kkr Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Im off work all week now for 9 days as of 1700 tonight so very much looking forward to all the build up! Got the shitty pro bowl tonight also, aparently over 1500 yards and 9TD's wasnt good enough to get you in this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kkr Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Pressure and the 2011 Quarterbacks January 31st, 2012 | Author: Khaled Elsayed When Eli Manning said he believed he was an elite quarterback, more than a few eyebrows were raised. Sure Eli had won a Super Bowl, but there was so much of his game that made Giants fans cringe at times. One of the early knocks on Eli was how he handled pressure. Heading into this year, he wasn’t exactly our most favorite QB in this area, as he completed just 44.7% of passes with nine interceptions on the 173 plays he was pressured in 2010. So, if he was going to make those who mocked his comments eat their words, he especially needed to improve this aspect of his play. More so, with a line that was entering rapid decline mode, he had to step up his game to fit in amongst the top players in the league if the Giants’ season was to go anywhere. Well those who mocked are choking on their scoffs, and the G-Men are heading to a Super Bowl. A large part of that is because Manning has stepped up his play under pressure. Here we’ll break down how all quarterbacks performed under pressure, using Manning as our catalyst to show the importance of handling the heat. (Disclaimer: Only quarterbacks with 200 dropbacks from center qualified for this study.) Avoiding Sacks It’s something that can’t be discounted; a quarterbacks’ innate ability to avoid taking a sack. In some respects it is what separates the good and great quarterbacks out there, a QB knowing when to get rid of the ball. It’s one of the reasons why Dolphin fans are ready to move on from Matt Moore as he had the highest percentage of pressure turn into sacks (27.3%). He narrowly beat out Blaine Gabbert and Kevin Kolb who finished joint second with figures of 26.1%–the numbers speaking volumes for both men. Gabberts’ lack of pocket presence was as evident as it gets, while Kolb has always struggled with taking sacks. Pressure Into Sacks, 2011 Rank Name Team Pressured Dropbacks Sacks Sack % 1 Eli Manning NYG 244 28 11.5 2 Michael Vick PHI 199 23 11.6 3 Drew Brees NO 174 24 13.8 4 Rex Grossman WAS 180 25 13.9 5 Josh Freeman TB 204 29 14.2 6 Matt Schaub HST 109 16 14.7 7 Matt Ryan ATL 171 26 15.2 8 Ryan Fitzpatrick BUF 135 21 15.6 9 Philip Rivers SD 181 29 16.0 10 Matt Hasselbeck TEN 112 18 16.1 11 Carson Palmer OAK 105 17 16.2 12 Cam Newton CAR 208 35 16.8 13 Jay Cutler CHI 133 23 17.3 14 Joe Flacco BLT 177 31 17.5 15 Andy Dalton CIN 138 25 18.1 16 Colt McCoy CLV 179 33 18.4 17 Tom Brady NE 173 32 18.5 18 John Skelton ARZ 120 23 19.2 19 Tony Romo DAL 174 36 20.7 20 Matthew Stafford DET 172 36 20.9 21 Tim Tebow DEN 150 32 21.3 22 Tarvaris Jackson SEA 196 42 21.4 23 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 185 40 21.6 24 Alex D. Smith SF 193 44 22.8 25 Aaron Rodgers GB 158 36 22.8 26 Curtis Painter IND 69 16 23.2 27 Dan Orlovsky IND 60 14 23.3 28 Mark Sanchez NYJ 164 39 23.8 29 Matt Cassel KC 91 22 24.2 30 Christian Ponder MIN 118 29 24.6 31 Sam Bradford SL 137 35 25.5 32 Blaine Gabbert JAX 153 40 26.1 33 Kevin Kolb ARZ 115 30 26.1 34 Matt Moore MIA 128 35 27.3 Looking at quarterbacks who have excelled, we find ourselves going back to mentioning Manning. Despite facing pressure on 38.9% of dropbacks (the fourth-highest percentage in the league), Manning took sacks on just 11.5% of plays he was pressured, a number only slightly better than the elusive Michael Vick. There’s no surprise to see Drew Brees up next, but it may surprise some to see Rex Grossman with the fourth-lowest percentage of pressure turned into sacks. Touchdowns to Interceptions Of course, when you start looking at touchdown to interception ratios, you start to see that maybe Rex would have been better taking