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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
Other than the fact that he was clearly a decoy the entire game?
Collinsworth remarked on it repeatedly. How it was a clear strategy of the Chiefs to use Hill to free up the rest of the skill positions. How the Steelers chasing Hill down was freeing up gains elsewhere.
I'm not saying I know. I'm offering an alternative narrative to 'Alex shit his pants on an no-brainer and simply spazzed over to the sidelines.' It's possible he was a good soldier, AND it's possible he should have chucked being the good soldier and heaved something Hill's way, given how the play unfolded.
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He should have thrown the ball to Hill. The play was there and I think Hill is more than capable of adjusting on the fly to the ball being thrown to him and Smith should have been more than capable of trusting him to do so.
Plenty of players to blame for the game, but this play is on Smith. As were many other throws, including the second 2PT conversion play. Although I just can't get mad at him on that play considering what happened the play before. He did however miss a wide open Hill on that play to throw to a triple-covered Maclin.