Originally posted by Furlow:
Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
Originally posted by NineFourNiner:
Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:Please no.
Originally posted by 49ersRing:
Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
Originally posted by Furlow:
All-22 view of the infamous play where Purdy "bailed from the pocket too soon." Aiyuk and Jennings are the primary read on the right, but they have 3 guys covering them in a bracket. Kittle is one on one with a LB. Purdy knows that Kittle is going to work his way across the back of the end zone, so Purdy moves left to make an easier throw.
I dont know why people care. Lets say that it is a 100% fact that Purdy bailed early. He threw a touchdown pass on that play, so what difference does it make?
It doesn't unless you're insistent that he never bails early.
Do you have any other examples of him "bailing early?"
Please please no.
SWH, this was hashed and rehashed for pages already. I can summarize it this way: Ring and Random fall into the "tendency" to have happy feet / bail early group. This is based, in part, on a college video of a single play, the play above, and comments from a talking head. Others may agree with them.
Furlow, myself, Vinis, and others fall into the "no tendency, and if it is it is not detrimental" group. That is based on watching games and the track record of success. Others may agree with this group.
Suffice it to say that the groups will not see eye to eye.
Sorry. I am late to the conversation.
You didn't miss much yesterday. I tried to get just a few more examples of Purdy leaving the pocket too early but ended up just arguing about the definitions of words.
People forget that sometimes leaving the pocket is ultimately a result of a bad pre-snap read, and rookie QBs are going to do that. By that I mean, if you make a bad read pre-snap, then you're looking at the wrong thing immediately post-snap, and the defense has squashed your first or even your second read, and so then the young QB scrambles to buy time because the timing of the play is messed up DUE to their bad pre-snap read.
I don't consider that happy feet. I consider that the ability to overcome the weakness of being an inexperienced rookie.
Of course, that's not always the reason a guy might leave the pocket. But I'd argue for the TD to Kittle it is precisely why.