NFL offseason thread

Reggie Bush is available.

 

So is AP. Would have preferred a long term deal with Bryant and a franchise tag on Murray.

 

Yup. Especially since Brady has made almost all of his plays from inside the pocket. Brady has never been a player who's extended plays with his legs, even before the knee injury. You put a less-than-average-mobility, pocket passer on a team with a shitty offensive line, and he's not going to put up Hall of Fame numbers.

 

Sorry, should have used blue font.

And unless I missed something, Peterson is not available. He's under contract with the Vikings. They'd have to give up something to get him.

 

Unless they cut him.

 

Every successful quarterback in NFL history had help. He is far from the only great quarterback to make most of his plays in the pocket. This all began with somebody making the assertion that only Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck among current NFL quarterbacks would have had similar success no matter where you put them. Because Manning is just so much more nimble than Brady.

 

I think one of the things that sets apart both Manning and Brady -- as not extremely mobile quarterbacks -- is their mental acuity. They know their offenses so well that even against early pressure they're able to get the ball out, and often to second or third reads. What you so often see with younger and inexperienced QBs is they pull the ball down and run if their first read isn't open. Rodgers was that way in his first two seasons. He still makes some plays with his legs, but he's also great at getting rid of the ball against early pressure.

 

If they do, then he'll be available. He isn't now.

 

Blocking is not the only reason Manning is always one of the least-sacked QBs in the league.

 

Both Manning and Brady can execute the maneuver that kills blitzs, passing into the area where the blitz came from. It's like turning into a skid, easy to talk about, but hard to execute in real time.

 

Joe Montana called it "being able to slow the game down.

 

One of the things about Rodgers that impressed me so much was when he came back after the concussion, I think it was the year before they won the SB. He went from running and diving all the time to sliding and protecting himself a lot more. He did this almost overnight. That might sound like common sense, but it shows you how he's able to adjust his game without missing a beat. I doubt Kaepernick or RG3 could do the same.