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He's been sacked 3 times in 2 games. 61 pass attempts 3 sacks. now Rosen would get sacked more than that absolutely, he's a rookie, but this is not some epic bad pass protection that Sam is playing behind, at least not yet it's not.
He's just playing like he's scared to get hit. the one play Phrazbit and I pointed out in the game where it was 3rd down and the pass rush came from outside left, so his right. He saw it and he just ran backwards, like Kolb as Phrazbit said, and then dumped it off for a 5 yard loss. I'm not saying he wasn't under pressure but he did the exact opposite of what a veteran is supposed to do there. Palmer for all his issues in that play, he steps up to avoid the pressure and tries to get the ball downfield enough for a first down, even stepping up and dumping to the same receiver increases the odds of it working. When QB's start doing what he did, something is VERY wrong.
He threw short to Kirk later and he got lit up by 3 guys, he did the same to DJ on an incompletion. At a certain point the phrase married men off the infield comes into play when the QB is playing that scared.
I've had 3 knee surgeries, I completely get Sam being worried about staying healthy, but at this point he's just playing like he doesn't want to be out there.
He's just playing like he's scared to get hit. the one play Phrazbit and I pointed out in the game where it was 3rd down and the pass rush came from outside left, so his right. He saw it and he just ran backwards, like Kolb as Phrazbit said, and then dumped it off for a 5 yard loss. I'm not saying he wasn't under pressure but he did the exact opposite of what a veteran is supposed to do there. Palmer for all his issues in that play, he steps up to avoid the pressure and tries to get the ball downfield enough for a first down, even stepping up and dumping to the same receiver increases the odds of it working. When QB's start doing what he did, something is VERY wrong.
He threw short to Kirk later and he got lit up by 3 guys, he did the same to DJ on an incompletion. At a certain point the phrase married men off the infield comes into play when the QB is playing that scared.
I've had 3 knee surgeries, I completely get Sam being worried about staying healthy, but at this point he's just playing like he doesn't want to be out there.