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Originally Posted by srvy
Poor O line play lead to QB's bailing on the pocket early. Its ruined many a young QB.
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And OLs often get blamed for poor QB play. See Alex Smith. Mayfield isn't just bailing out of the pocket because his protection is poor. Going back to college, he bails once his primary read is locked down. QBs that constantly bail on clean pockets make their OL look bad because they're not nearly as good protecting a scrambler as they are a QB who knows how to use his pocket. In the NFL, you can't get away with having tendencies like that. Defenses know how to stop that now. The QB has to do things to loosen up the pass rush.