Yes and no.

The majority of the time Drew is in the pocket and it is collapsing around him.

1. If he throws it away from in the pocket its intentional grounding. Most people are not thinking about this when they are saying just throw it away. When Drew does that little shovel we all cringe at, its because he is still in the pocket and cant ground it legally.

2. Once the QB starts to run, if he can not start to slide before seeing someone coming out of his field of vision, they can totally clock him as hard as they want to.

So weighing the odds: Do you risk a 10 yard penalty, risk Luke McCowan taking the field or take a 5 yard loss on a sack?

This is not always the case but it is the majority of the time.

It is so easy for us to say he should just do x... Great QBs can overcome receivers that take abnormally long to get open or a crappy O-line but rarely can they overcome both at the same time.

I have my own litmus test for a receiving corps.. When you have Jimmy Graham on the field drawing abnormally high coverage AND you cant get one of the rest of your other receivers open there is a problem with either receiver speed or getting checked at the line.

Now... Look at our receivers Colston (8 years), Moore (9 years), Meachem (7 years)... Who is arguably our most clutch receiver? Stills (Rookie).

Meachem is the only one that can block but is that really a reason to keep a receiver on the team?

Contrary to the status quo... In the draft i am going for LT/C/WR/WR best available at those positions. It is paramount that we get Drew some receivers that can get open.


Jimmy Graham... Ohhh Jimmy... You are feast or famine my brother.

Missed Tackles - 10
Dropped Passes - 6
% Caught - 63% (Watson is 69%)
Cant run block - period

Jimmy Gets the Volume but Watson is not far behind on per pass stats
Graham Yards per Rec/ave 14.1 (Watson 12.2)
Graham Yards after catch per Rec 5.0 (Watson 4.7)