Anthony Richardson: lowest % of clean pockets in the NFL

[smittywerb]

 

[Pelt]

Oh crap... do I need bifocals now?

[compuls1v3]

Not really a surprise to me.  who else has three backups on the line right now?

[LJpalmbeacher2]

What?.... AR's completion % is low? 

[NewColtsFan]

FWIW:   I’ll Be curious what all the stats about AR will look like when the Colts season is over.   That will interest me greatly.    
 

Otherwise, thanks for sharing.  

[GoColts8818]

Lines beat up and teams are going to blitz him until he makes them pay for it.

[Superman]

23 minutes ago, GoColts8818 said:

Lines beat up and teams are going to blitz him until he makes them pay for it.

 

I was trying to figure out why Flacco is on the other end of this graph, and I think you just nailed it. Teams are blitzing Richardson way more than they blitzed Flacco. Plus the line is more banged up now than it was a few weeks ago, but the blitzing is probably a huge part of it.

[jemack]

10 hours ago, Pelt said:

Oh crap... do I need bifocals now?

Yes. Swallow your pride and purchase a pair. 😂

[jemack]

We haven't had solid pass protection since the days of Jake Scott.

[Defjamz26]

Yeah depth is a key part of team building. They need a better answer at RG for sure. I’m not sure what you do at LT until Rainman is back. Your options are Goncalves or Freeland…yikes.

 

His athleticism and pocket awareness make him better suited to deal with it than most QBs, but eventually he’s going to have to make the blitzers pay.

[jimmy g]

2 hours ago, jemack said:

Yes. Swallow your pride and purchase a pair. 😂

I have mine on and I still can’t see it….

[holeymoley99]

2 hours ago, Defjamz26 said:

Yeah depth is a key part of team building. They need a better answer at RG for sure. I’m not sure what you do at LT until Rainman is back. Your options are Goncalves or Freeland…yikes.

 

His athleticism and pocket awareness make him better suited to deal with it than most QBs, but eventually he’s going to have to make the blitzers pay.

Goncalves grading as one of our best O Lineman at 67.9, better the Smith, Bortolini,Kelly,Tucker.  With Rainman potentially back this week we could see Goncalves take over the RG spot unless the go with Ant. Mafi or think Glow is back in shape already. 

[ADnum1]

1 hour ago, jimmy g said:

I have mine on and I still can’t see it….

I tried to zoom in but it gets blurry

[NewColtsFan]

3 hours ago, Defjamz26 said:

Yeah depth is a key part of team building. They need a better answer at RG for sure. I’m not sure what you do at LT until Rainman is back. Your options are Goncalves or Freeland…yikes.

 

His athleticism and pocket awareness make him better suited to deal with it than most QBs, but eventually he’s going to have to make the blitzers pay.

Goncalves has been grading in the 60’s all season.   Last week, nearly 68.   He's not Raimann,  but as backups go, he’s pretty darn good.  

[Solid84]

Saw a statistic on X (forgot if it was posted here as well). AR was pressured on more than 46% of his dropbacks against the Lions and had no sacks. That's only happened 3 times this season. 2 of those times were AR. He's just excellent at avoiding sacks.

[GoColts8818]

18 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:

Goncalves has been grading in the 60’s all season.   Last week, nearly 68.   He's not Raimann,  but as backups go, he’s pretty darn good.  

Yeah the problem is Tucker and Bartolini mostly.  Having two rookies starting next to each other is going to scream attack here to other defenses.  For the life of me I don’t understand why Shane is so determined to run Taylor behind the two rookies nearly every run play.  
 

Add in the fact having so many people out is impacting Smith and Nelson (people always under value how much the line plays as one unit so missing people impacts people) and you can understand why the line is struggling.

 

They need to get healthy because even if Goncalves is playing well for a backup rookie lineman as you pointed out he’s still not Raimann.  
 

