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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Without the penalty, Rice catches the ball.
The problem was that your underneath DB gave the rookie no choice but to play through the receiver. It wasn't a stupid penalty on the rookies part; he did everything he could do there to try to salvage an impossible situation.
It was an execution error that cost you the game. Same thing that usually costs teams the game when you're nursing a 1-score lead into the waning minutes against a superior QB.
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He doesn't have to play through the receiver. If he has any kind of awareness, he plays it on the side to completetely avoid going through the receiver.
The sad part is, he wasn't even aware a receiver was right in front of him because he "was playing the ball".
Honestly though, i put more on Lou for only rushing 3. Pre-snap i thought, "that's a bad idea".