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Per PFF and Joe Reedy:
Our good friends at Pro Football Focus have been digging through the film and constructing analysis all week and we are not ones to ignore hard work around here. So, wanted to relay observations they uncovered to help you be a more intelligent viewer Sunday against Cleveland.
First, PFF digs into why Andy Dalton’s performance dipped the last two weeks. You can start with this: Miami and Baltimore both rank in the top four of their pass rushing rankings.
He was pressured 32.2 percent of the time in Weeks 9 and 10 combined, and just 25.6 percent of the time in Weeks 1 through 8. He also dropped back to pass more in the last two games (118 times) than any other two-game stretch of his career.
Blitzes are giving him trouble. All three of his interceptions against Miami came against the blitz and he was 4 of 14 against the blitz in Baltimore. The PFF overall ranking against the blitz in those games was -7.7 compared to +1.4 when not blitzed.
In Week 4, the Browns blitzed 15 times on 46 drop-backs. Dalton was 6-of-14 with a -1.7 grade on those snaps, even though pressure was generated on just seven of them. The Browns blitz more than the average NFL team, but not among the most aggressive. Yet, after watching the success the last two weeks defenses had and the success in the first game, you have to think they will be firing off at Dalton.
A pressured quarterback is an unsuccessful quarterback, whether named Manning, Brady, Klingler or Dalton. The need for this offensive line to give Dalton time goes a long way to determining if this offense will hum like October or sputter like November.
As far as Dalton’s competition goes, Wallace Gilberry called Jason Campbell the Checkdown King this week and he’d be right. Campbell throws less than 10 yards down the field on 70 percent of his throws. On those further down the field than that he is just 9 of 21. A key for the Bengals defense will be tightening up the coverage to assure no YAC yardage burns them after the catch.
Our good friends at Pro Football Focus have been digging through the film and constructing analysis all week and we are not ones to ignore hard work around here. So, wanted to relay observations they uncovered to help you be a more intelligent viewer Sunday against Cleveland.
First, PFF digs into why Andy Dalton’s performance dipped the last two weeks. You can start with this: Miami and Baltimore both rank in the top four of their pass rushing rankings.
He was pressured 32.2 percent of the time in Weeks 9 and 10 combined, and just 25.6 percent of the time in Weeks 1 through 8. He also dropped back to pass more in the last two games (118 times) than any other two-game stretch of his career.
Blitzes are giving him trouble. All three of his interceptions against Miami came against the blitz and he was 4 of 14 against the blitz in Baltimore. The PFF overall ranking against the blitz in those games was -7.7 compared to +1.4 when not blitzed.
In Week 4, the Browns blitzed 15 times on 46 drop-backs. Dalton was 6-of-14 with a -1.7 grade on those snaps, even though pressure was generated on just seven of them. The Browns blitz more than the average NFL team, but not among the most aggressive. Yet, after watching the success the last two weeks defenses had and the success in the first game, you have to think they will be firing off at Dalton.
A pressured quarterback is an unsuccessful quarterback, whether named Manning, Brady, Klingler or Dalton. The need for this offensive line to give Dalton time goes a long way to determining if this offense will hum like October or sputter like November.
As far as Dalton’s competition goes, Wallace Gilberry called Jason Campbell the Checkdown King this week and he’d be right. Campbell throws less than 10 yards down the field on 70 percent of his throws. On those further down the field than that he is just 9 of 21. A key for the Bengals defense will be tightening up the coverage to assure no YAC yardage burns them after the catch.
