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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Smith's a progression robot. He's going to throw to the first guy in his progression that's open.
With at fast as that ball came out to Hill, don't you think he was the first read? Let's face it, stuff like that still requires a bit of luck. Had the first read been to Foles right and that guy breaks open, the ball would've come out (that's just the way the WCO works) and the blown coverage means nothing. But because the first read was to the left, that thing blowing open was obvious and the ball comes out.
And Foles missed a similarly easy throw to Conley that turned a long TD into a 20 yarder. Foles has never been known for laser-like precision so sure, it may have been some rust, but he's also just not a remarkably precise passer and you'll get misses like that.
Against shit teams, that's gonna be fine. Against a team where they're actually...I dunno...covering your WRs, that's going to get you in a lot of trouble quickly.
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I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens this weekend. I think some of the throws that he missed were rust and some of them were just how Foles is as a passer. I don't even know if Smith is going to play this weekend or not. I'm almost for them holding him out because the Jaguars aren't that tough of an opponent. Foles should be able to pull out a win.