Big Ben's Batted Balls

this. the defensive line is anticipating the short throws rather than trying to rush

Roethlisberger_heat_map by doubleyoi posted Dec 9, 2020 at 8:00 PM

 

Think all of this is overshadowed by the fact all of our receivers cant catch a damn ball. DJ has the most drops in the league presently. Not a stat that you want to be highlighted for.

 

Well, If you want to look at that last INT.

Ebron has to make some contact to the DE to sell that he's chipping. He makes no effort to do anything so he knows it's a quick pass to him coming and just gets in the lane and jumps.

Watch it again he just slides by him! Kind of defeats the purpose of the play design!

If he gives it a little effort, then he's unable to be in that throwing lane to knock it down. Same as on the Goal line run. Ebron is afraid of contact and it's killing the offense when he's in there.

At this point bring Rader up! He can't be worse at blocking and he might surprise some with a catch or 2.

 

What does the "sweaty balls" thread by Glenn say about that? I refuse to click my cursor on that title. LOL.

 

This is the impression I get. Do you ever wonder about a player that is supposed to be good, why two teams got rid of him?

 

Especially lately. When the offense was clicking, you could he he had some effort at least to try and block or just get in the way. It's not there now!

 

I keep seeing people talk about this, but it isn't rocket science. Defenses know that 90% of Ben's throws are going to be 3-5 yards off the line of scrimmage which means he's going to be getting rid of the ball quickly. The Dline isn't rushing as hard and are hanging back waiting for those throws, which are going to be low in order to get there. Until the offense starts throwing down field more, defenses are going to rely on knocking balls down more because they can't sack Ben when he gets the ball out in 2 seconds.