Originally posted by 9ers4eva:
Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
What does "wrong" mean here? What he saw presnap is that there was going to be lots of room in the back of the end zone, and he saw that Jalen Ramsey was guarding Aiyuk. In terms of presnap, that's not a bad read.
And as for this particular game, I told you--again--he had to consider the possibility that a linebacker would have occupied the middle or covered Wilson. If you decide you're not sure about that, or that Wilson may not beat his man, and as a consequence you choose left, you're choosing your PROGRESSION dude. You're not going to short circuit the progression unless you're just absurdly good, and he's not.
The reads in both cases are at worst a B. The execution in the first game was an A+, because it was a damn good throw. The execution in the second game was an F- - - - - - - - - - - - because there is only ONE thing you must do above all else in the red zone, and that's protect the ball.
Then slide right knowing the blitz is coming and see. If Wilson is covered then you throw the ball away.
I posted a video of Nick freaking Mullens doing exactly that. You don't stick with a read with two guys coming unblocked in your face with a slanted line. Move away from the blitz and see what you have. You don't have the physical ability to make that throw.
Execution of the Kittle throw was great but he STILL threw into double coverage. Once he's doubled you should come off him and look elsewhere. Those are the gambling throws he should absolutely not be making. As you said protect the football. I don't want him making those kind of throws even if they succeed once in awhile. Leads to picks like against the Titans last year.
In either case this is true, which means it was simply luck of the draw ultimately (in the case that the blitz is a bluff, or a double bluff as it were, where it shows blitz on one side but comes from the other, etc).
j/k
