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Run blocking was out of the scope of my analysis here.. only focused on pass protect I showed one example each of MIller and Groy being beaten.. but there were many other plays where they were sufficiently blocking that factored into decent grade I specifically showed clips of the RBs and TEs not doing their job...

yeah.. I saw Groy whiff on one of the run cut blocks. I miss the old Roman power man blocking. Is it this play? I think I scored that one as a pass attempt and a sack. Its pretty obvious to me they're trying to run PA there. I can't really put that one on Josh Allen. Logan Thomas whiffs on his block.. I have to believe Thomas' first job was to block his guy on this one and not run a route

Thanks.. . Throws Not Under Duress - I think its a case by case thing. I think on the shorter roll out throws like with DeMarco and the one he missed to Murray he is overthinking and trying to take too much off the ball which is unnatural for him. EJ used to do that on a lot of throws. I'd have to rewatch to see if it was any particular technique on those rollout throws.. my instinct tells me it is nerves more than specific technique. A lot of other quarterbacks execute those throws from crazy arm angles/ awkard feet position just fine. I think some of the other inaccurate intermediate throws are mostly due to him not gettng the ball out on time and in rhythm. He is waiting a beat to long and trying to rocket it in instead of anticipating and leading his receiver. Interested to see the run game breakdown.

yeah.. im sort of shocked that Mills is playing as well as he is but the tape don’t lie great question.. pass protection only. evaluating run blocking too confusing for me to attempt

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Bocephuz is back https://buildingherd.com/2018/09/21/bills-la-wk-2-all-22-oline-qb-unforced-error-analysis/

