Literally my first response-
I'll just end this by saying you're the one who brought up the like/dislike dichotomy. I was just evaluating 1 play. It is what it is.
your initial response was he moved off too soon, but later you said not if Dak anticipates the break and makes the throw... watch the film and how things transpired as opposed to watch the ending and trying to conclude what happened on the play....I can easily break it down for you...second by second....
if you really watch the play, it starts at 4.17 mark, with three recievers bunched on the left and one on the right. and one releasing from the back field to the right. Dak is initially looking center, trying to freeze the MLB and the deep safties.without any of us knowing the play design by Moore, we can't be sure if he is looking off the deep safties or is the plan to go to one of the recievers that are bunched on the left, or perhaps both....
at 4.19 he is moving to look to the left and the MLB is starting to turn his hips to that direction and the 3-bunch on the left and those 3 are covered by 3 defenders, with zero chance to make a throw to anyof them at that point, as none is looking back and all in the begining of their route....this is a play that seemingly has two of them going deeper, which takes longer to develop and one cutting shallow.
already 2 seconds into the play....
at 4.20 mark the three WR in the bunch are now in one line vertical line, one is breaking shallow 5 yards deep, while the other two, about 2 yards apart, just running deeper. Nobody is looking back or ready to break in their routes and all still covered by 3 defenders in the same area. the MLB is now turning towards that direction with his hips fully turned and taking steps....
Dak is looking left trying to determine if it looks as though one of them might come open. with the MLB at about 10-15 yards deep , that brings a 4th defender into play and the saftey is staying deep but creeping up. the other saftey is frozen as the QB is looking left. On top of the video on the right, a WR about 8 yards deep is beating his defender and has open area on the right. the reciever from backfield is runninginto an open area with a LB still frozen trying to decide what to cover, which leave one CB out on the right trying to cover two players and having to make a decision on what to do, since the OLB and safties are too far away from the players on that side.
at 4.21 mark of the video (3 seconds into the play), Schultz still running deep and the reciever behind him is now turning and cutting back, but there is a LB right in front of him and there is no throw there. if he tries to make that throw, that's an incomplete at best or an Interception for a TD if the LB jumps the route which he can easily do. Schultz is right next to a defender with his back to the play not looking at all and obviously it seems that he is running a deeper route, the deep saftey anticipating him in his area. if you look on top of the screen, you would notice two recievers about 5 yards apart, one CB in the middle trying to decide who to cover and the OLB taking a step to his right away from them and the deep saftey just realizing a reciever is coming into the are and CB needs help
at this point, the play is obviously to the right as defense is compromised, and Dak looking left perhaps was part of play design to hold off defenders. this is actually a good play design by Moore. its one of those take your poision kind of design. look to one side, freeze the defenders, allow the play to develop on the other side. Basic NFL offensive pass play design
at 4.22 mark (freeze the video and you will clearly see), over 4 second into the play....schultz is starting to make his cut. the OLB is now jumping into the route to cover the middle reciever in the bunch formation. the shallow reciever is covered and schultz is going into an area that has the MLB and deep saftey waiting. the OLB is in the passing lane...you can't throw through a LB...given we are not playing madden, so this has to be a throw over the LB and in between the two defenders waiting for schultz, which takes longer to get there allowing defenders to make a run at the play,
but at the 4.22 mark you will see the two recievers on the right (top f the screen). the CB is now committed to the shallower guy who is making a cut and the top WR is open and Dak is looking to the right.
this play perhaps worked as designed. pull all the defenders to the heavy side, freeze the LBs and safties. force the CB and OLB to make a decision....the play was to the right deep all along.
Dak made a mistake. not the one your have been trying to prove...but the play was there and he should have made the throw to the right earlier and he held on to the ball, allowing the OLB to then get in the passing lane and the saftey to come up. that ball. the ball should have been thrown to the top open WR at the begining of the 4.22 mark on the video. instead he held on tot he ball and at 4.23 both were covered. then he started running.
so yes, Dak made a mistake. not the one you say he did. but he missed the WR on the right
again, this play wasn't designed to go left unless there is a complete breakdown of the defense, the design was to open the recievers on the right. so watch the play. break down what happens, don't make assumptions. forget your agenda
watch film, break it down properly. don't just watch the end results and make assumptions about what happened.
you are welcome
