This is not what that means. If a QB pulls the ball down and has to scramble for 5 seconds before throwing the ball, his TT is 5+ seconds, but it most certainly does not indicate that he had 5+ seconds of clean pocket to throw the ball.
They played a lot of 2 deep Safeties but there’s no way in hell you can convince me Saint shouldn’t have been able to get open on some form of option route
I can think of a handful of plays where either due to WRs not being open or Goff needing to navigate the collapsing pocket, that he indeed need to hold on to the ball longer than I’m sure he would’ve liked to.
TT is a stat that you want to keep low. You (generally) want that ball out of a QBs hands as fast as possible.
OR… maybe you misunderstand the stat. Happily, there’s a glossary:
Time To Throw (TT)
Time to Throw measures the average amount of time elapsed from the time of snap to throw on every pass attempt for a passer (sacks excluded).
I think a better interpretation is that Stafford’s and Mahomes’ receivers got open more quickly than Goff’s did. JG went thru a LOT of progressions yesterday.
This or it’s used to diagnose how quickly a QB is making decisions, etc. Either way, a high TT is almost always an indicator that something is going bad.
Agreed - in principle. But, in practice, it’s pretty clear that JG had little opportunity to push the ball downfield when the game was still competitive. (And that JG is elite in re processing speed/running thru his progressions/decision-making - Romo even remarked on it.)
Oh, 100%, I wasn’t really meaning to say JG was necessarily processing slow yesterday. Just that TT can be used to diagnose QB processing in general. Too quick may mean he’s not going through their progressions, too long may mean they’re indecisive/don’t trust their arms, etc.
But hardly ever a solid indicator over the cleanliness of a pocket, unless a QB is constantly scrambling for their lives and have to keep the play alive. (Which is why it’s not uncommon to see more mobile QBs with higher TT, as they often extend plays, even when they don’t need to)
WTF , Goff was 9-10 but for only 46 yrds, dude wasn’t even trying to throw the ball past the line of scrimmage. This is the same Goff that played for Lynn.
I didn’t watch the whole game, but I didn’t understand the route concepts that the wide receivers are running. It seemed the defense was giving a lot of deep middle field and I didn’t see a single crosser or pick concept to exploit that open space. Those kind of routes can also be run quickly.
What I saw looked like a return to some of the really dumb offenses we had one Stafford was our quarterback during the years when there wasn’t a great online play in front of him.
Usually running up the gut with without much creativity. Then clumsy routes on predictable throwing downs, running into coverage. Or not understanding how quickly the interior pressure was getting to the quarterback.
I think now we just have to trust that the coaches are going to be smart, adjust their strategy, adjust the way they attack with the new limitations on the offensive line. And play to our players strengths
I’ve got faith that this staff can do that. And I’ll believe it until they prove to me that they can’t.