You can fool some people some of the time

Originally posted by lamontb:


"We had a Cover 4 look and Vernon is really the only look there," Smith said. "He ran a great route and really nodded the guy hard and got the safety to jump outside, then went inside. It was something I hadn't anticipated, something we hadn't had a lot of work on because obviously we are not running all our stuff right now."



i'm just not getting that quote. I'm not understanding how him and VD haven't worked on extending routes. And is he just playing like a robot. Survey the field. If your Te is extending the route look at what he's doing. Read and react to that on the fly and anticipate. That's what being a qb is about. Anticipation. He realized and recognized and processed all of this after the play instead of during the play. That's a problem.

Originally posted by jb49ers80:

Originally posted by lamontb:


"We had a Cover 4 look and Vernon is really the only look there," Smith said. "He ran a great route and really nodded the guy hard and got the safety to jump outside, then went inside. It was something I hadn't anticipated, something we hadn't had a lot of work on because obviously we are not running all our stuff right now."



i'm just not getting that quote. I'm not understanding how him and VD haven't worked on extending routes. And is he just playing like a robot. Survey the field. If your Te is extending the route look at what he's doing. Read and react to that on the fly and anticipate. That's what being a qb is about. Anticipation. He realized and recognized and processed all of this after the play instead of during the play. That's a problem.

Alex made the throw before Vernon made his break. This is what we've all wanted him to do for a while now. If the receiver alters his route after the ball has left the QBs hand, not much the QB can do. If Vernon hadn't altered the route, it also would have gone for the TD. Not saying Vernon was wrong to do what he did, but when a QB is throwing before the receiver makes his break, they have to be on the same page.

Originally posted by baybreaker707:

Originally posted by jb49ers80:

Originally posted by lamontb:


"We had a Cover 4 look and Vernon is really the only look there," Smith said. "He ran a great route and really nodded the guy hard and got the safety to jump outside, then went inside. It was something I hadn't anticipated, something we hadn't had a lot of work on because obviously we are not running all our stuff right now."



i'm just not getting that quote. I'm not understanding how him and VD haven't worked on extending routes. And is he just playing like a robot. Survey the field. If your Te is extending the route look at what he's doing. Read and react to that on the fly and anticipate. That's what being a qb is about. Anticipation. He realized and recognized and processed all of this after the play instead of during the play. That's a problem.

Alex made the throw before Vernon made his break. This is what we've all wanted him to do for a while now. If the receiver alters his route after the ball has left the QBs hand, not much the QB can do. If Vernon hadn't altered the route, it also would have gone for the TD. Not saying Vernon was wrong to do what he did, but when a QB is throwing before the receiver makes his break, they have to be on the same page.

This is exactly how to explain what happened to people who don't really know the game of football. If you saw what Manning did on his throw to Reggie Wayne in the end zone on their first possession. The timing got disrupted by our DB (I forget who it was) so it appeared that Manning over threw him by 5 yards.

Originally posted by NineFourNiner:

Originally posted by baybreaker707:

Originally posted by jb49ers80:

Originally posted by lamontb:


"We had a Cover 4 look and Vernon is really the only look there," Smith said. "He ran a great route and really nodded the guy hard and got the safety to jump outside, then went inside. It was something I hadn't anticipated, something we hadn't had a lot of work on because obviously we are not running all our stuff right now."



i'm just not getting that quote. I'm not understanding how him and VD haven't worked on extending routes. And is he just playing like a robot. Survey the field. If your Te is extending the route look at what he's doing. Read and react to that on the fly and anticipate. That's what being a qb is about. Anticipation. He realized and recognized and processed all of this after the play instead of during the play. That's a problem.

Alex made the throw before Vernon made his break. This is what we've all wanted him to do for a while now. If the receiver alters his route after the ball has left the QBs hand, not much the QB can do. If Vernon hadn't altered the route, it also would have gone for the TD. Not saying Vernon was wrong to do what he did, but when a QB is throwing before the receiver makes his break, they have to be on the same page.

This is exactly how to explain what happened to people who don't really know the game of football. If you saw what Manning did on his throw to Reggie Wayne in the end zone on their first possession. The timing got disrupted by our DB (I forget who it was) so it appeared that Manning over threw him by 5 yards.

Nice to see Smith FINALLY anticipating where the receiver will be.

Originally posted by NineFourNiner:

Originally posted by baybreaker707:

Originally posted by jb49ers80:

Originally posted by lamontb:


"We had a Cover 4 look and Vernon is really the only look there," Smith said. "He ran a great route and really nodded the guy hard and got the safety to jump outside, then went inside. It was something I hadn't anticipated, something we hadn't had a lot of work on because obviously we are not running all our stuff right now."



i'm just not getting that quote. I'm not understanding how him and VD haven't worked on extending routes. And is he just playing like a robot. Survey the field. If your Te is extending the route look at what he's doing. Read and react to that on the fly and anticipate. That's what being a qb is about. Anticipation. He realized and recognized and processed all of this after the play instead of during the play. That's a problem.

Alex made the throw before Vernon made his break. This is what we've all wanted him to do for a while now. If the receiver alters his route after the ball has left the QBs hand, not much the QB can do. If Vernon hadn't altered the route, it also would have gone for the TD. Not saying Vernon was wrong to do what he did, but when a QB is throwing before the receiver makes his break, they have to be on the same page.

