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It was a timing play, a touch pass.
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It was a timing play, a touch pass.
Your post made me realize that this set of pass catchers is closer to dynasty Pats than it appears on the surface. They have two TE's that can catch the ball, a WR corps consisting of multiple targets without a clear WR1 and RBs with receiving skills. The big difference is the clutch part of the WR. This set of players always gets 7 yards when they need 8. It used to be that the WR would find a way to gain 7 yards, 13 inches to get that first down. Not having a real third down threat at RB is also a gap. That said, who didn't love Gibson smashing that rusher in pass protection?
Aside from 2001, in the years they won Super Bowls there was either a clear #1 (Deion Branch, Edelman) or/and an all time elite TE (Gronk). We don't have that. Also frankly there were years where we had Amendola, Hogan, Bennett Troy Brown, Lafell, or Mitchell as reliable 2's and 3's as catchers.
Timing is critical on setting up many screen passes, I think you are on to something here. To my eyes Maye looks good on the quick throw screens, he doesn't have the timing down on the longer developing plays. Hopefully AVP is working with him on the timing to take enough time to draw the rush and allow the target to slide into position before making the pass. As good as he has been so far, Maye should be down right scary once he gets some of these subtleties figured out.
So aggravating. Have they forgotten all these losses and the defensive coach whose team can't play defense
If you look at the film, you will see:
The media can’t make a decision as they’ve done all season long. They wait until what the score is to make a prediction. All it’s showing is that they have no idea what’s going to happen with Mayo. They need to pick a narrative and stick with it.
I guess he answered it, kind of what I thought. Again, maybe if Maye played all training camp and pre-season as the starter and built a rapport they would have less of these plays where the QB and receiver are not on the same page. My initial reaction was that if he(I believe was Hooper not Henry) ran an out it was a TD. He would have been in front of the defender who had to dive for the interception, otherwise the defender was protecting the back of the end zone. Can't say 100% but seems like the better read was the out but hard to tell for sure.
Maye is going to be a stud for years to come once he gets an average line. I think that he could make this WR group work with a better OL. If he gets an average OL with an above average WR or 2, he will be absolutely MVP worthy.
Well he has perfected the Mayo Moonwalk.
I think if you look at the route Hooper runs there was traffic and tangle in front of him so he didn’t think he could break it off. I think the other receivers route prevented hooper from going where Maye wanted him to.
No doubt this group of players far exceeds the talent on the current team. I still stand by the point that the team is not as far off historical norms from the structure perspective as it appears. Considering the fact that all of the players listed did not play on the same teams, the current squad needs one or two difference makers like Gronk, Hernandez, Edelman, Welker, Brown, etc. to turn the offense into a position of strength. Gronk is the outlier, the rest of these players were not considered league best when they played. They were reliable and when combined with a great QB and effective gameplan they were plenty good enough to win. Henry, Hooper, Boutte and Douglas are good for the supporting role, they need at least one lead dog and an old school third down back to be effective.
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