job easier.
Pass protection sucks, one of the talking heads said it best yesterday, when everything is going well he is an All-Pro but when things start to collapse around him he struggles. Kubiak is to be blame for this as well, if he just commits to the run then the pass rush will slow down and Matt will have more time to throw.
We run the bootleg way too much. It seems like we run it every other play. Schaub is best in the pocket, if he had any time in there. Sometimes he bails us out by dodging tacklers, other times he gets creamed. Yesterday, he was getting creamed.
Another talking head said that Schaub only had time for his first read before he got flattened. Visions of David Carr are dancing through my head.
Where's the offensive line option? That blast from Session nobody picked up Myers pulled the DE for some reason while our guard went for the DT, leaving our tackle just standing there. Why complicated blocking schemes for a pass play? Why can't Duane Brown anticipate a spin move?
It was a big factor last night for sure...but why the weird off-and-on pattern? And when Schaub has gone bad Schaub, he's been off target even when he has time. But maybe that is a key issue: Gm1: 2 sacks (Indy) Gm3: 4 sacks (Dallas) Gm5: 3 sacks (Giants) Gm7: 3 sacks (Indy) Gm2: 5 sacks (Was) Gm4: 0 sacks (Oak) Gm6: 2 sacks (KC)
Yea but interesting to note, in both of those games, we actually ran the ball in the second halves. In the Skins game, Foster had most of his yards rushing the ball and had that huge screen play. If they decide to run the ball and stick to it, the pass protection will look SOOOOOOO much better.
STONE KUBIAK....bringing that Denver b.s to the South....Why didnt the Broncos just keep him like Dallas doing Garrett........lol
If we've pinpointed Schaub's issues to be defenses that harass QBs, we have the following to be worried about: Tenn (2 games), #1 in sacks and #2 in INT SD, #2 in sacks, #6 in QB passing %, #1 in passing yards allowed Philly, #8 in sacks, #4 in INT, #4 in QB passing % NYJ, #1 in QB passing % I had the same thought about the WAS game and checked: 4 came before we scored to make it 17-27 (including that drive). So 3 came as we were absorbing the 27-10 beatdown, 2 when we went on our 20-0 tear to finish. KC: sack 1 happened mid-2nd quarter, tied 7-7, sack 2 late 3rd quarter down 24-14
Not matt schaubs fault. Thats wat happens when you have 2 elite DE's bringing the pressure non stop and not having good protection. It'll make any QB shaky
Last year, we wanted Kubiak to pass all the time because he didn't have the personel to run the ball; yet he insisted on handing the ball to that running back that I will not name but has the same name as that kicker that I will also not name. And this year, well, we have one of the league's best running backs and we're going away from him. It's time for kubiak to get his head out his Arse and start watching what we're watching. On Schaub, that o-line has been ugly at pass protection. He keeps getting back up..I fear for Schaub's life against the Jets. Even Martz thought that Kubiak's game plan was a complete disaster.
