Originally posted by BETTERDAYZ9ERS:
Originally posted by Joecool:
Originally posted by unst4bl3:
Originally posted by BETTERDAYZ9ERS:
Timing is so crucial in the pocket. I won't kill Alex for it but if he just took an extra 1/2 a second he would have seen Crabs coming across. But in this game you can't wait too long. He saw Gore wide open and took that yardage. But to get to the next level he has to start seeing those open windows
If he had taken the extra 1/2 a sec to wait for crabs to get open, he would have hesitated in typical alex style.. D would have located crabs and picked it off maybe.. Lot's of what if's but Alex is good in the redzone for a reason, he doesn't take huge risks and throw pick sixers.
No, he's good in the redzone when he throws to Vernon in the middle of the field. Take Vernon out and Alex is terrible in the redzone. This is what teams are doing now.
Vernon drew all the coverage his way as Crabs broke his route the opposite way and got behind the Linebacker. If Alex would have looked left he could have seen crabs coming across. So Vernon still presents problems in the red zone by sucking up coverages.
Alex was looking left the whole time, and as soon he went to his 2nd progression (Gore) Crabtree started to break free. Alex threw the ball due to timing and pressure. He made the safe throw. Now if Gore helps out by moving towards the endzone before the throw instead of waiting for the ball, it could've easily been 6. I'm tired of seeing our receivers standing there and not moving to an open spot of the field or in this case in the endzone, they need to work on this!
[ Edited by gamechanger on Sep 12, 2011 at 11:04 AM ]