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Originally Posted by JakeF
Buffalo destroyed Sorenson. They targeted Sorenson in the passing game and Sorenson missed tackles in the running game.
All game long, Sorenson was getting ****ed. It was putrid.
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I think that's really the crux of the problem w/ Sorensen at this point.
Everyone gets beat on occasion. And many times guys get beat badly. The problem is that right now teams are targeting Sorensen and waiting for him to get beat. And as soon as he does, they hit it.
I don't think he's playing well or even at an NFL level, but I guarantee more of his mistakes are being exploited than most because teams are looking for them. There's blood in the water now.
From the stands you can find someone open, for both teams, on damn near every play. The issues is that the maelstrom on the field sometimes makes it difficult to locate and exploit the mistake. I think teams are essentially keying on Dan now and if/when he makes a mistake, they punish him for it.
Remember that game when Peyton Manning decided that on every play over the last 2 drives he was going to find Jamell Fleming and throw it to whoever he was covering? I'm pretty sure it was the Jamaal Charles fumble game. Every single snap Manning would find Fleming and wait for him to fail, the throw it at his guy. And they drove down the field like it was nothing. Now Fleming didn't fail on every play, but every time he failed, Manning punished him because he was looking that way and waiting for the mistake.
Sorensen is dealing with that right now, IMO. He's failing too often, to be sure, but he's also in a shooting gallery out there. He's created his own luck in many ways but there's no question he's dealing with some buzzard luck out there.