Originally posted by YACBros85:
Originally posted by pasodoc9er:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Originally posted by pasodoc9er:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Brock's passing splits by location.
Left- 67.3% completion, 9.5 YPA, 8 TD's, 0 INT's with a 124.6 passer rating.
Center- 75.2% completion, 10.1 YPA, 6 TD's, 3 INT's with a 106.9 passer rating.
Right- 71.1% completion, 6.2 YPA, 2 TD's, 1 INT with a 78.4 passer rating.
The only area on the right that he has a passer rating above 90 is BLOS. If you subtract that he is completing 63.3% of his passes for 6.6 YPA, 0 TD's, 1 INT with a 62.7 passer rating.
Wow, great stuff YAC,, and thanks. So what's going on on the R side? Is it just purely poor pass pro on that side?
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Someone brought up pass pro and MM but his pressure rate has been elite and has only given up 1 sack in the last 8 games. It must be something else.
I wonder if being R handed, Brock finds it easier to complete a pass when WR is running R to L? If he is standing flat footed, (in the middle) , he's fine. If he is throwing down the middle he is fine…But if he gets chased off his platform, and is running to R, is it simply that he is more accurate throwing a R to L pass than a L to R one?
Similarly, in golf, R handers tend to make easier putts uphill or downhill, if the ball breaks R to L rather than L to R. On straight putts, they putt best or at least more accurately. Same is true for both amateurs and pros,, generally.
That gives me something to research.
The conventional thinking has always been moving left for a right handed QB is bad, throwing across your body is bad. That is why we don't see it often. Moving to the left for a right handed QB closes the shoulders and reduces velocity. There is not a great throw in stride opportunity there. Older fan's that watched Steve has seen hundreds of scrabble left throws in stride, and early in his career saw a fair share of balls in the dirt to his right. ESPN showed a highlight back in the day (before memes were a thing) that was captioned something to the effect of "Missing Joe yet?" It had Rice trying to make a catch on a dirt ball by Young.
It has not been an interception fest for Purdy because he is able to set his feet quickly for a throw or has been able to throw the ball away.
To this point the rolling left has been much to do about nothing, most of them have been broken plays that had already fallen apart due to pressure... IE....rolling left is a symptom of another problem.
The plus side to all this, and there is a plus side....Purdy is going to be harder to shut down by shading the defense to the right and making the "common" throwing windows smaller.
The NFL has always been infatuated with the bazooka arm QB. Primarily because just the threat of one makes a defense more honest. A defense has to defend the entire field and that includes the left and deep left side.
Have you notice how often big plays and major RAC has happened on the left side? Ever Notice how Draw Plays, or 3 and long run plays tend to go left? CMC,Deebo,BA,Jennings, and Kittle have all had long TDs or Big chunk plays on the Left. A lot of them comes from defenses shading right, there is simply more space on the left because most QBs are right handed.
Purdy does not have a bazooka, but he does have feet...in his own way he breaking common NFL tendencies and at least using the entire field.
Purdy going left is about as good as you can get short of drafting a left handed QB for making the defense do something that is less comfortable for them.