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Originally Posted by O.city
Once the safety commits there, the space is open. Once you see Rice open, it's too late.
It's in the redzone. It's gonna take some anticipation. He one read it and took off.
That's a problem.
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Exactly.
It's not about finding Rice open. It's about knowing the reads. Knowing that you have a single safety up there and he's come down on Kelce.
At that point you don't even NEED to find Rice. You know where he's going to be. A lot of throws in the league are 'blind' throws. you're not throwing to a
player, you're throwing to a
spot and the player gets there. You don't even truly know if he's covered a lot of the time - you just know that he shouldn't be based on what you've seen from the coverage so you take a calculated risk.
It's the same thing we used to barbecue Cassel for - if you find them open, they won't be by the time the ball gets there. NFL open doesn't mean running free in space. It means you have the leverage you expect and the coverage you're looking for so you throw the ball and your target breaks into space as its getting there before attacking the football.
That play looks kindergarten simple. Read 1: Kelce. If the safety crashes on Kelce, hit read 2. If somehow Kelce is taken out of the route without the safety coming down, look for your outlet to pop and if he's not there, take off or throw it out the back of the end zone.
He just didn't run his reads. He left a pocket that had space for him to operate in and an easy throwing lane that opened up right where you noted - toss it to the right side of the N and it's a simple little pitch and catch.
He didn't even make a bad read - he made NO read. He thought he saw an opening up the chute and he freelanced. Is that hero ball? Is he trying to do to much there? Yeah, that's a seemingly likely answer.
Run the offense, Pat. Your HC is good at this.