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Originally Posted by O.city
His style of play leads to that though. His offensive Linea have always struggled to pass block, because in part of alex.
He isn't decisive, leaves the pocket to phantom pressure and misses guys because of it.
Teams don't respect him to beat them from the pocket so they play super aggressive in a 15 yard box.
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Hence, I lay 10% of those sacks at Alex's feet. Let's not act like Alex is so fundamentally different back there to deflect from the lines culpability. Giving them a pass on 10% of the sacks is more than fair and the rest are a fair representation of the continuing up and down erratic protection issues.
It being erratic definitely leaves the lingering question in Smith's head of will I get decent protection this week? It's not an excuse, because he still has to step up and perform better, including watching the film and correcting his footwork and positioning when releasing the ball. But, it's not an imagined case of there being a chronic issue of protection breaking down on a reoccurring basis, and sporadically more than it should be in year 4.
Lack of consistency has definitely gotten in his head, and he or the staff need to do a better job of mentally preparing better. See a sports psychologist, I don't know? They're not paying me to so it's not my job.