Its not probably just break away speed which matters but how to setup a play to get open and then start the after burners. Playing fast and a fast player are different.
This is true, which I noted in my post, but if you watch the clip, it's a straight up fly route and there actually *is* safety's help, it's just late because Fuller is ridiculously fast. He eats up a decent cushion by Butler of about five to seven yards in like three strides and blows by both Butler and Harmon, who is so surprised by Fuller's speed that he doesn't even have a chance.
Fuller just ran as fast as he could off the line, destroyed the cushion they gave him and ran under a monster throw by Osweiler. It was a laser from the 50 yard line. Not surprising, as Osweiler has one of the strongest arms in football if you're not factoring in how long it takes him to release the ball.
A WR like Fuller is perfect for a QB like Osweiler, who has amazing arm strength but very little accuracy on the deep ball. The point is, Brown doesn't have the speed to run what was essentially a seam route in a bunch formation against a solid cushion with safety help overtop, outrun the defense flat out and run under a fifty yard frozen rope.
If the Steelers go deep with Brown, they run double moves near the sideline and give them a back shoulder option. In fact, they run back shoulder deep balls to Brown by design and rarely put him in a position where he has to just flat out beat the corner downfield with no double move or anything.
In other words, we likely aren't seeing that play design against that defensive look from the Steelers, at least not with Antonio Brown in Fuller's role.
Also, Fuller's hands aren't good, but there's a reason the throw clanged off his hands... He still should have had it, but it was coming in hot. Osweiler got a crow hop and launched that thing. I'm not surprised Fuller dropped it.
