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Originally Posted by GT_34
A QB could run all the way from the goalline towards his own endzone and still be considered in the tackle box.
I don't think that's a useful definition of "in the pocket".
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For the sake of this argument, he's not rolling out. That's the point. He's not making all of these plays by juking defenders and scrambling to his right or left. For the most part, he's taking a deep drop and then stepping UP.
He's not running left and right. He's drifting and then stepping up into his throws while remaining behind his guards.
He was staying calm, keeping his eyes downfield and striking with his feet mostly planted.
He's not running horizontal and cutting the field in half, which is essentially what JakeF is arguing, and is what is implied when people say he's breaking the pocket.
And of the plays he DID do that in, nearly every single one of them was within 10 yards of the the endzone, which were likely designed rollouts.