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Get a behind the scenes look at the Chargers back to back wins against divisional opponents. The team also activated defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko from the practice squad for Monday night's game. His promotion to the active roster comes after the team waived defensive lineman Eric Banks yesterday. My position is a bit simpler than you suggest. The assumptions I'm making are that the line wasn't a huge upgrade, and that the QBs suck.
Yet they were still nearly average in ASR. Since we all agree that the line used to be better pre anyway it follows that they were well better than average. Colts fans have been spoiled by excellent pass protection in the past, and whined when the line weakened to the point that the only way to stay at the top in ASR was to adjust the scheme.
But they didn't have to change the scheme. They could have dropped a few places in ASR, but would still have been in the top quarter.
That was a choice, perhaps driven by Manning's health concerns. Fair enough. We're clearly not going to agree on this.
I'm not a Colts fan, but I am a fan of a division rival and the Colts are in any case on TV quite a lot here and I have Gamepass anyway. My assessment of their pass blocking as atrocious is rooted in my own viewing, rather than any statistics. They struck me as being almost on a par with the Texans or Jaguars.
I guess I'd say that I think the improvement in was significant, that in any case overall QB quality correlates very imperfectly with sack-proneness otherwise Eli would be by far the best of the quarterback trio , and that I think without the scheme change the increase in ASR would have been much larger than you do.
I will say that the Colt's line was a very smart group that basically always made initial contact. Peyton very rarely had to deal with an unblocked defender running at him. I think - based on limited viewing compared to Colts fans - that this is exactly right.
They've always had the reputation of being smart, quick, and undersized. That's a recipe for nearly error-free pass protection that nevertheless doesn't look physically dominant, and may even look physically bad. Pass protection is mostly about making all the right blocks. If you have a good QB and good receivers as the Colts with Manning always did you don't need to hold a block for 5 seconds to be well above average in pass protection.
But you do need to avoid blocking errors. Dammit, Donald! Marino was notoriously difficult to sack. A numerical comparison bears this out 1. Very slight edge to Manning. Of course it depends on their lines. Manning was brutalized for his first few years, while Marino's sack rate increased dramatically when he hit I think Marino's quick release made him harder to sack at his peak years: in he was sacked only 6 times and yet threw over passes. Even Manning's best years don't have a ratio that low.
Looking through a handful of other top QBs yields sack rates much higher than either of these two have. Not an exhaustive search, mind you, and limited by the lack of sack stats before I believe I remember reading on PFR that one reason Namath was now widely under-rated was that he was extremely good at avoiding sacks.
Will Allen will tell you that Tarkenton was also pretty incredible in that regard though in his case more because he was extremely elusive than because of a remarkably quick release. Marino's certainly a plausible candidate for being better in that regard than Manning - one of the very few - but I'm not sure he ever played with a line as bad as the Colts'. Regardless, I think it highly unlikely the Broncos will give up a lot of sacks with Manning under center, whatever the numbers may say.
I think Saturday is a lock to be signed by Denver if he doesn't retire. This has very little to do with talent and everything to do with scheme. Manning ran an incredibly complex system in Indianapolis that required discipline and a very high football IQ for everyone on the offense.
He developed that over time working with those guys a luxary he does not have in Denver. Saturday can help prepare the offensive line, which among other things has to stay in stance for extended periods and be prepared to change up plays and assignments at the last second or beyond.
Clark Tamme can prepare the receivers for change ups in routes and plays and hopefully impress upon them why precision routes are going to really pay off for them now because the ball will be where it is supposed to be when it is supposed to get there. Addai can help the backs avoid those "dammit Donald" moments.
The point is that the Denver offense needs to be educated in a hurry and tutors are being sought and will be hired. Even with that I expect Denver to be a bit slow out of the gate this season particularly early. Manning is obviously an excellent field general, but that doesn't necessarily mean Denver's going to become a good pass blocking unit overnight.
Clady is above average, Franklin, Beadles and Walton are all below average, and Kuper's injury makes him an unknown right now. I think the Broncos would be well served to try to bolster their line as much as possible through FA or the draft in order to keep Peyton upright and healthy. Last year most of the offensive decline was due to a disaster mid season on the OL. But after Gaither arrived and the line got to play together consistently last 5 games everything turned around.
The turnaround was dramatic. Late in the season after the line stabilized, against strong pass rushing teams, he was barely touched.
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