stats lie. They were much better in week 2 than in week 1 and it showed in offensive production. But Week1? Give me a ******* break. you have to be blind to think the offensive line was remotely adequate that game. someone was getting whipped on almost every play, and badly. Coupled with not being able to run the ball. It was great LOL
It has generally been true for quite a while that Rodgers has been making the OL look a lot worse than they are. Last year, 45 of 49 sacks of Rodgers came after 2.5 seconds. He holds the ball too long.
Even against the Bears, at least two of the sacks were straight up on Rodgers. I timed them all. Granted, hand timing isn't perfect, but I erred on the quick side (i.e. going with the lower numbers). This is what I came up with.
Sack 1: ~4.5 seconds
Sack 2: ~2.3 seconds
Sack 3: ~2.7 seconds
Sack 4: ~2.8 seconds
Sack 5: ~4.5 seconds
Sacks 1 and 5 are easily on Rodgers. If an OL protects for 4+ seconds against an elite front on the road, you can't blame them for a sack.
Sack 2 is definitely on the the OL-- specifically Billy Turner, who got wrecked by Khalil Mack.
Despite it being a quicker sack, I put #3 on Rodgers who had a an open hot read off of the blitz. He looked at it, didn't pull the trigger, and dropped his eyes. When a team overloads a side with a blitz, you have to hit your quick read and make them pay.
Sack #4 is the most borderline to me. This would be the bull rush on Bakhtiari. Graham, the outlet, stumbled out of his stance and wasn't presenting a clear target in a timely manner. Without all-22, I can't see what the receivers are doing. I'll put this one on Bakhtiari.
So even in that game, against that front, I think 3/5 sacks are clearly Rodgers' fault. He's holding the ball too long, egregiously so in some cases, and making his line look a lot worse than what it is.
