It's a combination of a lot of things. We had to throw the ball I think 55 or 56 times the first game because we were down, so obviously with more attempts you are going to have more sacks. Obviously we throw the ball down the field far. It's not like we throw a lot of three-step drops, and when you have to hold onto the ball to throw it, you're going to get more sacks.
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My first option wasn't there so I had to find somebody. (Rice) was open so I hit him. It was a three-step route and I had to get out of there. I didn't have much time even with a three-step drop.
You can throw a screen pass, a three-step drop pass on one play, turn around on the next play and take a five-step drop and throw the ball 60 yards down the field and feel like it's just as much part of the system. He knows how to read defenses very well.
With a three-step drop, you just have to get your hands up and hope you can get your hands on the ball.
There is a simple, three-step way of doing things. Give the dog a simple command - just one word, no rambling on - and explain what you have done and get the result. For example, tell the dog to sit, push its rear down and then give him lots of praise when he does it. He'll get it in the end.
This one was a three-step drop, as opposed to last week which was a five-step drop, so the decision-making has to happen much quicker. I realized right as I was letting it go that he didn't look, and I tried to get back to throwing an over-the-top throw, and from my end it's just too hard to do.
It was pretty simple, really. They did a better job up front than we did on both sides of the ball. Jason was on his back just about every time we tried to do anything more than a three-step drop. . . . And we we're unable to get to Stafford and he had all kinds of time to find his receivers.
He completely changed his fundamentals of punting. He was always a three-step punter, and in the spring changed to being a two-step punter. Which has done a couple of things, number one, he's easier to protect because he gets rid of the ball faster and number two, it's given him a much better rhythm and (the late) coach (Mike) Drake actually worked with him a lot last spring to get that taken care of for us. It's paid off huge because he's had a great year.
Grossman gets them in a better rhythm with his three-step drops than Orton did. He gives them confidence on offense.