Ben Solak

He knows where he's supposed to go with the football.

He can execute.

He throws a gorgeous ball.

He's got a nice compact release.

He's got the downfield ball.

He's generally accurate.

Once the bullets are live...

and you see this on the good film and on the bad film the last couple of years, he doesn't operate at the speed you'd like for a quarterback to operate at.

He's not debilitatingly late.

He's a solid QB2 in the NFL, but he definitely is a tick behind.

It lets zone defenders get closer to guys, forces the windows a little bit tighter.

He'll miss receivers behind them a little bit because he's late to these throws.

And that is significant in the context of the Broncos offense because so much of what they do successfully, and other credit to Knicks, is Knicks will get the ball to the check down fast.

And it allows them to throw these swings and these screens and these tight end delays and actually pick up 5 and 6 yards.

Maybe pick up 8 and 10 yards and stay ahead of the stick so reliably.

Eventually, we're going to get to 4 or 5 called shot plays with some vertical options down the field.

Maybe not 5 attempts, but 5 called shot plays.

Does Stidham get the throw-off against this pass rush and also the way that they've been blitzing recently in New England?

And when he gets it off, if it's Corwin Sutton against Christian Gonzalez down the field, to me, that leans Patriots, but Sutton can win some of those.

If it's Marvin Mims against Carlton Davis, Mims can separate.