Right Tackle and Free Safety

[DYoungJelly]

Originally Posted by Skinzman

Because after Cousins started taking hits, he just threw it as quick as possible regardless of whether the receiver was open. Which is why he threw so many Int's. RG3 held the ball way to long and would bail out instead of climbing the pocket when he could. KC just threw it regardless of whether the receiver was open so he didnt keep taking hits. Just rewatch the NY Giants game, he got lit up in the first half. Second half he was doing everything he could to get the ball out of his hands fast and threw 4 ints.

Its not just the line, we didnt have good pass blocking from RB's or TE's either, plus the QB's clearly added to the mistake. It was an overall break down. But to use KC as the reason to say our Oline wasnt giving up sacks is a mistake. Throwing it to the defense isnt the answer.

Also, Colts sack rate wasnt that much lower than RG3. Based on what you posted earlier, RG3 had 33 sacks while throwing 214 passes. Colt had 17 sacks while throwing 128 passes. Which would equal out to 34 sacks in 256 passes thrown. Better but not exactly a huge difference.

RG3's sack rate was 15%. Kirk's was right at 4%. You're right McCoy's rate was very similar to RG3's sack rate. I wouldn't consider RG3 as having the same sack rate as a career back up a ringing endorsement.

The game situation and Kirk's inability to forget the last bad play had more to do with the interceptions than the offensive line's play.

They were playing from behind, which allows the defense to pass rush without defending the run. If our defense hadn't made Donnell the most prized TE in the league that game, a balanced attack would have changed the stats big time.

Two of his 4 interceptions were deep balls. He was going outside the system and trying to do to much to make a come back.

The line play wasn't good but it wasn't terrible either.

Kirk was sacked twice and had 4 QB hits that game:

New York Giants vs. Washington Redskins - Box Score - September 25, 2014 - ESPN

Our line did a lot better in that game than Tony Romo's did in our first game:

Washington Redskins vs. Dallas Cowboys - Box Score - October 27, 2014 - ESPN

I'm sure you will credit great Oline play for the numbers Kirk put up the week before against Philly since you're blaming them for the numbers Kirk put up against NY:

Washington Redskins vs. Philadelphia Eagles - Recap - September 21, 2014 - ESPN

I totally agree with you guys that our line needs to get bigger and better but everything wrong with our offense isn't the line.

We need a QB. Kirk is the only QB on our team with the potential for long term success in this league but has some real head issues to resolve before that happens.