I'm just tired of all the excuses. 1 sack in 5 games the worse EVER in the NFL. There is holding ever week on great players and they get it done in spite of the holds.
But at the same time, you can't just stick your head in the sand about the ridiculous level of holding against the Rams this year that is not getting called. Last year we got held too, but the difference is the Rams DL was above the league average in drawing holding penalties from the opposing OL. This year we are significantly below average.
If even 1/4 of the blatant, obvious but uncalled incidents of holding are called this season, it has a huge impact on the opposing team's offense. Either they have to start playing it straight or they are constantly put in longer and longer down and distance situations. The cumulative impact would have significantly slowed down those offenses, and probably would have forced some of them to play Quinn straight up - at which time he would have almost certainly beat them for a few sacks.
Again, you can't just turn a blind eye to this and say it's just excuses. One sack in five games is several standard deviations from the norm and would be nearly impossible to get if holding were enforced as it should be. Simply labeling that as excuses is just denying the reality that is right in front of your face.