SycoSurfer

If Aaron Brooks cared enough about the game to watch any of it yesterday he could have learner a valuable lesson. Culpepper put on a clinic. It is called pocket presence. When a rush come from the outside you step up. When a rush comes inside you roll out. NEVER I repeat NEVER do you drop back 15 yards and try and throw off your back foot. When you roll out to the side you can still make a 5 yard dump pass even if you are 5 yards deep its only a 10 yard pass. If you drop back 15 yards and try to make a 5 yard pass its a 20 yard pass and alot harder to make. When Culpepper did get rushed he would side step or step back and roll out a lil but stay close enough to hit a WR comming back on a 5-10 yard route cause it was still a short pass. Brooks would drop BACK and roll BACK and run BACK and then he couldnt throw on the run 25 yards so he would have to eat it and get sacked. Now I know Brooks had a little more pressure on him during the game, but that doesnt excuse him losing 15 yards on a sack when he could have stayed closer to the line and only lost say 7 or possibly make a short dump pass for 2-3 yards.

Second lesson- Awareness! When WRs are covered and you have no pressure you can wait for them to get open or you can tuck and run. Culpepper had 70+ yards yesterday and did he take one hit cause he ran? NO Cause he would pick up 10, 15, 20 and slide or get down taking no big hit. Culpepper knows when he can run and help his team. He also knows when he can wait on a pass to get open and hit a deep pass. He didnt throw it away when he had no pressure on him he would buy tyme and buy tyme and then do sumthing. He made the most of every play!

Brooks has all the tools Culpepper has maybe even more, but he doesnt have the presence or awareness to do waht Culpepper does. Brooks is a physically blessed athlete, but maybe he just doesnt have the instincts. You cant teach those its like a 6th sense.

Is it just me that sees this or do others agree?