Rewatching it again, he actually does end up drifting right back to center-line where he should have been once he feels the pressure from the right side. At the point he releases the ball, you can see he is right back on the hash so I’m not sure drifting even impacted the play a ton.
He’s also at about the 34 yard line by that point and you can see Thuney’s back foot is literally on the 36. We’re really asking him to make the throw from the 35 yard line in a phone booth and take a hit from a 320 pound DT to his ribs after he makes the throw.
I understand you have to make that throw sometimes and I fully expect him to do so when it matters in January/February, but I don’t see how we can consider this a good rep from the OL (outside of Wanya but he had help).
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