some sacks instead of throwing some picks. He had the seventh-worst ratio of touchdowns to interceptions (5:11) when pressured. Still it could have been worse, with Carson Palmer having the worst ratio after throwing just two touchdowns compared to 10 interceptions when pressured. At the other end of the spectrum, three players avoided throwing an interception all year when pressured. Aaron Rodgers is a name many would have guessed, but Andy Dalton? The rookie is joined by Sam Bradford in the “didn’t see that coming” category. Pressured TD:INT, 2011 Rank Name Team TD INT TD to INT 1 Aaron Rodgers GB 4 0 -- 2 Andy Dalton CIN 4 0 -- 3 Sam Bradford SL 2 0 -- 4 Tom Brady NE 8 2 4.00 5 Drew Brees NO 10 3 3.33 6 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 6 2 3.00 7 Matt Schaub HST 3 1 3.00 8 Alex D. Smith SF 4 2 2.00 9 Tony Romo DAL 7 4 1.75 10 Jay Cutler CHI 3 2 1.50 11 Kevin Kolb ARZ 5 4 1.25 12 Matthew Stafford DET 6 5 1.20 13t Eli Manning NYG 7 7 1.00 13t Michael Vick PHI 7 7 1.00 15t Matt Moore MIA 3 3 1.00 15t Tim Tebow DEN 3 3 1.00 15t Blaine Gabbert JAX 3 3 1.00 18 Cam Newton CAR 5 6 0.83 19 Matt Ryan ATL 4 5 0.80 20 John Skelton ARZ 3 4 0.75 21 Philip Rivers SD 4 6 0.67 22t Matt Cassel KC 2 3 0.67 22t Christian Ponder MIN 2 3 0.67 24t Matt Hasselbeck TEN 3 5 0.60 24t Mark Sanchez NYJ 3 5 0.60 26 Colt McCoy CLV 2 4 0.50 27 Joe Flacco BLT 3 6 0.50 28 Rex Grossman WAS 5 11 0.45 29 Tarvaris Jackson SEA 4 9 0.44 30 Dan Orlovsky IND 1 3 0.33 31 Josh Freeman TB 2 7 0.29 32 Ryan Fitzpatrick BUF 2 8 0.25 33 Curtis Painter IND 1 4 0.25 34 Carson Palmer OAK 2 10 0.20 Completions Further breaking down how players performed under pressure, let’s take a look at the completion percentage of the 34 quarterbacks who played enough snaps to qualify. Up at the top, Drew Brees adds some credence to those who believe he was the leagues’ regular season MVP, completing 58.7% of his passes when pressured. When you factor in his 3.33:1 TD:INT ratio and low 13.8% pressure-to-sack percentage, you get an idea of just how unfazed Brees was by pressure this year. In second place, Tony Romo finished marginally ahead of Jay Cutler, though it should be noted both men (Romo especially) took a lot of sacks. Pressured Completion Percentage, 2011 Rank Name Team Att. Comp. Comp % 1 Drew Brees NO 143 84 58.7 2 Tony Romo DAL 134 76 56.7 3 Jay Cutler CHI 105 59 56.2 4 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 135 74 54.8 5 Eli Manning NYG 210 114 54.3 6 Josh Freeman TB 156 80 51.3 7 Carson Palmer OAK 85 43 50.6 8 Tom Brady NE 133 66 49.6 9 Cam Newton CAR 143 70 49.0 10 Kevin Kolb ARZ 82 40 48.8 11 Aaron Rodgers GB 104 50 48.1 12 Matt Hasselbeck TEN 92 43 46.7 13 Matthew Stafford DET 129 60 46.5 14 Colt McCoy CLV 125 58 46.4 15 Matt Moore MIA 84 39 46.4 16 Dan Orlovsky IND 44 20 45.5 17 Philip Rivers SD 148 66 44.6 18 Matt Ryan ATL 142 63 44.4 19 Joe Flacco BLT 140 62 44.3 20 Rex Grossman WAS 154 68 44.2 21 Ryan Fitzpatrick BUF 101 44 43.6 22 John Skelton ARZ 85 37 43.5 23 Michael Vick PHI 144 61 42.4 24 Matt Schaub HST 92 39 42.4 25 Alex D. Smith SF 136 57 41.9 26 Matt Cassel KC 54 22 40.7 27 Blaine Gabbert JAX 102 41 40.2 28 Tarvaris Jackson SEA 145 57 39.3 29 Andy Dalton CIN 101 39 38.6 30 Sam Bradford SL 99 38 38.4 31 Mark Sanchez NYJ 118 43 36.4 32 Christian Ponder MIN 78 28 35.9 33 Tim Tebow DEN 90 31 34.4 34 Curtis Painter IND 50 16 32.0 Down at the bottom, there’s no surprise to see names like Curtis Painter, Tim Tebow and Christian Ponder, but high draft picks like Sam Bradford and Mark Sanchez will be disappointed by how they responded to pressure. This isn’t something new for Sanchez who continues to struggle when pressured, taking a high percentage of sacks and completing just 36.4% of passes. Indeed if you look at our grading, there isn’t a worse QB in the league when pressured than the face of the Jets franchise. Making the Grade Under Pressure It’s been a tough offseason already for Sanchez, and we’re not about to make it any easier. We normalized our QB gradings this year, so the average