Stats say whatever you want them to say Derka. For example the stats say that Ewers was mid on intermediate routes. Then you watch a game and see him intentionally throw two balls out the back of the end zone and then another two into the stands to avoid a sack and there goes his percentage, right? Truth is if you watch him he wasn't missing a bunch of intermediate throws. The stats count those throwaways just the same. The stats also dont take into account what you are being asked to do, meaning not all intermediate throws are the same. A receiver driving 15 yards down field and sitting down is not the same as a 15-20 yard dig. That dig is a big boy throw, but it counts the same in the stat book. Sarkisians offense requires big boy quarterbacking as his routes are almost always on the move.
We haven't had a great O-line. We couldn't run the ball vs talented fronts, Cam Williams was a turnstile, and we had left guard problems even then. What a lot of people dont understand is the issues are largely systemic. We've consistently asked people to do things they cannot do. Like we run this play every game and its stupid. We run a play action pass where the line blocks just like its split zone. In case you didnt know split zone is inside zone but where the TE comes from the Hback spot all the way across the formation to block the backside DE. Probably a 1/3 of Ewers sacks came from that dumb ass blocking scheme. Slow devloping ply asking a guy to do something he cannot. We had one great lineman. Guys like Cam Williams got drafted on measurables. If he was good he goes in the first round. Everyone else was adequate to bad. Ewers just learned to get the ball out quickly.
Again, we had one freakish receiver and a bunch of other solid ones. Like I said, if your receivers are going to the league it means the QB is playing well. Quit making it like Ewers didnt help get them where they were. He had a huge hand in that. Have some respect.