I do think it would be hard to slow down Martinez. He had a good game against the Huskies showing elusiveness and burst. Also the secondary played very well. Kudos to Jonathan Smith for coaching up two and three star recruits to the point where they form almost an elite unit. The line play on both sides of the ball was solid. They can definitely run block and pass block.
They've got a number of 4-stars from the transfer portal, though. E.g. Tre'Shaun Harrison (FSU), Tyjon Lindsey (Nebraska), Jam Griffin (Georgia Tech), Makiya Tongue (Georgia), etc. Although funnily enough, recruiting services downgrade them to "3 star transfers" as soon as they decide to transfer to Oregon State, so I'd take that with a grain of salt.
This sounds like a stat that PFF would have. I would imagine "pressure" is a judgment call, since QBs can have designed rollouts and leave the pocket while not necessarily under pressure. What are you interested in seeing exactly?
I don't believe passing efficiency takes pressure into account, but perhaps some advanced metric does, I am not sure.
I don't know how PFF defines passing pressure, but no matter how you define it, it's subjective. A QB standing behind five 5-star offensive linemen will probably remain much calmer, even if he senses a blitz, and be able to stand in the pocket and make throws. Compare that to a QB standing behind a porous offensive line who has been taking big hits all night, that QB is going to have a much lower threshold for what "feels" like pressure. You can define blitzes (how many men rushed the QB, green dog blitz, etc), but it'll be a judgment call as to whether or not the rush generated "pressure."
I looked into PFF's pressure stats. Per their tallies, Jack Plummer is the 4th most pressured QB in the FBS (142 pressures on 380 drop backs, an absurd 37.4% of the time). The 3rd most is actually Washington State's Cameron Ward, although he's had a few more drop backs (144 pressures on 401 drop backs, 35.9% of the time). The next most is #10 Jayden de Laura, then #15 Caleb Williams, and finally Tanner McKee is down at #24, with 108 pressures on 369 drop backs (29.2%).
I think it's probably not a coincidence that the other 3 (outside Plummer and McKee) are actually dual-threat QBs, because I would definitely say Cal and Stanford have worse offensive lines than those other teams, but PFF may give a pressure tally any time one of those mobile quarterbacks escapes the pocket to take off for a run (they could have perhaps stayed in the pocket and been fine, thus not generating pressure). Mobile QBs are harder for offensive lines to protect, because they often don't know where the QB is behind them (like Ward or de Laura scrambling all over the field), and hence offensive linemen don't know which way they should be redirecting a pass rusher, so that's another valid reason they may have high pressure tallies (by escaping the pocket, the QB "ran into" pressure).
I'd have to download PFF's data and do some math on it, but a cursory glance at it seems to indicate he's the most pressured passer in the FBS. So when I was making the point in the defensive article that Colorado generated pressure on Cal despite being 2nd to last in the FBS in sacks... it's because PFF stats seem to indicate that Cal's offensive line is actually last place in the FBS.
God I'm jealous
CAL MUST STOP THE EAGER BEAVERS! gerbear
I do think it would be hard to slow down Martinez. He had a good game against the Huskies showing elusiveness and burst. Also the secondary played very well. Kudos to Jonathan Smith for coaching up two and three star recruits to the point where they form almost an elite unit. The line play on both sides of the ball was solid. They can definitely run block and pass block.
They've got a number of 4-stars from the transfer portal, though. E.g. Tre'Shaun Harrison (FSU), Tyjon Lindsey (Nebraska), Jam Griffin (Georgia Tech), Makiya Tongue (Georgia), etc. Although funnily enough, recruiting services downgrade them to "3 star transfers" as soon as they decide to transfer to Oregon State, so I'd take that with a grain of salt.
Trying to prepare myself for an onslaught of disheartening 7-10 yard OSU runs. And cursing the fact that OSU has Michalczik and we have McClure.
The good news is the 6:00 pm start, so drinking away my sorrow will happen at a respectable hour.
This sounds like a stat that PFF would have. I would imagine "pressure" is a judgment call, since QBs can have designed rollouts and leave the pocket while not necessarily under pressure. What are you interested in seeing exactly?
I don't believe passing efficiency takes pressure into account, but perhaps some advanced metric does, I am not sure.
I don't know how PFF defines passing pressure, but no matter how you define it, it's subjective. A QB standing behind five 5-star offensive linemen will probably remain much calmer, even if he senses a blitz, and be able to stand in the pocket and make throws. Compare that to a QB standing behind a porous offensive line who has been taking big hits all night, that QB is going to have a much lower threshold for what "feels" like pressure. You can define blitzes (how many men rushed the QB, green dog blitz, etc), but it'll be a judgment call as to whether or not the rush generated "pressure."
I looked into PFF's pressure stats. Per their tallies, Jack Plummer is the 4th most pressured QB in the FBS (142 pressures on 380 drop backs, an absurd 37.4% of the time). The 3rd most is actually Washington State's Cameron Ward, although he's had a few more drop backs (144 pressures on 401 drop backs, 35.9% of the time). The next most is #10 Jayden de Laura, then #15 Caleb Williams, and finally Tanner McKee is down at #24, with 108 pressures on 369 drop backs (29.2%).
I think it's probably not a coincidence that the other 3 (outside Plummer and McKee) are actually dual-threat QBs, because I would definitely say Cal and Stanford have worse offensive lines than those other teams, but PFF may give a pressure tally any time one of those mobile quarterbacks escapes the pocket to take off for a run (they could have perhaps stayed in the pocket and been fine, thus not generating pressure). Mobile QBs are harder for offensive lines to protect, because they often don't know where the QB is behind them (like Ward or de Laura scrambling all over the field), and hence offensive linemen don't know which way they should be redirecting a pass rusher, so that's another valid reason they may have high pressure tallies (by escaping the pocket, the QB "ran into" pressure).
I'd have to download PFF's data and do some math on it, but a cursory glance at it seems to indicate he's the most pressured passer in the FBS. So when I was making the point in the defensive article that Colorado generated pressure on Cal despite being 2nd to last in the FBS in sacks... it's because PFF stats seem to indicate that Cal's offensive line is actually last place in the FBS.