Video of the Sacks and Bad Plays for Reference

[medaille]

Watch this and ask yourself, What do you want to Darnold to do differently and when?  Which receiver do you want Darnold to throw it to?

[hogjowlsjohnny]

Good point. One reason most playoff teams are good is because they have good offensive lines. Lions are a perfect example. How good would Darnold be behind Detroit's line?

[Still Hurtn]

Line needs help for sure and Darnold needs a ton more self awareness. Sacked Twice on 4th down. On the Strip sack, I watched the snap, went to the kitchen made a sandwich and still witnessed the fumble. Me thinks Darnold low level football IQ.

[Canthony]

Line needs help for sure and Darnold needs a ton more self awareness. Sacked Twice on 4th down. On the Strip sack, I watched the snap, went to the kitchen made a sandwich and still witnessed the fumble. Me thinks Darnold low level football IQ.

That has always been his knock on him.

[MAD GAINZ]

Where's the All 22 angles?

[MaroonBells]

Not sure how you can tell when you don't see the downfield routes. But mostly for my own edification I went through and made notes on each...

1. Darnold holds ball too long. There’s a pocket but it doesn’t hold long. O’Neill’s man gets sack
2. Darnold holds ball too long. There’s a pocket but it doesn’t hold up. Jefferson open in the flat. Risner’s man gets sack
3. Jallbreak on the edges. Interior holds. Probably Darnold’s fault for not seeing blitzer. Robinson beaten.
4. Darnold plenty of time. Throws pick aftert hitting hand on O’Neill’s helmet
5. DT splits Bradbury and Brandel double early, but largely picked up. Darnold holds ball too long. Sack by delayed blitz off edge. Fumble. TD
6. Darnold maneuvers pocket well, just doesn’t find anyone, but he had plenty of time and should’ve just thrown the ball away. Most pressure given up by Robinson.
7. Darnold holds the ball too long. Pocket eventually collapses with sacker looping around Brandel.
8. Darnold plenty of time. Clean pocket for 4 beats. He just doesn’t throw it.
9. Not enough time. Pressure by looping DT. Probably should’ve been picked up by either Chandler or Robinson.

[StickierBuns]

Not sure how you can tell when you don't see the downfield routes. 

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Where's the All 22 angles?

[MaroonBells]

Ben Goessling@BenGoessling
Sam Darnold had an EPA of -27.4 last night, according to@NextGenStats

He was 9-17 for 84 yards and an INT when pressured. Six of the Rams' nine sacks came at least 4.4 seconds after the snap.

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Analysis on the sacks from someone who knows more than I do. Orlovsky gives Darnold a pass on a few of these and I think he has a point, though I disagree with the last one. 

I know everyone wants to put ALL the blame on one thing—either Sam, KOC or the OL—but the more I think about it, the more I think there is a disconnect between the system (largely downfield, slow developing routes), the QB (somewhat indecisive) and the OL (below average protection). Add to that a smart, physical defense and we didn't stand a chance.