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Originally Posted by RedskinJake
Protip: You can't wait until the receiver stops and sits on a route before throwing the ball. You have to anticipate. He was definitely hurried on the throw but for those of you who insist that you don't throw until the receiver is where he is supposed to be know nothing about playing QB. You throw at the instant he cuts.
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if you are referring to my post ...
Agreed as to what you said on a basic level for any timing/anticipation pass play call but that has nothing to do with with what I was talking about. i am a kirk fan, he is playing well but he certainly deserves criticism where criticism is deserved. hes the redskins starting QB, the most over analyzed dude in the land.
Kirk still needs to confirm coverage post snap for a split second before letting the ball go.
he just cant throw the ball out there in that situation trusting his pre-snap read will remain correct. thats classic kirk of last year. feel pressure = feel pressure to get rid of ball no matter = int.
bad decision, bad execution, bad result.
Kirk broke 2 of Rodger's 3 rules for not throwing a pick.
Rodgers described the three rules as "senses," saying:
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One: No premeditated decisions.
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Two: Don’t make a blind throw. And that was a blind throw, meaning I didn’t look inside to see where the next coverage element was—that will get you sometimes. It got me against Conte.
"Three: Don’t throw it late down the middle."
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D jelly - i agree that looking at it, the corner appeared to have outside position which means that if grant had stayed up, the corner would have had to go through him vs being inside position and able to cut he route and step in front ..... but im not a fan of the decision regardless of corner back position.
the ball was too early anyway. had grant not fallen the ball would have hit him in the face the second he turned his head to locate the ball.
the protection was FUBAR, like 30gut said, just peyton manning the thing and live to see 3rd and 15 from the 50 yard line or so.
kirk needs to not try to make every play a positive one. gruden has been hammering the "no negative plays" thing since TC but you need to know score, down, distance, time. maybe kirk is too afraid to take a sack thinking we were in field goal range or close to it? idk but i do know that kirk would pay a million bucks to go back and just take the sack if he could.
it wasnt an all or nothing play. kirk needs to realize sometimes the D will out scheme or beat a skins on a 1 on 1 play, but dont compound it.
dont force the play.
the falcons won that play but they didnt have to win the game on it. avoidable. lesson hopefully learned for a young promising QB.