As for my statement I wouldn’t let Bartolini performance impact the Colts decision on Kelly at the end of the year.  For starters he’s a rookie so no he’s not going to be as good as Kelly from the word go.  However playing is what he needs.  Also, his struggles have really shown up once he started playing next to Tucker which tells me it’s more Tucker and the fact it’s two rookies and defense as going after that area.  When they get Fries back next year I think Bartolini would do just fine at center with at least half a year of starting already under his belt.  He might not be as good as Kelly next year but I think that’s because Kelly has been a pro-bowl level player for so long it’s going to be hard for anyone to reach that level right away.

[indyagent17]

15 hours ago, Pelt said:

Oh crap... do I need bifocals now?

😁

[indyagent17]

You know the cure to all of this is to hone the short passing game. Taylor needed to have more touches for goodness sake. 

[GoColts8818]

1 hour ago, ADnum1 said:

I tried to zoom in but it gets blurry

Yeah I was going to say from watching it it looks like the ball is right there he just didn’t catch it but it’s so blurry I can’t say and frankly I don’t recall that particular play from Sunday.

[NFLfan]

16 hours ago, Pelt said:

Oh crap... do I need bifocals now?

 

This might look clearer. Just Zoom. It should not look too blurry.

[dw49]

1 hour ago, GoColts8818 said:

Yeah the problem is Tucker and Bartolini mostly.  Having two rookies starting next to each other is going to scream attack here to other defenses.  For the life of me I don’t understand why Shane is so determined to run Taylor behind the two rookies nearly every run play.  
 

Add in the fact having so many people out is impacting Smith and Nelson (people always under value how much the line plays as one unit so missing people impacts people) and you can understand why the line is struggling.

 

They need to get healthy because even if Goncalves is playing well for a backup rookie lineman as you pointed out he’s still not Raimann.  
 

As for my statement I wouldn’t let Bartolini performance impact the Colts decision on Kelly at the end of the year.  For starters he’s a rookie so no he’s not going to be as good as Kelly from the word go.  However playing is what he needs.  Also, his struggles have really shown up once he started playing next to Tucker which tells me it’s more Tucker and the fact it’s two rookies and defense as going after that area.  When they get Fries back next year I think Bartolini would do just fine at center with at least half a year of starting already under his belt.  He might not be as good as Kelly next year but I think that’s because Kelly has been a pro-bowl level player for so long it’s going to be hard for anyone to reach that level right away.

 

Tucker last week was around the bottom 4 in guards in BOTH the run and pass. No way he starts this week , I think it might be Glow. 

[Defjamz26]

5 hours ago, holeymoley99 said:

Goncalves grading as one of our best O Lineman at 67.9, better the Smith, Bortolini,Kelly,Tucker.  With Rainman potentially back this week we could see Goncalves take over the RG spot unless the go with Ant. Mafi or think Glow is back in shape already. 

Yeah the line as a whole is not playing up to par. Nelson had a terrible game against the Lions in particular. I also would rather see Goncalves at RG.

[Colts And Orioles]

It's incredible that Richardson somehow had 0 Sacks and 0 INT's against the Lions when the Colts' offensive line was so bad that day ...... that shows that he has a lot of fight, and that he is making very good decisions as of late. 

[throwing BBZ]

23 hours ago, GoColts8818 said:

Lines beat up and teams are going to blitz him until he makes them pay for it.

 

 Enough said. TY

[Mr. Irrelevant]

12 hours ago, indyagent17 said:

You know the cure to all of this is to hone the short passing game. Taylor needed to have more touches for goodness sake. 

An elite TE could be of help here, oh crap…

[IndySouthsider]

On 11/28/2024 at 12:37 AM, Superman said:

 

I was trying to figure out why Flacco is on the other end of this graph, and I think you just nailed it. Teams are blitzing Richardson way more than they blitzed Flacco. Plus the line is more banged up now than it was a few weeks ago, but the blitzing is probably a huge part of it.

Why wouldn’t you blitz him. He can’t complete much that doesn’t take time develop downfield.