Article on unforced errors.. bad throws/ How did the O Line do?/ What mistakes are on the O-Line.. what ones are not? I watched the NFL rewind all 22 and here is my unofficial count of how the O-Line did / How the QB did on every pass play (I may have missed a snap or two here or there). There also may be a few extra pass attempts that were cancelled due to penalties but this should be 95% accurate. I've also posted this on buildingherd.com.. see link below https://buildingherd.com/2018/09/21/bills-la-wk-2-all-22-oline-qb-unforced-error-analysis As always.. let's hear your comments/thoughts. Bills/LA Wk 2: All-22 OLine/Qb Unforced Error Analysis Date: September 21, 2018Author: cfuller0 Comments — Edit Unforced errors.. bad throws/ How did the O Line do?/ What mistakes are on the O-Line.. what ones are not? I watched the NFL rewind all 22 and here is my unofficial count of how the O-Line did /How the QB did on every pass play (I may have missed a snap or two here or there). There also may be a few extra pass attempts that were cancelled due to penalties but this should be 95% accurate. Sufficient protection means that Josh Allen had time to hit his drop and had at least a second to scan the field. DISCLAIMER (I am not a coach, I don’t know the hot reads or route combinations called.. this is just my educated perception of what happened on each pass play) _______ ______________________ TOTAL PASS PLAYS: 40 LINE BREAKDOWNS: 8/40 snaps – 20% In other words Allen didn’t really have a chance on 20% of his drop backs. Based on historical data the threshold for average O Line performance has been around a 20% breakdown rate.. so lets say the O Line play (including TEs../RBs more on that later) was right at average against LA in pass protect. SUFFICIENT PROTECTION: 32- 40 snaps or 80%. In other words QB had a relatively clean pocket 80% of the time. UNFORCED QB ERRORS: 10/40 snaps or 25%. Based on my 2015/16 studies if the Bills’ QBs commit 5 unforced QB errors or less during a game their odds of winning are very favorable. Josh Allen had 10 unforced errors by my count. This is well above the danger zone. As we will see later.. some of these unf errors were not picking up blitzes and throwing to hot routes. Some were just plain off target throws where he was not under duress. O LINE PERFORMANCE DION DAWKINS – had a really solid day. By my observation there were no obvious pressures given up by DD. VLAD DUCASSE – I’ve been hard on Vlad the past few months but he was OUTSTANDING in pass protect against LA. To my eye he did not give up any pressures. RYAN GROY– Groy was much better this week than against Ravens. However.. he had one obviously bad play where he did not sustain his block .. which indirectly led to an Allen INT JOHN MILLER – Miller had a bit of a rough start (giving up a sack early as shown below) but he rallied to play much better as the game went on. q1:11:32 -Early in the first quarter #76 is slow to pick up the safety blitz resulting in a sack which Allen had no chance to avoid JORDAN MILLS – Mills was generally solid against a very tough matchup against Melvin Ingram. He did a good job of handling Ingram on wide speed rushes which is usually his Achilles’ heel. On the downside, he did have an inexcusable false start penalty in Q3 and was also bull rushed into Allen later in the game. O LINE PASS BLOCK GRADES DION DAWKINS – B VLAD DUCASSE– A RYAN GROY – B- JOHN MILLER – B- JORDAN MILLS – B- TE AND RB BLOCKING ISSUES- While the O Line held up well enough.. it was another story for the Tight Ends and RBs in pass protect. Both Logan Thomas and Marcus Murphy had moments where they were exposed in pass protect q1: 8:43 – Logan Thomas lines up a little to wide after going into motion and whiffs on blitzer q1: 1:17 – Marcus Murphy shows poor technique and is overpowered by the blizting CB JOSH ALLEN UNFORCED ERRORS – By my count JA had 10 unforced errors. Several of these were inaccurate throws where he was not under duress. Hopefully this was due more to nerves than an innate innacuracy problem. Several other unforced errors were situations where the o line picked up the pass rushers but #17 didn’t appear to account for the unblocked blitzer and therefore didn’t hit his hot route. There was one instance where he could have stepped up into the pocket to avoid the rush but instead bailed left and into the arms of a DE. The good news is.. it appears that Allen’s natural instinct is to shuffle up into the pocket to avoid a rush. The really good news is that he climbed the pocket for his two best throws at the end of the game in a pressured situation. NOT GOING THROUGH HIS READS Q1 3:44 – Allen does a nice PA fake here freezing second level defenders, he has time is looking deep but doesn’t go all the way through his progressions as he does not see Charles Clay wide open to his left -NOT CLIMBING THE POCKET Q2: 15:00 – The pocket closes in on Allen .. however.. he has a window in front of him to climb the pocket to avoid pressure. Unfortunately he bails out to the left into the waiting arms of the DE CLIMBING THE POCKET Q4: 1:22 – Here is a clip showing Allen climbing the pocket and finding success. This one should give Bills fans butterflies… SACK BLAME The O Line/ TEs RBs appeared to be accountable for 2/6 of the sacks Allen appeared to be accountable for 3/6 of the sacks The Chargers 1/6 : They had one blitz late in the game that was a masterpiece where neither Allen nor the O Line appeared to be at blame GAME SUMMARY The O Line was definetly not the weak link against the Chargers. This is especially impressive as the Chargers blitzed on almost every passing down up until the 4th quarter. For the most part the O Line appeared to pick up the right man on these blitzes. There were multiple times where there was an extra defender that a lineman or RB/TE were not around to pick up and these are the plays where the QB is accountable for that free blitzer. Hopefully Allen will learn to recognize these situations and either audible out.. or hit a hot route to burn these blitzes. As these are high level skills that take a while to develop for most QBs you can expect the Vikings and other future opponents to bring the kitchen sink against #17 until he can show he can counter it. Allen was effective several times running to counter the blitz.. however.. that will not always be an option for him in those free blitzer situations. I also did not see any holding calls on the Bills O Lineman in pass protect. which is a huge step forward from the Ravens game. That being said Mills and Dawkins had inexcusable False Start penalties. All in all though.. the O Line did a great job cleaning up the dirty laundry compared to week 1. A more obvious weak link were the inexperienced players TE Thomas and RB Murphy who both struggled to effectively pass protect. Again.. with young players comes growing pains but if these two continue to play poorly in pass protect it will be hard for Daboll to trust them and put them in the lineup going forward. So.. in order for the Bills to make progress on offense they need to improve in several areas Allen needs to relax and reduce inaccurate throws when not under duress TEs/RBs need to step up their game in pass protect Allen needs to get better at recognizing unaccounted for blitzers and find a way to make positive play out of situations Allen needs to continue to climb the pocket when he can instead of bailing left or right. With his height he should be able to do the Tom Brady shuffle and stay in the pocket more. __ _____ SIGNIFICANT PLAYS q1 11:32 – SACK – John Miller late getting to S blitz that appeared to be his responsibility q1 8:43- SACK – Logan Thomas whiffs on blocking his assignment q1 3:44- UNFORCED ERROR – Allen nice PA fake, has time , doesn’t see open Charles Clay Q1 1:23- UNFORCED ERROR – Allen rolls left and overthrows easy short pass to Murphy Q1 1:17- Marcus Murphy overpowered by CB blitz forcing Allen to throw early q2 15:00 – UNFORCED ERROR – Allen has a window to climb the pocket to avoid pass rush but bails left into arms of DE q2 1:05 – FALSE START – Dion Dawkins q2 :59- SACK – UNFORCED ERROR – Allen does not account for unblocked #54 .. should have likely gone hot route to McCoy in flat.. takes sack q3: 12:35- Allen does excellent job running to avoid the free blitzer picking up solid gain instead of taking sack q3 11:15- UNFORCED ERROR – Allen rolls right in red zone, has Clay open on out route in end zone but hesitates and throws too late incomplete q3 6:58- SACK – UNFORCED ERROR — Allen does not see blitz coming.. should’ve have likely identified it and thrown hot route to Jones in flat q3 5:45 – UNFORCED ERROR – Allen has time but delivers inaccurate throw to Holmes on sideline behind him which is dropped q3 2:54- UNFORCED ERROR – Groy can’t hold his block and his man flushes Allen out of the pocket. Allen runs right .. should’ve thrown ball away OOB but forces it and throws INT q4 7:11 – FALSE START – Jordan Mills q4 -7:11 – UNFORCED ERROR – INT – Allen has time in his own end zone, noone open, should’ve thrown it away but forces pass that is intercepted q4 2:58 – Mills bullrushed into Allen forcing him out of pocket q4 1:55 – SACK – Masterfully disguised blitz by LA.. can’t really blame this on O Line or Allen q4: 1:22- Allen climbs dirty pocket and throws 25 yd strike into tight window to Holmes q4 – Allen again hangs in pocket and throws bullet to Benjamin in end zone for TD

