Originally posted by YACBros85:
Herbert got shutout by NE in 2020 45-0. Why couldn't he put points on the board regardless of what the defense was doing?
Having literally the worst OL in the NFL played a part I'm sure. I believe he was pressured on 44% of his drop backs which was his 2nd highest rate that yr.
As far as Mac vs the Bills, from what I saw and read...they simply weren't afraid of him throwing deep/outside the numbers which allowed them to leverage those in between the numbers throws he likes (sound familiar). They played man coverage and played up on their receivers. He was 2 for 10 with an INT vs man and had a QB rating of zero. Bills weren't biting on PA either. Now I'm not positive if more teams played this way down the stretch vs him but the Bills saw something and did their thing.
The whole reason Mac was even brought up in here was because of a NGS showing his passer rating vs league avg at different points in the field. You saw what he was good at and what he wasn't. Yes some of that is on the receivers and being able to separate, but it's also an indication of his strengths and weaknesses (which were discussed pre-draft all the damn time).
[ Edited by NYniner85 on May 13, 2022 at 7:01 AM ]