Campbell's #1 in the league

Nothing ground breaking here. Pretty much sums up what we already knew about Campbell holding onto the ball for too long. I know it's only been two games, but I didn't know he was #1 in the league thus far. Worse than Roethlisberger? Wouldn't have guessed that one.

11 months ago bigrm18 4 comments 0 recs |

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Two things that make this stat pointless.

It’s based on two games, so the sample size is so small that it’s not an accurate representation for a whole season. And then extreme cases (like the Brady Quinn example where he held it for 8+ seconds) will skew the results.
Also, it’s only recording how long they hold onto the ball during a sack. Again, not really an accurate representation of how long they always hold the ball for. A lot of QBs, when faced with good coverage down field will escape the pocket and throw it away or will throw a risky pass into coverage. I’m happy that Campbell doesn’t make many bad decisions by throwing intodouble/triple-teams.

by SSBlitz on Sep 23, 2009 4:34 PM EDT reply actions

Are you kidding me?

That’s what Campbell is best at. Throwing into double and triple coverage. He did it over and over in Detroit.

by williamhudsonlink on Sep 28, 2009 6:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Yea this is pointless

A QB might hold onto it for a long time while scrambling and trying to make a play or let his receiver get open. A QB might not hold on very long because as soon as he sees a DE get past his line, he just freezes up and waits to get hit. A stat like that is waaaaaay to broad to just put up an average number of seconds and leaving it at that.

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by kseandoyle on Sep 25, 2009 3:23 PM EDT reply actions