That might work in basketball, but how does that work in football? For example, how does Watson make David Johnson a better RB when the OC is constantly calling A gap runs? How does he make the OL better when they cannot block a simple stunt? How does he make the TE group block better? How can he make Hargreaves cover better? How can he improve Mercilus' speed?
There , again you take the anomaly and state it as if its happening on a vast majority of plays and as I said elsewhere and you deflected , that's disingenuous.
Yep , they have a couple of those every game but in general pass protection has been adequate on the vast majority of plays.
With the current roster around him, exactly how are you expecting Watson to make those around him better? Besides Tunsil, how many of the players on offense around Watson can start for a playoff team? I don't get how you can ignore the scheme, roster, underperforming OL, the coaching staff and simply say, great QBs make those around them better.
But to answer the question , how does he make the OL better ? How bout start with getting the ball out quickly ? Particularly if you believe they are such a poor unit - Common sense would tell you that you have to get the ball out in a hurry if they are so poor as a unit.
The statistics tell the tale as well .... as I showed in another post , getting the ball out in under 3 seconds he's sacked once in 45.3 plays while when he holds it longer than 3 seconds he's sacked once out of 5.9 plays.
One sack every 45 snaps boils down to less than 1 sack in an average game .... That's making that unit look pretty solid.
One sack every 6 plays sucks and that's making that unit look like a dumpster fire.
On 46.1% of all passing plays he holds it longer than 3 seconds. That's not helping them look good.
Which is it , are they adequate or do they suck ?
He's also the guy calling the protections and quite often its a failure on his part to diagnose presnap that leads to breakdowns in protection and those free rushers.
How do you make WR's and RB's look better with quality QB play ? Ball placement .... (that's that accuracy thing I talked about months ago) the difference between in the catch radius and where the pass catcher can do something with it after the catch or is the only guy with a chance to catch it.
Last season DHop 25th in the league in total YAC but 3rd in catches. That 25th was the high on the team for 2019.
This year Brandin Cooks leads the team in YAC at 37th in the league , not another Texan in the top 80. Hopkins on the other hand is 7th and a 20% increase in YAC while the catch numbers are similar to last season.
The QB's for the top 3 pass catchers in the league in 2020 YAC - Brees , Mahomes , Rodgers.
How does a QB help his defense ? Keep them off the field. We've been thru the sustained drives conversation .... This team just doesn't do that often , they generally score quickly or punt.