Originally posted by thl408:Originally posted by fryet:I assumed he knew it was an inside throw because an out route would not have matched the routes the other players were running. When the first player broke inside, Sherman knew his player route would break inside too (is it called a level concept? two in routes at different depths). You could argue that is the drawback of these standard zone busting routes. Look for teams to test Sherman in the future by having his guy run a route that doesn't help the rest of the routes being run.
I don't think it was Levels. I think they were running Mills, which is a known Quarters buster. The WR Sherman was covering broke to the Post, so he was going deep. But Sherman knew, I guess from watching the backfield, that Mayfield would not be able to get enough muscle on the throw, wasn't scared of getting beat deep, and broke underneath the WR instead of running vertical with the WR. One thing Sherman is really good at is watching the backfield/QB while also watching the WR using peripheral vision.
I slowed down the gif when Mayfield releases the ball. Sherman is already breaking underneath the route before there is any way to possibly judge from the flight of the ball that it is underthrown. It's like a 6th sense.
Makes sense. Baker was killed during this game. Sherman sees dead people.