This is exactly how to explain what happened to people who don't really know the game of football. If you saw what Manning did on his throw to Reggie Wayne in the end zone on their first possession. The timing got disrupted by our DB (I forget who it was) so it appeared that Manning over threw him by 5 yards.

Nice to see Smith FINALLY anticipating where the receiver will be.

Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:
at least the good news is he is throwing the ball where the WR is going to be we have no clue to know whos fault it was did vernon break before he threw it or after?

Originally posted by Joecool:

Originally posted by NineFourNiner:

Originally posted by baybreaker707:

Originally posted by jb49ers80:

Originally posted by lamontb:


"We had a Cover 4 look and Vernon is really the only look there," Smith said. "He ran a great route and really nodded the guy hard and got the safety to jump outside, then went inside. It was something I hadn't anticipated, something we hadn't had a lot of work on because obviously we are not running all our stuff right now."



i'm just not getting that quote. I'm not understanding how him and VD haven't worked on extending routes. And is he just playing like a robot. Survey the field. If your Te is extending the route look at what he's doing. Read and react to that on the fly and anticipate. That's what being a qb is about. Anticipation. He realized and recognized and processed all of this after the play instead of during the play. That's a problem.

Alex made the throw before Vernon made his break. This is what we've all wanted him to do for a while now. If the receiver alters his route after the ball has left the QBs hand, not much the QB can do. If Vernon hadn't altered the route, it also would have gone for the TD. Not saying Vernon was wrong to do what he did, but when a QB is throwing before the receiver makes his break, they have to be on the same page.

This is exactly how to explain what happened to people who don't really know the game of football. If you saw what Manning did on his throw to Reggie Wayne in the end zone on their first possession. The timing got disrupted by our DB (I forget who it was) so it appeared that Manning over threw him by 5 yards.

Nice to see Smith FINALLY anticipating where the receiver will be.

That ball was thrown as if he expected Vernon to stop and curl or sit on the ball. It looked underthrown even if Vernon had kept running upfield rather than slightly slanting it in.

Originally posted by Joecool:

Originally posted by NineFourNiner:

Originally posted by baybreaker707:

Originally posted by jb49ers80:

Originally posted by lamontb:


"We had a Cover 4 look and Vernon is really the only look there," Smith said. "He ran a great route and really nodded the guy hard and got the safety to jump outside, then went inside. It was something I hadn't anticipated, something we hadn't had a lot of work on because obviously we are not running all our stuff right now."



i'm just not getting that quote. I'm not understanding how him and VD haven't worked on extending routes. And is he just playing like a robot. Survey the field. If your Te is extending the route look at what he's doing. Read and react to that on the fly and anticipate. That's what being a qb is about. Anticipation. He realized and recognized and processed all of this after the play instead of during the play. That's a problem.

Alex made the throw before Vernon made his break. This is what we've all wanted him to do for a while now. If the receiver alters his route after the ball has left the QBs hand, not much the QB can do. If Vernon hadn't altered the route, it also would have gone for the TD. Not saying Vernon was wrong to do what he did, but when a QB is throwing before the receiver makes his break, they have to be on the same page.

This is exactly how to explain what happened to people who don't really know the game of football. If you saw what Manning did on his throw to Reggie Wayne in the end zone on their first possession. The timing got disrupted by our DB (I forget who it was) so it appeared that Manning over threw him by 5 yards.

Nice to see Smith FINALLY anticipating where the receiver will be.

That ball was thrown as if he expected Vernon to stop and curl or sit on the ball. It looked underthrown even if Vernon had kept running upfield rather than slightly slanting it in.

Originally posted by baybreaker707:

Originally posted by Joecool:

Originally posted by NineFourNiner:

Originally posted by baybreaker707:

Originally posted by jb49ers80:

Originally posted by lamontb:


"We had a Cover 4 look and Vernon is really the only look there," Smith said. "He ran a great route and really nodded the guy hard and got the safety to jump outside, then went inside. It was something I hadn't anticipated, something we hadn't had a lot of work on because obviously we are not running all our stuff right now."



i'm just not getting that quote. I'm not understanding how him and VD haven't worked on extending routes. And is he just playing like a robot. Survey the field. If your Te is extending the route look at what he's doing. Read and react to that on the fly and anticipate. That's what being a qb is about. Anticipation. He realized and recognized and processed all of this after the play instead of during the play. That's a problem.

Alex made the throw before Vernon made his break. This is what we've all wanted him to do for a while now. If the receiver alters his route after the ball has left the QBs hand, not much the QB can do. If Vernon hadn't altered the route, it also would have gone for the TD. Not saying Vernon was wrong to do what he did, but when a QB is throwing before the receiver makes his break, they have to be on the same page.

This is exactly how to explain what happened to people who don't really know the game of football. If you saw what Manning did on his throw to Reggie Wayne in the end zone on their first possession. The timing got disrupted by our DB (I forget who it was) so it appeared that Manning over threw him by 5 yards.

Nice to see Smith FINALLY anticipating where the receiver will be.

That ball was thrown as if he expected Vernon to stop and curl or sit on the ball. It looked underthrown even if Vernon had kept running upfield rather than slightly slanting it in.

I watched it this morning and Vernon jumped, twisted back and got both hands on it. So how was it underthrown?

Originally posted by Memphis9er:
Man some of you guys are just beyond belief. The lack of knowledge and high level of ignorance of plain fact, combined with plain old drama queen hysterics is absolutely astounding...not to even mention the weak attempts to spin doctor by some of the less credible members of this board.