thanks . it was fun to watch guys like him who have a mean streak

i didn’t watch DeBeer specifically.. maybe if i rewatch again ill keep an eye on him

It was definitely an impressive debut.. hopefully he can build on it

he was borderline dominant.. deserves reps against ones no doubt

good to know he is a cool guy as well. After watching his tape he was blowing up guys left and right... he definitely has a Richie kind of edge to his game. Here's one of the GIFs from my article showing him knocking a DE on his ass

My breakdown of Wyatt Teller 2nd quarter Car film https://buildingherd.com/2018/08/14/breaking-down-rookie-lg-wyatt-tellers-2nd-quarter-preseason-vs-carolina-gifs-included/ - summary: - Based on this performance he should get some reps with the ones sooner rather than later Anyone else have an opinion on Teller?

I focused on either Ducasse and Miller on every snap they were in (because Im a dork and love watching o line play I guess). Miller was generally solid in both pass protect and run block.. nothing really stood out either way. More often than not .. Ducasse was off balance or or losing his one on one battle. Ducasse also seemed to get a lot of double team help from Dawkins. Once the second unit came in I focused mainly on Wyatt Teller. As a caveat.. yes he was playing against 2nd and 3rd stringers .. however... more often than not he DOMINATED his assignment. There was one pass play in the first half where he literally threw the DE aside on his butt like he was throwing a hay bale. There were several times where they had Teller pulling on run plays and not only did he get to his spot quickly.. but he popped the defender nicely to seal off the hole. I also recall a short yardage play where they called a run to his hole and he got some nice movement to pave the way for a first down. I don't see how the coaching staff could not reward him with several reps with the ones this week during practice and hopefully in the Cleveland game. Pretty cool to see a rookie dominate .. even if it was 2nd and 3rd stringers.

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i chose random games. i general i tried to watch 2 against top competition and 1 against not so top

see my chart for specifics. The 3 games I watched for Jackson were very underwhelming as far as passing goes

idk what happened to Falk. i remember being impressed watching his 2016 tape and this year big dropoff. he’s gunshy for some reason Falk is really good throwing across the middle.. there’s something good buried there.. it may be buried too deep though Mayfield had no trouble getting to any part of the field with zip. Allen of course has stronger arm but Allen is a freak hah... not often. they both get a little reckless running

3 games is all i have time for .. Darnold has great potential no doubt... IMO he needs a lot of coaching up to get to be an above average NFL qb. Whereas Mayfield and Rosen are much more polished i can see that... much more mobile though surprises - Mayfield’s height was almost a non factor. Very few if any batted down balls - Allen is much more mobile than what I expected for a guy that big.

- POSITIVES - excellent athlete, surprisingly good runner, strong arm, good in red zone NEGATIVES sloppy footwork.. mechanics.. relies on natural arm strenght too much makes several poor decisions per game. Saw multiple bad INTS.. trying to make too much happen ( Rosen and Mayfield had very few poor decisions) At times he throws on time and rhythm .... but not anywhere close to as smooth as Mayfield and Rosen - POSITIVES - excellent athlete, surprisingly good runner, strong arm, good in red zone NEGATIVES sloppy footwork.. mechanics.. relies on natural arm strenght too much makes several poor decisions per game. Saw multiple bad INTS.. trying to make too much happen ( Rosen and Mayfield had very few poor decisions) At times he throws on time and rhythm .... but not anywhere close to as smooth as Mayfield and Rosen

certainly.. haven't been able to post much as my new job is a time suck.. but this was too important to not dig into

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