Pressure stats for Luck and OL assessment

[chad72]

 

http://www.stampedeblue.com/2016/12/27/14092848/andrew-luck-has-been-under-more-pressure-this-year-than-ever-colts

 

Key line for me:

 

Renner wrote that 40.2% of Luck’s dropbacks this year have been deep dropbacks (nine yards or more), which gives confirmation to the obvious reality that the Colts run an offense that isn’t geared toward getting the ball out quickly and protecting the quarterback. 

[cbear]

Which goes back to the Oline not being as bad as they are made out to be by lazy media and fans that fault the Oline for any type of pressure, even after 3 seconds.  If you time each play and the amount of time he has BEFORE the pressure builds, Luck has more than enough time on the whole.  It's more on Luck or his WRs or the play calling IMO.  

[#12.]

I'm fully on board with wanting to keep Luck healthy, but the Colts have the 27th ranked defense, the 22nd rushing attack(in terms of average) and a top 5 passing attack.  Minus the Tolzien game, they are top 5 in scoring, on the back of the passing game alone.  The Colts have much bigger problems than the design and efficiency of the passing game.  

 

If you want to make this offense really hum, improve the run blocking.  If you run the ball better, teams can't tee off on Luck every down. Improved run blocking might be more important to the success of this offense than improved pass blocking.

[Defjamz26]

They keep hiring OCs that don't emphasize the short passing game. Not to mention not having a viable run game. This is why the Colts need to hire an offensive coach who gets that. Gruden or Shannahan would be great. Then give them Dalvin Cook and watch magic happen.