mark for a QB in any situation is equal to a zero. For QBs under pressure the average score is closer to a -7.1, so finishing above that mark is encouraging if nothing else. Finishing at -25.1 is anything but encouraging, with Sanchez showcasing an inability to handle defenders coming at him. This is in stark contrast to the other starter in New York, with Manning holding off Brees’ challenge to finish as our highest-graded quarterback under pressure. This is more than just looking at the raw numbers, but looking at the context of the throws made. A positive completion percentage may show a QB dumping a ball off on third down for a short gain that sees the punting team coming on the field. Our grading can look at a quarterback evading pressure, throwing a perfect ball, only for it to be dropped–yet still rewarding the QB for his excellent play. It’s why we’re confident when we say over the balance of this year, there hasn’t been a better QB under pressure than Eli Manning. Here’s the entire list. Pressured Passing, Grades 2011 Rank Name Team Pressured Dropbacks Sack % TD to INT Comp % Grade 1 Eli Manning NYG 244 11.5 1.00 54.3 9.8 2 Drew Brees NO 174 13.8 3.33 58.7 8.9 3 Cam Newton CAR 208 16.8 0.83 49.0 3.9 4 Aaron Rodgers GB 158 22.8 -- 48.1 2.1 5 Tom Brady NE 173 18.5 4.00 49.6 1.0 6 Jay Cutler CHI 133 17.3 1.50 56.2 0.3 7 Matthew Stafford DET 172 20.9 1.20 46.5 -1.5 8 Alex D. Smith SF 193 22.8 2.00 41.9 -1.5 9 Matt Moore MIA 128 27.3 1.00 46.4 -3.4 10 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 185 21.6 3.00 54.8 -3.6 11 Andy Dalton CIN 138 18.1 -- 38.6 -3.9 12 Carson Palmer OAK 105 16.2 0.20 50.6 -4.4 13 Matt Schaub HST 109 14.7 3.00 42.4 -4.5 14 Michael Vick PHI 199 11.6 1.00 42.4 -6.2 15 Tarvaris Jackson SEA 196 21.4 0.44 39.3 -6.4 16 Matt Cassel KC 91 24.2 0.67 40.7 -7.2 17 Kevin Kolb ARZ 115 26.1 1.25 48.8 -7.3 18 Tony Romo DAL 174 20.7 1.75 56.7 -8.1 19 Curtis Painter IND 69 23.2 0.25 32.0 -8.2 20 Matt Ryan ATL 171 15.2 0.80 44.4 -8.4 21 Philip Rivers SD 181 16.0 0.67 44.6 -8.9 22 Dan Orlovsky IND 60 23.3 0.33 45.5 -9.3 23 Matt Hasselbeck TEN 112 16.1 0.60 46.7 -10.3 24 Sam Bradford SL 137 25.5 -- 38.4 -11.6 25 Ryan Fitzpatrick BUF 135 15.6 0.25 43.6 -11.8 26 Rex Grossman WAS 180 13.9 0.45 44.2 -13.3 27 Josh Freeman TB 204 14.2 0.29 51.3 -13.9 28 Tim Tebow DEN 150 21.3 1.00 34.4 -13.9 29 Christian Ponder MIN 118 24.6 0.67 35.9 -14.0 30 John Skelton ARZ 120 19.2 0.75 43.5 -14.1 31 Colt McCoy CLV 179 18.4 0.50 46.4 -15.3 32 Blaine Gabbert JAX 153 26.1 1.00 40.2 -17.1 33 Joe Flacco BLT 177 17.5 0.50 44.3 -20.7 34 Mark Sanchez NYJ 164 23.8 0.60 36.4 -25.1 So there’s a glancing look at how quarterbacks perform under pressure. For those inclined to ignore grades, you have the numbers and for those looking for a bit more context, enjoy the gradings. However you look at it, there’s no denying some players have some giant question marks when teams get pressure on them, and over the offseason we’ll look at some players who have stepped-up on years previous as evidence to it being possible. link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kkr Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Osi! SMH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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leviramsey Posted February 1, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2012 betting on the Giants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkr Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 I know the feeling of putting a bit of money on the outcome and then getting drunk watching it all unfold, great fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kkr Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 INDIANAPOLIS — Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell called Antrel Rolle into his office for a meeting at some point during the regular season — Fewell estimated it to be in November, though neither could remember exactly when. The reason for the impromptu meeting was simple: Fewell didn’t like what he was seeing in the safety-turned-nickel cornerback. He knew Rolle was upset about his position change; Rolle had made public that he believed the nickel back position wasn’t the best way to use his talents. So Fewell thought Rolle needed a reminder that the team is bigger than he is. And he struck a cord by mentioning Deon Grant, Rolle’s best friend on the team, and putting the team’s goal in perspective. “He said, ‘’Trel, you have to think about it this way: You and Deon are tight, right?’” Rolle told The Star-Ledger, recalling the conversation between he and Fewell. “I said, ‘Yeah.’ “He said, ‘Y’all are like brothers, right?’ “I said, ‘Yeah.’ “He said, ‘How many more opportunities do you think he’s going to get to actually reach a Super Bowl or win a Super Bowl?’ “And when I thought about that, it actually brought tears to my eyes and from that point on I never saw the game about me. I never saw the game about anything having to deal with me. I saw the game about my teammates, I saw the game most of all about Coach Coughlin, and I saw the game most of all about Deon Grant.” Fewell said he’s seen a change in Rolle since that meeting, which became another step in Rolle’s steady evolution from disgruntled newcomer to Tom Coughlin enthusiast over the course of a year. “I just wanted him to think about when we’re going out and we’re playing, there are some guys that probably won’t get a chance to play anymore after this year,” Fewell said. “And it could be your best buddy. It could be the guy you sit next to in the meeting. “We got to think about team before we think about anything else. As a leader — that’s what he is on our football team — he has to lead and not just for himself, but for others. So I just wanted him to think about that as the leader of our defense so he could really take in the total perspective.” Jorge Castillo: jcastillo@starledger.com; twitter.com/jorgeccastillo link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted February 3, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2012 Artie Lange on LT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kurtsimonw Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Can't believe it. Eli is just magical. He's not the greatest ever, but he really has that magical air about him. He is such a winner. 3 straight wins over Brady, 2 in the Super Bowl, one at their fortress, amazing. Hope you're watching Steve Smith you little twunt. P.S. kkr, will you marry me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkr Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Lol and Plax! And no Kurt im recently engaged otherwise i would! I had a dream earlier this season. It was after the Green bay game in the reg season. It was Chase Blackburn on Americas game..... talking about how he was signed off the couch to glory Pick in the Bowl, signed off the couch, D turn around pretty much after he signed, he has to be a lock for that! Now its a reality who would have thought! Additional to that dream was the feeling that Cruz and JPP would be key components to us winning another world championship! That is all! Enjoy! Oh and if you dont have NFL Network, buy now, £30 for the season and its great viewing again! Cruz and Tuck on postgame already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkr Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 JPP's blind father at his first game ever today! Just magical! Im so happy for that kid to do that for himself and his family! The Haitian sensation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkr Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Eli Manning before the season, "I am elite....." Everyone, "LOL yeah **** right!" End of season he has 2 of Tom Bradys rings, 2 Super Bowl MVPs and more titles than Peyton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Tied Brady for Super Bowl MVPs and surpassed Peytons ring total. I don't think it's so ridiculous to consider him for HoF anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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