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He knows when to get rid of the ball, and he has adequate protection. Not Pro Bowl caliber, but adequate. At this point, though, adequate is all they need.
Plus Fitz has excellent pocket presence. He knows when to step up, when to scramble, and can buy time with just a few timely steps.
The line is providing just enough time for him, which might not be enough for less aware QBs.
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Plus Fitz has excellent pocket presence. He knows when to step up, when to scramble, and can buy time with just a few timely steps.
The line is providing just enough time for him, which might not be enough for less aware QBs.
Maybe Buddy isn't so bumbling, and we have an o-line?
I am not sure this required scientific theory to come up with an answer.
Take Fitz and the ball when it comes through Wood's legs, subtract the amount of opposing players in the backfield divide by the number of seconds Fitzy has to throw, throw a pi in there because no equation is complet with out pi, multiply (or "times" if you're not too good at math) it by the square root of Fitzy's rushing totals for the first three games. Consider it was Leonard Euler's Day Off (Euler...Euler) take the whole thing to the power of the number of receivers we have on the field at one time and you'll be all set.
We haven't had a quarterback with Fitz's pocket presence in the last decade.
Rob Johnson, Bledsoe, Edwards, Losman all had below average pocket presence. They never could move in the pocket or feel the rush. You either have this or you don't.
BTW, this is why I thought Mallett was not going to be any good in the NFL and stand by that. Newton I thought the opposite of as he made great throws in college with people in his face.
Combination of lots of things. Great mix of playcalling, better than expected play from the OL, Fitz's ability to feel pressure and scramble, Fitz's reads and release. Don't think you can point to any one thing.
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Better playcalling?
Better o-line play?
Fitz is mobile?
A little bit of everything, which is like a snowball effect?
Offensive game plan and preparation. Our primary offensive objective is to spread a defense out. It makes it tougher on a defense to blitz because it usually means leaving a receiver open when you do send one. Second reason is Fitzpatrick, and his ability to quickly read a defense. Third, Fitz gets rid of the ball pretty quick. Unless a blitzing LB or Safety gets by his blocker clean, Fitz is tough to get to. JMO
It may be getting to the point where we can say the same things about Fitz as we said about Brady this past week: don't blitz him, you have to get pressure with your front 3/4 players. He can pick you apart with time.
The OL definitely deserves credit, too. Both teams have had questions about their OL - Buffalo much more so than NE - but both OL's have really stepped up in pass protection.
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it's a bunch of all of that combined. plus, I love that Fitz isn't afraid to scramble once in a while. he rarely does, which is great, but I also like knowing he can.
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